- Retiree living on boat near San Francisco sues agency trying to evict him to protect sea grass
A retired man living on a boat near San Francisco is suing a local agency that is trying to evict him from his home to protect a species of sea grass that lines the bay where he lives. Dozens of people, including Daniel Knight, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, live on boats anchored in Richardson Bay, a shallow arm of San Francisco Bay located in Marin [...]
- SCOTUS to consider immunity of police on joint state-federal task forces in bungled sex-trafficking prosecution
Later this month, the Supreme Court will consider a case arising out of a botched sex-trafficking investigation about whether state and local police officers enjoy immunity from lawsuits when they are federally cross-deputized as members of joint state-federal task forces. Three young women, including Ifrah Yassin, are suing the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Police Department, [...]
- Biden sparks confusion by saying Supreme Court will end national COVID-19 emergency
President Joe Biden caused confusion on Jan. 31 when he told a reporter the Supreme Court would “end” national COVID-19 emergency policies, after telling Congress the day before that his administration would terminate the emergencies on May 11. In response to Republican proposals in Congress to end the national emergency and public health emergencies that were declared by [...]
- Bill Ayers should avoid “drinking the Kool-aid”
I just stumbled upon an old American Spectator column of mine that I thought had been lost in the sands of time. Someone at San Diego State University posted it in an article titled “Drinking the Kool-Aid: A (Partial) 2009 Directory.” It’s not bad, so I’ve reposted it below: Bill Ayers Should Avoid “Drinking the Kool-Aid” by Matthew Vadum, American Spectator, [...]