Category: constitutional rights

Judge Strikes Down Controversial Clause in NY’s New Election Laws

A New York state court judge on Friday struck down one controversial sentence in New York’s new election laws. New York Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone said the sentence deprived the rights of courts to rule on disputed ballots. The last sentence in Article 9-209(8)e of the 2022 Election Law—which has been amended recently by…


Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Retrial for Nonunanimous Jury Convictions After Practice Ruled Unconstitutional

A divided Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled that a ban on nonunanimous jury verdicts will not be applied retroactively, which means up to 1,500 inmates who were convicted by split juries will not get a new trial. The ruling (pdf) on Oct. 21 in State of Louisiana v. Reddick, court file 2021-KP-01893, comes out of…


Mexico sues US gun industry in US courts a second time

The government of Mexico is suing five U.S. gun sellers in U.S. courts in Arizona, claiming the U.S. businesses are illegally engaging in arms trafficking for cartels in that crime-ravaged country. The new lawsuit comes after a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a $10 billion lawsuit on Sept. 30 that Mexico brought against arms…


Ohio Voters to Decide If Non-US Citizens Can Vote in Local Elections

Ohio voters are heading to the polls to decide if non-U.S. citizens can vote in state or local elections. If passed, Issue 2 would change the Ohio Constitution. It proposes that only adult U.S. citizens who legally reside and are registered to vote in Ohio for at least 30 days can cast a ballot in…


Tennessee’s New AG: Good for the State, Great for the Country

Commentary Don’t confuse states’ attorneys general—who can be good, especially in red states—with the George Soros-backed big city DAs dominating those cities and helping turn them into crime-ridden hellholes. Encourage those red-state AGs, because they can be our saviors—at least to some extent. Unfortunately, they are limited in what they can do in the ever…


Judge Rules Federal Ban on Guns With Removed Serial Numbers Is Unconstitutional

A judge has ruled that a federal law banning guns that have had their serial numbers removed is unconstitutional. The law at issue prohibits any person from transporting a gun with the serial number “altered, obliterated, or removed,” across state lines. It also prohibits them from possessing such a gun if it has ever been transported across…


Republican Senators Warn DOJ Not to Police Speech Against Transgender Surgeries on Children

Senate Republicans are warning Attorney General Merrick Garland not to target Americans who speak against transgender surgeries on children the way his department did to parents protesting at school board meetings. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Garland, a group of five senators said they remain concerned that he would repeat a pattern played…


FBI Agents Involved in Facebook’s Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Were Democrat Donors: Records

Two FBI agents whose communications with Meta resulted in the social media company’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story were donors of the Democratic Party, records show. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, told Joe Rogan in late August that the company actively reduced the reach of social media posts about the…


‘Bigotry of Low Expectations’—Dr. Zuhdi Jasser Talks Iran Protests, Islamist Ideology, and Islamic Reform

On this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sat down with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a practicing physician, proud Muslim, and the founder of multiple organizations aimed at countering the threat of political Islam, more commonly referred to as “Islamism.” “The hypocrisy of the left, the feminists, and others in their claim to be about women’s…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: ‘Bigotry of Low Expectations’—Dr. Zuhdi Jasser Talks Iran Protests, Islamist Ideology, and Islamic Reform

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  On this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sat down with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a practicing physician, proud Muslim, and the founder of multiple organizations aimed at countering the threat of political Islam, more commonly referred to as “Islamism.” “The hypocrisy of the…