Category: constitutional rights

Attorney in Hearing Over Covenant School Public Records: ‘We’re Really Dealing With a Chilling of First Amendment Rights’

A Nashville judge overseeing several lawsuits brought against the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) after it denied access to the writings of the Covenant School shooter, has said the public release of appropriate information is good. “I believe that getting the information that needs to be out is a good thing,” Chancellor I’Aesha Myles said at…


Whitmer Signs Red Flag Law Opposed by Some Sheriffs in Michigan

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday afternoon signed a red flag law that aims to prevent individuals at risk of harming themselves or others from accessing firearms after a mass shooting earlier this year at Michigan State University, where three students lost their lives. The law, commonly known as a red flag law or Extreme…


Whitmer Signs Red Flag Law Opposed by Some Sherifs in Michigan

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday afternoon signed a red flag law that aims to prevent individuals at risk of harming themselves or others from accessing firearms after a mass shooting earlier this year at Michigan State University, where three students lost their lives. The law, commonly known as a red flag law or Extreme…


COVID Vaccine-Injured Sue Biden Administration Over Censorship

A woman who suffered severe nerve damage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination and four others with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 vaccine injuries launched a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his administration on May 22. Top government officials violated the plaintiffs’ rights to free speech and peaceful assembly when they pressured Big Tech companies to…


Watchdog CPAs Aim to Add Systems of Control Over State Elections

A small, loose-knit group of certified public accountants (CPAs) hope to convince states to apply the same techniques accountants use to assure integrity in business to elections and restore voter confidence. “What we want to do is make sure that eligible voters can find it very easy to vote, and people who are not eligible…


Justice Gorsuch Slams COVID Emergency Powers: ‘Greatest Intrusions on Civil Liberties’ in ‘Peacetime History’

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday lamented what he calls an intrusion into civil liberties by pandemic emergency decrees since the start of COVID-19 as the high court dismissed a suit on Title 42 as moot. “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of…


Alaska Passes Bill to Limit Govt From Shutting Down Gun Stores During Emergencies

Alaska’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the authorities from singling out firearm and ammunition retailers when they start shutting down businesses during a declared emergency. House Bill 61, heading to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, states that firearm businesses cannot be forced to close, shorten their business hours, limit their sales, or…


Bank of America Gave FBI Access to Jan. 6 Bank Records Without Customers’ Knowledge: Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers told Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee that Bank of America gave Jan. 6 connected bank records to the FBI without customers’ knowledge or consent. In their testimony, whistleblowers claimed that the FBI had become “enveloped in politicization” and made several claims of “serious abuses” over an extended period of time. Among those abuses,…


Videos of ATF Visits Spark Concern Among Gun Rights Advocates

Videos of law enforcement agents knocking on doors to question residents about firearms or gun parts they may have purchased are causing alarm in the Second Amendment community online. Aidan Johnston, director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America (GOA), said such encounters have the ingredients for a Ruby Ridge/Waco-type tragedy. “This is an…


US Supreme Court Allows Illinois Gun Control Law to Remain in Effect

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Illinois strict new gun control law to remain in effect, denying an emergency request for an injunction. It means that the measure, which places bans on what it calls “assault weapons,” will remain intact while lower courts deliberate on the matter. An Illinois gun store owner filed a…