The Supreme Court issued a decision Dec. 3 siding with California churches that are seeking relief from the state’s heavy-handed COVID-19 restrictions on attendance at houses of worship. The decision is the second in two weeks slapping down overreaches by Democratic governors … Continue reading Supreme Court rejects California Gov. Newsom’s pandemic church restrictions
A Supreme Court decision earlier this year that barred nonunanimous jury convictions should be applied retroactively to existing split-jury convictions, the lawyer for a Louisiana inmate imprisoned for life told the justices. Oral argument took place over 86 minutes telephonically on Dec. … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether ruling on nonunanimous convictions should apply retroactively
A financial advisory firm told the Supreme Court it should rein in the ability of the Internal Revenue Service to invoke a federal law to preempt legal challenges to regulations it issues. If the company prevails in the high court, it … Continue reading Curb IRS power regarding tax-shelter challenges, Supreme Court urged
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to exclude illegal aliens from the 2020 Census count, which eliminates that population from the allocation of congressional seats and Electoral College votes that officially determine the presidency. Oral argument took place telephonically on Nov. 30 in … Continue reading Exclude illegal aliens from Census count, Supreme Court hears
A church in San Diego has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene in its ongoing lawsuit challenging California’s heavy-handed and allegedly discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship that purport to combat the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Religious leaders have … Continue reading Church asks Supreme Court to rule on Newsom’s COVID-19 rules
Leftism expert Trevor Loudon has put together a wonderful, brief summary of how the Chinese Communist Party –with the help of disloyal Americans– helped Democrat Joe Biden in the November 3 election. It’s called Seeding The Vote: China’s Influence in … Continue reading VIDEO: Proof Communist China interfered in the 2020 U.S. election
The Supreme Court has blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from enforcing pandemic-related restrictions on attendance at houses of worship, a dramatic departure from the high court’s recent hands-off rulings giving states free rein to limit constitutional rights while combating COVID-19. The 5–4 unsigned opinion in … Continue reading Supreme Court overrules Cuomo’s pandemic church attendance caps
A federal judge ruled that the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ ban on personalized license plates it deems contrary “to good taste and decency” violates the free speech protections of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “This is a great day … Continue reading Federal court strikes down California DMV’s censorship of vanity plates
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan likened those who refuse to wear face masks during the current pandemic to drunk drivers, declaring that no one has a “constitutional right to walk around without a mask”—a claim disputed by a legal expert. The Republican governor (pictured above) … Continue reading Maryland Gov. Hogan claims refusing to wear a mask is not a ‘constitutional right’
Attorneys for a Roman Catholic priest and Orthodox Jewish rabbi have filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court in hopes of curbing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s ongoing pandemic-related restrictions on houses of worship. In the case known as Robinson v. … Continue reading New Jersey religious leaders ask Supreme Court to end curbs on worship
A legal battle over juvenile gay conversion therapy in Florida may be heading to the Supreme Court after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals broke with two other appeals courts, ruling last week that therapists’ free speech rights prevail over … Continue reading 11th Circuit rules against gay conversion therapy ban in Florida county
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a gun-seizure case from Rhode Island that questions whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement applies to a personal residence. The high court granted the petition in the case known as … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear Rhode Island warrantless gun-seizure case
Residents of two rural Oregon counties voted in the Nov. 3 election to require their county officials to begin considering what would be involved in seceding from Oregon by moving neighboring Idaho’s border. Oregon’s swing to the left in recent years has left … Continue reading Two Oregon counties vote to consider seceding, joining Idaho
The House Judiciary Committee has asked the Supreme Court to postpone a hearing over whether the panel has the right to access secret grand jury materials related to the impeachment inquiry surrounding President Donald Trump. The materials involve the issue of Trump’s alleged … Continue reading House Democrats may stop seeking Trump grand jury materials
Claiming New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is engaging in religious discrimination, Orthodox Jewish groups are asking the Supreme Court to freeze the Empire State’s tough restrictions on attendance at houses of worship during the ongoing pandemic. The legal challenge comes as New York and several states have reported a dramatic uptick in cases involving the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, and on the same day—Nov. 16—that Moderna’s vaccine was reported to be 94.5 percent effective in early testing. Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Nov. 9 that their vaccine was more than 90 percent effective. The surge has prompted several states to consider … Continue reading Orthodox Jews ask Supreme Court to override Cuomo’s religious lockdown
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a California law that gives labor organizers permission to trespass on private property and disrupt business operations 120 days a year to recruit new members. The high court granted the petitioners’ application Nov. 13 to review a ruling of a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in a case known as Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid. As is its custom, the court didn’t explain why it granted the petition. The petitioners are Cedar Point Nursery, a strawberry farm in Dorris, and Fowler Packing Co. Inc. in Fresno, which produces grapes and … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear challenge to California law allowing aggressive labor recruitment
For the record, I am writer and researcher Matthew Vadum. I am the author of four published books. They are: *Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers (WND Books, 2011) *Team Jihad: How … Continue reading Matthew Vadum’s work is cited in 112 books (so far), 97 times on Google Scholar, 34900 times on Google
Chicago’s mayor has canceled Thanksgiving this year, as California and other jurisdictions across the United States issue increasingly strict rules governing personal behavior in hopes of containing the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. The actions come as a health policy adviser … Continue reading Chicago cancels Thanksgiving as COVID rules tighten
Two small businesses in central California are suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over his strict continuing lockdowns purportedly aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic. The 109-page lawsuit, Ghost Golf Inc. v. Newsom, filed in Fresno County Superior Court by Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a public interest law firm based in Sacramento, claims the governor lacks the power to unilaterally shutter businesses. “An emergency doesn’t give the governor authority to decide fundamental policy for the State; only the legislature can make law, and that remains true even in a time of crisis,” said PLF attorney Luke Wake, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, which is representing a … Continue reading California businesses sue Gov. Newsom over pandemic lockdowns
The Supreme Court should rule the Obamacare law unconstitutional by upholding a judge’s ruling from two years ago that struck it down, lawyers for Texas and the Trump administration argued. A telephonic hearing on Nov. 10 in the consolidated cases of California … Continue reading Obamacare unconstitutional without individual mandate: Supreme Court hears