Religious schools should be shielded from employment discrimination lawsuits brought by former teachers, the Supreme Court heard May 11. That point of view was advanced in two cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. … Continue reading Religious schools immune to employment discrimination suits, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court unanimously resurrected a federal law struck down by an appeals court that made it a felony to encourage people to come to or stay illegally in the United States. The May 7 ruling was a dramatic victory for the … Continue reading Supreme Court rebuffs activists, reinstates ban on encouraging illegals to stay in US
Dallas, Texas salon owner Shelley Luther has become the face of the movement to free the nation from the oppressive lockdowns imposed by despotic governors and mayors. She is a modern-day Rosa Parks, but more on that in a moment. … Continue reading Shelley Luther is America’s new Rosa Parks
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court on May 6 that an exemption given to religious organizations allowing them not to offer contraceptive coverage should be upheld. Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, most employers have to make cost-free … Continue reading Catholic nuns battle contraceptive mandate in Supreme Court
The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court May 5 to leave in place a legal provision that requires foreign organizations receiving U.S. government grants to oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. Oral arguments were heard by the high court telephonically for the second … Continue reading Soros charity should have to oppose prostitution to receive US grants, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court agreed on May 4 to hear a case contesting the power of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use a federal law to block legal challenges to its regulations. At issue is a reporting requirement the IRS uses against … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to IRS rule forcing taxpayers to pay before appealing
A federal appeals court has determined that Kansas can’t make voters produce proof of citizenship when they register to vote, marking a setback in efforts by largely conservative activists to safeguard integrity in the electoral process. In a case cited as … Continue reading Federal appeals court rules Kansas cannot make voters prove citizenship
New Mexico ranchers are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which they say violates property rights even though it’s an improvement over the previous rule. The move comes after the Supreme Court … Continue reading Ranchers sue over new EPA waterways rule, claiming bureaucratic overreach
Under legal pressure, officials in Hagerstown, Maryland, backed away from a local policy aimed to combat the CCP virus by preventing religious pro-life activists from praying on a public sidewalk outside an abortion clinic. The development comes as several states have relaxed containment measures targeting the … Continue reading Abortion protesters’ right to pray outside clinic ensured by threat of litigation
The federal government must fork over more than $12 billion to insurance companies that lost money by participating in the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” program, the Supreme Court has ruled. The decision rebuffs the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers … Continue reading US must pay billions to insurers for Obamacare ‘risk corridors’ program losses, Supreme Court rules
David Brock is the disgraced former journalist and pathological liar who runs well-funded, tax-exempt slander shops like Media Matters for America, American Bridge, and Correct the Record. He tried to destroy Fox News. He ultimately failed in that endeavor but … Continue reading Wonderful news! Vile leftist character assassin David Brock is under investigation
A divided Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that gives the federal government new powers to regulate pollution that travels through groundwater. Although regulating pollution has generally been left to state and local governments, two conservative justices—Chief Justice … Continue reading Supreme Court expands EPA power to regulate groundwater discharges
Osteopathic physicians are suing Nevada’s governor and the state’s pharmacy board over their decision to ban the use outside of hospitals of two relatively safe, well-established anti-malarial drugs to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. Reno attorney Joey … Continue reading Nevada sued over ‘ridiculous,’ ‘illegal’ ban on COVID-19 drugs touted by Trump
There’s no justification for the present high levels of foreign workers in the United States at a time of pandemic-related high unemployment, according to a panel discussion hosted by the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies on April 21. The online discussion came … Continue reading Amid economic crisis, scale back temporary foreign workers, panel says
Convicting an accused person of a serious offense with a less-than-unanimous jury verdict, as two states had allowed, runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of a right to a jury trial, the Supreme Court has determined. The 6–3 ruling concerning split … Continue reading Citing racist origins, Supreme Court strikes down nonunanimous jury rules in Louisiana and Oregon
Montana landowners in a polluted copper-smelting site will have to obtain permission from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) if they wish to restore the site to pristine, pre-smelting condition, which is beyond the current goal of the federal Superfund … Continue reading EPA must approve landowners’ bid for remediation, Supreme Court rules
As politicians and lawyers argue over emergency powers claimed by government officials, the faithful are finding ways to cope amid aggressive public health orders that make it difficult or impossible to come together in person for worship. As religious people … Continue reading Despite pandemic, churches persevere, push back against overreach
Montana’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition that would have forced the release of many inmates held in custody in the state, supposedly to better shield them from the CCP virus. Montana Attorney General Tim … Continue reading Montana Supreme Court rejects releasing prisoners during pandemic
Facebook didn’t like an opinion I expressed so it censored me. This is a first for me. Although I know some articles flagged by Facebook are in fact false, this one of mine, “The CDC Confesses to Lying About COVID-19 … Continue reading Censored by Facebook for telling the truth about CDC’s COVID-19 body count lies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been reminding health care providers that they are legally forbidden from discriminating against elderly or disabled patients when treating those with the CCP virus. While reports of anyone afflicted with the CCP virus, often known … Continue reading HHS says elderly and disabled pandemic patients have equal rights