A “conspiracy” between “left-wing activists and business titans” led to “an extraordinary shadow effort” to “protect” the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump, according to Time magazine. Never mind that Trump is the least authoritarian American president in probably a century … Continue reading The Anti-Trump election conspiracy goes public: Time magazine provides a full confession
The claim often repeated by the mainstream media, social-media content moderators, and fact-checkers that lawsuits filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans were universally dismissed by the courts is untrue, according to a new analysis. The findings do not necessarily suggest … Continue reading In two-thirds of election lawsuits where merits considered decisions are favorable to Trump
The heirs of art dealers whose property was taken in Nazi-era Germany can’t pursue lawsuits seeking compensation from the government of that country in the courts of the United States, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Feb. 3. The ruling was a victory … Continue reading Supreme Court: descendants may not sue in US for property seized by Nazis
The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request on Feb. 3 to cancel upcoming oral arguments over two legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies. The cases, now held in abeyance pending possible settlement discussions, dealt with the construction of a wall … Continue reading Supreme Court cancels arguments in immigration cases at Biden administration’s request
The Supreme Court overturned an appeals court order that required Michigan to retry a murder case by May 4 or release the defendant, after state officials cited trial delays related to the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The order in Brown v. Ervine came late in … Continue reading Citing pandemic-related delays, Supreme Court gives Michigan more time to retry a murder case
Facebook’s new “Supreme Court” ruled against Facebook four out of five times in its first batch of content-moderation rulings released to the public. The company’s recently staffed Oversight Board enjoys an independent funding stream and the company can’t fire its … Continue reading Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ overrules it, orders banned posts restored
A West Virginia-based nonprofit fundraiser has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Connecticut over that state’s unusually burdensome rules that require him to tell state officials what he’s planning to say to prospective donors a full 20 days in advance of donor … Continue reading Nonprofit fundraiser sues Connecticut over burdensome, invasive regulations
Under pressure from his party’s base to pack the high court with additional justices, President Joe Biden is following through on his campaign promise to create a commission to examine possible reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, … Continue reading Planning for Biden’s Supreme Court commission begins
A small landlord suffering economic hardship is suing the county of Los Angeles over its pandemic-related moratorium preventing the eviction of commercial tenants for nonpayment of rent. The lawsuit, Iten v. County of Los Angeles, which was filed Jan. 19 in U.S. District … Continue reading Los Angeles County sued over commercial eviction moratorium
While Mark Janus won a landmark legal victory in 2018 outlawing public-sector unions’ collection of forced agency fees from nonmembers, the Supreme Court has denied his follow-up request to have his money reimbursed, without granting him a hearing. The new ruling in … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t make government unions give back unconstitutional dues
I was on “Charles Moskowitz LIVE” earlier today talking about my new book, Antifa: Five Perspectives on a Growing Threat, published by Center for Security Policy Press. Here’s the show from YouTube: Continue reading “What is Antifa?” Matthew Vadum appears on “Charles Moskowitz LIVE”
Democrats are so scared one of their all-time favorite boogeymen, former President Donald Trump, will run and humiliate them again they are considering banishing him from electoral politics forever through an obscure constitutional provision created in the aftermath of the … Continue reading Fourteenth Amendment follies: Desperate Democrats want to get medieval on Trump
The Supreme Court has thrown out two longshot anti-corruption lawsuits against former President Donald Trump on the ground they were moot because he has left office and become a private citizen. The high court unburdened itself Jan. 25 of Trump v. Citizens for Responsibility … Continue reading Supreme Court tosses emoluments lawsuits filed against Trump while he was president
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced legislation on Jan. 22 to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices, the numerical cap that has been in place for well over a century, in order to prevent Democrats from … Continue reading Constitutional amendment to prevent Supreme Court packing resurfaces
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., 78, was installed North Korea-style as the placeholder president of the United States of America on January 20, surrounded by 25,000 U.S. troops, along with hundreds of socially-distancing well-wishers in front of an empty National Mall … Continue reading Biden promises pain: America’s new placeholder president speaks
The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that found former President Donald Trump’s blocking of critics on the microblogging website Twitter violated the First Amendment, saying the ruling was “deeply problematic.” President Joe Biden, as well … Continue reading Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reverse Trump Twitter decision
As Joe Biden, an illegitimate president, was sworn in at a funereal inauguration ceremony surrounded by thousands of U.S. troops, Democrats were busy plotting and scheming and planning reprisals against Republicans for doing nothing other than supporting his duly elected predecessor. These anti-democratic Democrats have been driven to utter madness by the events of January 6 even though what happened that day does not compare with the months of Antifa and Black Lives Matter murdering people and burning down cities to protest the Fentanyl-caused death in police custody of George Floyd, a drug-addicted career criminal who resisted arrest. Even the … Continue reading Anti-Trump reprisals: allies and supporters of the 45th president won’t be safe
The Federal Communications Commission urged the Supreme Court to relax rules limiting ownership of local media outlets, arguing that the restrictions are obsolete and unneeded. Telephonic oral argument in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project and National Association of Broadcasters v. Prometheus Radio Project, which were consolidated and heard together, lasted 81 minutes, exceeding the scheduled 60 minutes. The hearing took place on Jan. 19, the Trump administration’s last full day in office. Republicans lost majority control of the FCC on Jan. 20, when Chairman Ajit Pai stepped down with the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Democrats are expected to have … Continue reading FCC asks Supreme Court to roll back media ownership restrictions
A novel climate-change lawsuit brought by Baltimore in state court against energy producers seeking damages for the supposed effects of global warming should be heard in federal court, the outgoing Trump administration urged the Supreme Court. The hearing came as the incoming administration of President Joe Biden prepares to reverse President Donald Trump’s pro-energy independence policies. Media reports indicate Biden will have the United States rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, in which nearly 200 countries pledged to reduce emissions claimed to contribute to global warming. Biden also is expected to revoke the permit for the 1,200-mile Keystone XL Pipeline on his … Continue reading Baltimore’s lawsuit against energy companies belongs in federal court, Supreme Court hears
A New Orleans social worker has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit to take on a state law that requires her to overcome “impossible” bureaucratic hurdles to helping families with special-needs children. The case, known as Newell-Davis v. Phillips, was filed on Jan. 12 in federal district court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The lead defendant, Courtney N. Phillips, is being sued in her official capacity as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. The plaintiffs are entrepreneur Ursula Newell-Davis and the business she founded, Sivad Home and Community Services LLC. Newell-Davis has spent her 20-year career counseling youths with mental health needs and cognitive disabilities, according to a case summary … Continue reading Entrepreneur sues Louisiana over respite care regulations