Small landlords in Seattle are suing the city and Washington state over eviction moratoriums that prevent them from displacing residential tenants during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit, known as El Papel LLC v. Inslee, was filed in federal court in … Continue reading Seattle landlords sue mayor, governor to end eviction moratorium
A group of California parents who claim their children are being harmed by the state’s pandemic-related restrictions on in-person educational instruction are suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over the ban. The new lawsuit, cited as Looney v. Newsom, was filed in the Shasta County office of … Continue reading California parents sue governor over in-person school ban
Local health officials in Wisconsin don’t have the legal authority to shut down private schools to contain the spread of the CCP virus, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. “This is a great victory for religious liberty,” attorney Erick Kaardal told The Epoch Times … Continue reading Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules county’s order, allows private schools to open
Officials in Los Angeles County convinced a judge to shut down indoor services at a popular Christian megachurch after failing in four previous attempts in court. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff granted a preliminary injunction on Sept. 10 that prevents Grace … Continue reading LA megachurch defies judge’s order banning indoor services; pastor: ‘Not what our Founders said’
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a state law purporting to limit to three the number of voters any single person can help cast a ballot in person, which was suspended earlier this year, will remain unenforceable for the upcoming … Continue reading Minnesota Supreme Court puts aside limits on ballot assistance
Voting app developer Voatz Inc. is backing the Trump administration in urging the Supreme Court to turn down a request to review the wire fraud conviction of a former police officer who accessed a confidential law enforcement database for an improper purpose. Voatz describes … Continue reading Voting app developer opposes fraud appeal by former police officer
Labor union membership in the United States has declined since a landmark 2018 Supreme Court ruling took away organized labor’s power to force public-sector employees to pay fees even when they refuse to join the union, according to a new … Continue reading Janus court decision takes toll as union ranks thin, report says
Both President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee aren’t allowed to intervene in a state-level lawsuit brought by Democrats to change the rules for the Nov. 3 elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. In Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar, the court granted permission … Continue reading Trump campaign not allowed to contest Democrats’ election lawsuit in Pennsylvania
California Gov. Gavin Newsom quietly signed a law on Sept. 4 repealing parts of an unpopular law that put independent contractors in the state out of work and limited the earnings of freelancers, including visual artists, musicians, writers, translators, and … Continue reading California limits unpopular law that restricted freelancers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suffered a legal defeat when a federal appeals court recently ruled that Washington state dairy farmers are allowed to continue their lawsuit against the regulator. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a 326-page motion asking the court … Continue reading Washington dairy farmers get day in court against EPA
After Los Angeles County failed for a fourth time during the current pandemic to convince a judge to shut down indoor services at a popular Christian megachurch, the county is moving to evict the congregation from a parking lot it’s been using … Continue reading LA County cancels church’s parking lot lease amid pandemic dispute
News Analysis Constitutional tensions between the authority of governments to use coercive powers to protect public health and the right of Americans to freely engage in religious worship have come to the fore in recent months as the quarantines, curfews, … Continue reading Pandemic restrictions on worship spark civil disobedience
Activist groups are suing Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in federal court over his directive implementing state law that instructs each county to offer only one drop box for absentee ballots in the upcoming November elections. Republican Donald Trump won Ohio … Continue reading Activists sue Ohio to add more drop boxes for ballots
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstitute a rule requiring that an abortion-inducing drug be taken in the presence of a medical doctor, after a judge issued a nationwide injunction in July pausing the safety requirement during … Continue reading FDA asks Supreme Court to reinstate safety rule for abortion pill
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn a court’s finding that his blocking of critics on the popular microblogging website Twitter violates the First Amendment. The feed for the @RealDonaldTrump account, which has 85.4 million followers, is constantly filled with replies from … Continue reading Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block users on Twitter
Last night Barack Hussein Obama gave what was probably the most undignified, inflammatory, hateful nominating-convention address of a former president in the history of the United States. “This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that’s what … Continue reading Undignified Obama: What an ex-president’s inflammatory and hateful nominating-convention address was made of
A state judge in California put Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency order from July prohibiting indoor church services during the coronavirus pandemic on hold after a Los Angeles-area megachurch filed a lawsuit. The decision comes as thousands of Christians in the state … Continue reading California megachurch wins in court, resumes indoor services despite lockdown order
Three Christian churches and churchgoers in Minnesota filed suit in federal court Aug. 13 against Gov. Tim Walz for his pandemic-related executive orders mandating social distancing and the wearing of face masks during in-person religious worship services. The plaintiffs in the … Continue reading Minnesota churches chafe at mask mandate, sue governor for overreach
The Supreme Court rebuffed a request by Republicans to reinstate a requirement waived by Rhode Island officials on public health grounds that absentee ballots be witnessed. Rhode Island has four of the 270 electoral votes a candidate needs to be elected … Continue reading Supreme Court allows waiver of Rhode Island absentee ballot witness requirement
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling Aug. 11 that would have made it easier for a group that advocates for redistricting reform in Oregon to collect signatures during the current pandemic. It’s the latest emergency order by … Continue reading Supreme Court blocks lower court order easing Oregon signature-gathering requirements