Category: constitutional rights

Private Eyes–How Government Makes Your Bank Spy on You

When you open a bank account, do you surrender all rights to your privacy and personal data? Today, the answer is yes. The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA) and subsequent amendments mandated that your bank must inform the federal government about any customer’s transactions that they consider suspicious, however broadly defined that may be,…


How Government Makes Your Bank Spy on You

When you open a bank account, do you surrender all rights to your privacy and personal data? Today, the answer is yes. The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA) and subsequent amendments mandated that your bank must inform the federal government about any customer’s transactions that they consider suspicious, however broadly defined that may be,…


Pennsylvania Legislature Legalizes Switchblade Knives

The Pennsylvania Legislature has ended the state’s prohibition on automatic knives. Also known as switchblades, these knives are tucked into the handle until the user presses a button and the blade snaps out. Just four states now ban the use of switchblades: Washington, Minnesota, Hawaii, and New Mexico. Pennsylvania law prohibits repairing, selling, dealing, using,…


‘You’re Targeting Us’: Connecticut College Removes US Flag Variations, Leaves Pride Flag at Dorms

Two college students in Connecticut who hung variations of the American flag on their dorm window have said their flags were targeted by the administration after an official pulled their flags down but left LGBT flags up for days after the incident. Trinity College roommates Finn McCole and Lucas Turco said the college officials removed…


Racially Discriminatory College Admission Policies Receive Rough Ride at Supreme Court

Most Supreme Court justices seemed receptive on Oct. 31 to a student group’s argument that racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges are unconstitutional and must be struck down. The Biden administration countered that such policies should be allowed to continue indefinitely because they promote diversity, which it claims benefit the nation. Although left-wing activists…


Supreme Court Asked to Restore Felon Voting Rights in Mississippi

A left-wing civil rights group is asking the Supreme Court to review the felon disfranchisement provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently prevents certain felons from voting, claiming the law is rooted in racial animus. The appeal is not expected to affect the approaching Nov. 8 elections. The petition (pdf) in the case, Harness v….


Former British Politician Criticizes Media’s Framing of Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis

As the finger-pointing over what caused the summer water crisis continues in Jackson, Mississippi, a proponent of the free market and individual liberty examines how local and national media coverage concocted two culprits—racism and climate change—to fit a narrative disparaging to the state while downplaying what he said is the true cause: incompetence. For Douglas…


Federal Judge Grants Alabama Conservative Nonprofit’s Motion to Quash ‘Overly Broad, Unduly Burdensome’ DOJ Subpoena

A federal judge has granted an Alabama conservative nonprofit’s motion to quash a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena that demanded all information related to the nonprofit’s efforts to promote a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgery on people under 19 years of age. The Eagle Forum of Alabama filed the motion in U.S….


Citizens’ Group Founder Responds to Suit Seeking to Block Ballot Drop Box Monitoring in Arizona

Melody Jennings, the founder of Clean Elections USA, (CEUSA) is seeking people’s prayers. Jennings is facing a civil lawsuit alleging that she, her group, and ten other unnamed defendants, engaged in a conspiracy to commit voter intimidation in violation of federal law, an accusation she says is untrue. The plaintiffs in the case are the…


J6 Committee, DOJ’s Targeting of Trump Attorneys Aimed at Destroying MAGA, Threatens Democracy: Lawyers

The House Jan. 6 Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other bodies around the country are targeting lawyers who defend those involved in the events surrounding Jan. 6, according to experts and attorneys, who describe such moves as an unprecedented attack on democracy. Conservative attorneys have faced ethics charges, been threatened with criminal charges,…