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The D.C. Bar’s case against Jeff Clark is part of a widespread and well-funded effort by Democrats to make it illegal to be a Republican lawyer. Trump-era Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark won a big victory against Democrat lawfare on Monday when the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled he did not have to comply …
EXACTLY: “The platforms are not newspapers. Their censorship is not speech.” That’s from one of the opinions up for oral argument in the Supreme Court today. Quoted in “Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Challenges to Social Media Laws/The tech industry argues that laws in Florida and Texas, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, violate the First …
According to End Wokeness: 1.5% of lawyers are black women. LSAT score average: White test takers, 153 Asian test takers, 153 Black test takers, 142 An entire NY state Supreme Court bench is compromised of black women. The mathematical probability of this being random and based on merit is literally zero. 1.5% of lawyers are black …
What’s Happening In America? 🚨 Texas Woman Has Her 2 Year Old Child Taken Away For Being Hesitant About The Medication Doctors Were Recommending “CPS took him without a court order and without police officers seeing an immediate need for his removal” “The boy’s mother says that she never imagined that taking him to the …
Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed inclined on Wednesday to again limit the Biden administration’s ability to protect the environment by temporarily stopping an effort by the Environmental Protection Agency to curtail air pollution that drifts across state lines. Such a decision, expected by June, would be in keeping with recent rulings by …
The 2023-24 term at the Supreme Court will close out regularly scheduled oral arguments with three high-profile disputes over the interpretation of the federal criminal law that is at the center of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump, the constitutionality of an Oregon city’s law regulating camping on public property, and …
In a really upsetting twist at the United Nations, people are scratching their heads and feeling pretty frustrated with the United States for not supporting a plan to make Israel leave the place where Palestinians live. The International Court of Justice is spending a whole week talking about this, and lots of countries, 52 to …
“This ruling is stating that a fertilized egg, which is a clump of cells, is now a person. It really puts into question, the practice of IVF,…” “”Unborn children are ‘children’ … without exception based on developmental stage, physical location, or any other ancillary characteristics,” Justice Jay Mitchell wrote in Friday’s majority ruling by the …
…Judge McAfee made clear that his patience was running out because Bradley was given advance notice of his need to appear. John Floyd, the retired lawyer who has experience on racketeering cases. — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) February 16, 2024 BREAKING: The judge just went off on Nathan Wade's friend and former business partner Terrence Bradley …
How does any woman not realize her dress is on backwards when the zipper is in the front? 'ZIP' IT: Fani Willis appeared flustered, mentioned rushing to take the stand when she was called, and according to some who watched the hearing online, appeared to be wearing her dress backwards. https://t.co/c620ASDDVT pic.twitter.com/cukkXCiRUo — Fox News …
Former President Donald Trump has arrived for a hearing Monday in his classified documents case that is being held in a special secure facility due to the sensitive nature of the materials involved. The hearing, in Fort Pierce, Florida, is being held under seal in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility or SCIF — a specially-equipped secure room …
Former President Donald Trump is expected to decide on Monday if he is going to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding his presidential immunity claim in his Washington, D.C., election interference case. A federal appeals court ruled earlier this week that Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution, allowing special counsel Jack …
by Chris Black The media is hyping this all up, but it’s just stupid to suggest the Supreme Court will ban Trump from running. They will ban him from getting elected if they’re asked to side with vote fraudsters, but they won’t ban him from running. BBC: The US Supreme Court will wade into uncharted …
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of former UBS analyst Trevor Murray, stating that UBS must provide back pay for his termination after he blew the whistle on alleged illegal pressure to alter research reports. The ruling carries broader implications, making it easier for whistleblowers to succeed in retaliation …
So to be clear, in its analysis of the Hawaii right to bear arms provision, which is identical to the federal one and was adopted by the Hawaii legislature in 1950, the Hawaii Supreme Court looks to the history of Hawaii when it was a foreign nation. Cool. pic.twitter.com/oaXl3fkXc9 — Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) February 7, …
A skeptical U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a momentous case that is expected to determine whether Donald Trump can continue his run for president. At issue is a provision of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that bars insurrectionists from office. Six Republican and independent voters from Colorado sued to block Trump from …
Lawyers are being forced to defend their livelihoods before bar associations and ethics boards — not for obvious misconduct, but after opposing Democrats. After the chaotic 2020 election, leftist organizations began filing ethics and even criminal complaints against lawyers who opposed Democrats in election litigation. Democrats have recently expanded these tactics to lawyers who cross …
BREAKING: The U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected former Pres. Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity as it pertains to his federal election interference case. The full filing from the DC circuit panel. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208593677.0.pdf He lost this battle, but he won the war. The SCOTUS will make sure they drag this out till after the …
Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy reacts to today’s D.C. appeals court decision against Trump’s immunity argument, what Trump should do next, and what it means to the Trump trials timing.
The Supreme Court will grapple with a sizable number of politically significant cases as the presidential election season heats up over the next few months, touching on abortion rights, gun control and the fate of criminal charges against the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump. The choices justices make this term could ripple through the election …
Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.’s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza, South Africa’s foreign minister said Wednesday, adding that her country has asked why an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not been issued in a case South Africa …
Amid the wait for an appeals court ruling on Trump’s claim of “Presidential immunity” and other potential delays…. the Washington D.C. federal court no longer lists USA v. Donald Trump criminal trial on its calendar for March 4, 2024 Amid the wait for an appeals court ruling on Trump's claim of "Presidential immunity" and other …
via naturalnews Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has been ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a man who developed cancer due to the Roundup weed killer, one of the products of its subsidiary Monsanto. Jurors in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that the weed killer is to blame for 49-year-old landscaper John McKivison developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Individuals affected …
Crowds of at least 200 people protested outside an Oakland federal courthouse on Friday as attorneys gave arguments in a lawsuit seeking to stop U.S. aid for the Israeli government’s attacks on Gaza. Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights, representing Palestinians in the U.S. and abroad, filed the lawsuit (PDF) in November. They are …
Israel's National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Says After World Court Order: 'hague Shmague' – X — CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) January 26, 2024 Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was described as a “petulant child” on Friday after he reacted dismissively to the “historic” ruling by the International Court of Justice that determined it does have jurisdiction to hear …
Year after year public officials tell Texans they believe in limited government and protecting constitutional rights. In practice the opposite is true. Two Texas cases before the U.S. Supreme Court highlight the disconnect. On Tuesday, the high court heard heard DeVillier v. Texas. Richie DeVillier and his family have tended a cattle ranch near Beaumont …
by Chris Black Some people still claim that democracy means “government by the people.” But then you get “government by representatives, who don’t have any obligation to the people.” But then if the representatives do something the people want, oh sorry, actually the court system says they can’t do that. It’s not only not “government …
by Chris Black As predicted, the UN won’t even pretend to exercise their nonexistent authority against Israel. Because the UN, like the US, is run by these people. Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have ordered Israel to take steps to limit killings and acts of genocide in Gaza and to allow in …
by The Rutherford Institute WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rutherford Institute is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect free speech forums on social media from attempts by big tech companies to block, ban, remove, deplatform, demonetize, de-boost, restrict, deny equal access or visibility to, or otherwise discriminate against viewpoints of which they might disapprove. …