A federal judge in Texas struck down a federal guidance exempting LGBT employees from workplace policies on bathroom use, dress codes, locker rooms, and pronoun usage. A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy document from June 2021 overreached in its interpretation … Continue reading Federal law does not exempt LGBT employees from bathroom, dress code, policies, judge rules
West Virginia’s highest court greenlighted a school choice program that a lower court previously blocked. School choice became a hot political issue during the COVID-19-related lockdowns as parents questioned governmental authority and what should be taught to children in public schools. Attorney … Continue reading West Virginia Supreme Court upholds school choice law, reverses lower court ruling
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases about the extent to which social media platforms may be held responsible when terrorist groups use the platforms to promote their cause. Social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter say they shouldn’t be held … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear cases about YouTube, Twitter allegedly facilitating terrorist groups
The Mexican government will appeal its loss in a lawsuit that sought to hold U.S. manufacturers and wholesalers of firearms liable for criminal gun trafficking into Mexico. The announcement came after Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District … Continue reading Mexico to appeal ruling dismissing its lawsuit seeking damages from US gun companies for Mexican crime
Alabama defended its redrawn electoral map before the Supreme Court on Oct. 4, arguing that the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not require the state to racially gerrymander districts to guarantee black representation in the state’s congressional delegation. The hearing came … Continue reading No need to racially gerrymander electoral map, Alabama tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court turned down an appeal by conservative commentator and Blexit leader Candace Owens over Facebook’s so-called fact-checks that described her posts about COVID-19 as “false” and a “hoax.” The court provided no reasons for its Oct. 3 decision … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to hear Candace Owens’ appeal against Facebook fact-checkers
The attorney for an Idaho couple who have been battling federal officials for years over the right to develop their own property asked the Supreme Court on Oct. 3 to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) power to … Continue reading Rein in EPA’s authority over wetlands, Idaho couple urges Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court decision on Oct. 3 that upheld one of Massachusetts’ tough gun laws, months after the high court expanded Second Amendment rights. The Massachusetts law in question, the constitutionality of which is now in doubt, imposed … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns ruling on Massachusetts gun law, leaving constitutionality in question
A 124-year-old Republican club in Manhattan has been canceled by a prominent synagogue-community center for the sin of being Republican. And it was the GOP club’s decision to invite political strategist and Trump supporter Dick Morris to speak at an … Continue reading Jewish organization in NYC cancels Republican group: That the club invited pro-Trump Dick Morris to speak was a key factor
The Biden administration is urging a federal judge to uphold Washington’s ban on individuals carrying firearms on the city’s crime-ridden local public transit system popularly known as the DC Metro. The lawsuit is one of many filed nationwide challenging gun … Continue reading Keep gun ban on DC Metro, Biden administration urges court
Manufacturers and wholesalers of firearms in the United States can’t be held liable for criminal gun trafficking into Mexico, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled in a major blow against U.S.-based gun control efforts. Mexico sued Smith & Wesson, Sturm Ruger & Co., … Continue reading Judge dismisses Mexican government’s lawsuit seeking damages from US gun companies for Mexican crime
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must immediately halt 30 percent reimbursement cuts to hospitals made under the 340B program aimed at helping poor patients, a federal judge ordered. The ruling (pdf) in American Hospital Association v. … Continue reading Federal judge orders HHS to properly reimburse hospitals for prescription drugs
The Supreme Court has put a banker’s lifetime ban from the industry on hold while he pursues an appeal over the ban. The order (pdf), which also stays a $125,000 fine, came late on Sept. 29 in Calcutt v. Federal … Continue reading Supreme Court stays order barring executive from banking industry
The Supreme Court has granted a temporary emergency stay of a lower court order that Novartis Pharmaceuticals says would allow the development of as many as 20 generic versions of its commercially successful multiple-sclerosis drug, Gilenya. The emergency application in Novartis … Continue reading Supreme Court grants emergency pause on ruling disallowing Novartis Pharmaceuticals’ patent: Without the stay, Chinese drug maker HEC Pharm would be able to make generic versions of multiple-sclerosis drug
The attorneys general of 17 states are asking the Supreme Court to take up the civil rights lawsuit of an evangelical Christian postal worker in Pennsylvania who quit the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to accommodate his wish not to work … Continue reading 17 states ask Supreme Court to protect postal worker’s right to honor Sabbath
An election-integrity group is filing a new legal complaint each day this week regarding a different Minnesota county for officials’ failure to remove duplicate voter registrations from county voter rolls. “Federal law requires that duplicate registrations are eliminated from the voter roll,” said J. … Continue reading Minnesota counties sued for duplicate voter registrations
California’s ban on privately owned and operated immigration detention facilities is unconstitutional because it interferes with and gives the state a veto over federal government operations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on Sept. 26. In an … Continue reading Federal appeals court overturns California’s ban on private immigration detention centers
Lawyers for the plaintiffs in an upcoming Supreme Court case are upbeat about their challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-controversial claim that the presence of surface water on private property makes it a protected wetland subject to federal … Continue reading Lawyers challenging EPA claim about surface water on private property optimistic about SCOTUS case
A conservative public interest law firm plans to appeal a court ruling tossing its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state-administered college grant program that excludes whites and Asians. Dan Lennington, deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), … Continue reading Wisconsin group to appeal court loss in challenge of racially discriminatory college grant program
A microbrewery is suing New Jersey over license conditions it says severely impede such establishments’ ability to advertise in-house events and grow their businesses. The company’s lawyers suggest the state is picking winners and losers by siding with established restaurants and alcohol … Continue reading New Jersey microbrewery sues state over regulatory overreach