In a pair of rulings on June 13, the Supreme Court made it harder for those held in immigration detention to bring legal challenges. In Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, court file 19-896, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote (pdf) for a unanimous court that the … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t lower bar for immigration detainees to sue government
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 13 that a Chinese manufacturer is not allowed to use the U.S. legal system to compel the production of evidence in a private arbitration taking place overseas. The high court held that … Continue reading SCOTUS: Chinese manufacturer cannot use US courts to press American firm for evidence
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-in-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted. Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 … Continue reading Pennsylvania Supreme Court denies Republican request to throw out ruling requiring questionable ballots to be accepted
Over the opposition of three conservative justices, the Supreme Court allowed officials in Pennsylvania to resume counting disputed undated mail-in ballots in a state-level judicial election that took place last year in Lehigh County. The high court’s order came near the end … Continue reading Supreme Court lifts stay, allows counting of questionable ballots in Pennsylvania judicial election: Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissent from ruling
The Biden administration’s bid to surrender American control over public health emergencies in the United States to the World Health Organization fell short at the UN’s 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva last month, but there is no reason to … Continue reading Biden’s WHO takeover: Handing American sovereignty over to the UN is still on Biden’s “to do” list
President Joe Biden is considering issuing executive orders to blunt the effect of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that may overturn Roe v. Wade. Biden’s comments came during a taping of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on June 8. Kimmel, a comedian and … Continue reading Biden eyes executive orders if Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
A mobile art gallery owner is suing a North Carolina town over a local ordinance that forces itinerant vendors like her to give 100 percent of profits to charity in exchange for the right to sell during the high tourism season. Ami … Continue reading Mobile art dealer sues town over requiring donation of all profit to charity: Local law allegedly violates North Carolina constitution’s ‘fruits of their own labor’ provision
Michigan voters are challenging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for allegedly breaking state laws and corrupting the 2020 elections by allowing left-wing billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to use his social media fortune to dictate how the elections would be administered. In official results, Democrat Joe Biden … Continue reading Michigan voters sue Democratic secretary of state over use of $17 million in ‘Zuckbucks’ to tilt elections
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Washington state cannot be personally sued in the federal court system for damages resulting from a claim of illegal retaliation and excessive force made by a private citizen, the Supreme Court ruled in a … Continue reading Supreme Court holds private citizens can’t sue Border Patrol for damages in excessive force claims: Decision unanimously overturns a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
If hating America and capitalism qualify someone for government service, then Biden administration EPA nominee Carlton Waterhouse should be confirmed immediately. Waterhouse, a law professor, is a supporter of a proposal so radical that it is on the fringes of … Continue reading Biden EPA nominee demands U.S. pay ‘climate reparations’: Ultraleftist law professor argues the U.S. should compensate Third World countries for being economic losers
The Supreme Court announced on June 6 that it would hear the appeal of two Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service unilaterally and unlawfully changed the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The case is Wilkins v. U.S., court file 21-1164, an appeal against a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which threw out their claim on procedural grounds. The case concerns the federal Quiet Title Act, which allows parties to sue the United States government in property disputes under certain conditions. The petition seeking review was … Continue reading SCOTUS agrees to hear appeal by Montana property owners complaining of Forest Service ‘bait and switch’: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out their claim on procedural grounds
When Congress boosted bankruptcy fees but exempted filers in Alabama and North Carolina from the higher fees, it violated a uniformity requirement in the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on June 6. The 19-page court opinion (pdf) in Siegel v. … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns 4th Circuit ruling, unanimously strikes down part of bankruptcy law
The Supreme Court decided on June 6 not to hear the appeal of a U.S. Senate candidate whose law license was restricted after he wielded a gun outside his St. Louis home in 2020 to deter a group of trespassing left-wing protesters in the midst of nationwide race riots. Attorney Mark McCloskey is currently running for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican. The primary election will take place in Missouri on Aug. 2. McCloskey argued in his petition to the high court that he shouldn’t be punished as a lawyer for exercising his constitutional right of self-defense. McCloskey and his wife, … Continue reading Supreme Court declines to hear Senate candidate’s appeal for law license: Mark McCloskey ‘disappointed’ but ‘not surprised’
Two U.S. citizens have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Census Bureau, claiming the long, detailed American Community Survey the agency requires millions to complete each year is illegal. The lawsuit comes as the U.S. Census Bureau comes under fire for … Continue reading Census Bureau sued over ‘intrusive’ annual survey questions: Citizens argue federal law doesn’t allow government to punish people for refusing to answer 100-question American Community Survey
A Pennsylvania state court ruled in favor of former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, who is locked in a tight Republican primary contest for a U.S. Senate seat against celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz, ordering late on June 2 that contested ballots be … Continue reading Pennsylvania court orders disputed ballots counted in US Senate contest
A Missouri couple who gained folk hero status in the conservative movement for wielding guns outside of their St. Louis home in 2020 to deter a group of trespassing left-wing protesters, including Black Lives Matter activists, are asking the Supreme Court to … Continue reading Lawyer couple who wielded weapons in front of marchers appeal law license curbs to Supreme Court: Defending their home can’t justify the violation of their constitutional rights, they argue
A group of 12 House Republicans introduced a bill in Congress this week that would make knowingly sharing confidential information from the Supreme Court a crime punishable by a fine or as many as five years in prison. The legislation … Continue reading New Republican bill would criminalize Supreme Court leaks
Rejecting an appeal by Dallas police officers, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on May 31 to allow a lawsuit to proceed against them after Tony Timpa, a mentally ill man, died in police custody. The case goes back to August 2016 when Timpa, 32, called 911 to report that he was “having a lot of anxiety” about a man he said he was afraid would harm him. Timpa said during the call that he suffered from schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder, but had failed to take his medication that day. When police responded to the scene, Timpa cried … Continue reading Supreme Court allows lawsuit against Dallas police in death of mentally ill man
Despite a temporary setback at the recent meeting of the World Health Organization in Geneva, the Biden administration wants to give the WHO unilateral authority to declare public health emergencies in the United States regardless of the wishes of the American … Continue reading The WHO’s pandemic power grab
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 late on May 31 to temporarily block a Texas law that prevents social media platforms from censoring users based on their political views. Known as HB 20, the state law makes it unlawful for tech platforms to restrict or … Continue reading Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media anti-censorship law: Justices’ 5-4 vote cuts across ideological lines