The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is considering voting this week to hold Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt, according to a spokesman. Judiciary Republicans, including the panel’s chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), have accused Meta of being uncooperative in regards to the panel’s efforts to investigate potential censorship and collusion between Big Tech and the…
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Carried Out Warrantless Monitoring on Man Who Posted Guns for Sale on Facebook
A Texas man who posted on Facebook that he was selling his own guns was placed under warrantless surveillance by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF investigated the man, found no evidence, yet gave his information to the FBI to monitor him for at least six months. According to internal…
Highlights from RFK Jr.’s House Testimony on Censorship
July 22, 2023
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A July 20 House Judiciary Committee hearing examining the federal government’s role in censoring Americans Democrats was marked by explosive exchanges between Democrats and Republicans about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum also included discussion about social media companies’ handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story and government…
FBI Wrongly Searched Surveillance Data for US Senator’s Name, Court Finds
FBI employees and agents inappropriately searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a state senator and a U.S. senator, said a court opinion that was released Friday. The newly disclosed finding is included in the release of a 117-page order (pdf) declassified on July 16 by the federal judiciary’s foreign intelligence surveillance court in April—a…
IN-DEPTH: ‘A Monumental Achievement’: Constitutional Rights Attorney Regards Missouri v. Biden Ruling the Most Important of its Time
July 20, 2023
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A Louisiana federal judge’s temporary injunction against the federal government’s extensive censorship operation is one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years, according to Aaron Siri, managing partner at Siri & Glimstad. In Missouri v. Biden (pdf), Judge Terry Doughty—appointed by former President Donald Trump—issued a “sweeping injunction” on July…
ANALYSIS: Courts, Lawmakers Struggle to Restore Americans’ Fourth Amendment Rights
July 19, 2023
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News Analysis In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that police officers had acted illegally in collecting months of cell phone data from a private company, without a warrant, to track the movements of a robbery suspect. The Court majority opinion stated that “in light of the deeply revealing nature of…
Christian Photographers Ask Appeals Courts to Allow Them Not to Create Content for Same-Sex Weddings
July 19, 2023
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Lawyers for two photographers are asking federal appeals courts to affirm their clients’ First Amendment rights and allow them to “create freely,” citing a Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed a Christian web designer to decline requests to create sites for same-sex weddings. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group, are defending the…
Pennsylvania Parents Sue School District Over Discrimination
July 18, 2023
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Parents of parochial school students in Pennsylvania are suing a public school district, alleging officials violated their rights by not allowing their children to participate in the district’s extracurricular programs. Their legal complaint claims the State College Area School District (SCASD) and its board discriminated against Centre County students who attend religiously affiliated institutions by…
Man Arrested While Preaching at Pennsylvania Pride Event Sues Police
July 18, 2023
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The street preacher who was arrested by police shortly after arriving at a June 3 LGBT pride event sponsored by the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, is suing the police, the city, and Reading Mayor Eddie Moran. The group Reading Pride Celebration partnered with the city for a ceremonial raising of the rainbow flag at Reading…
Biden-Aligned Group Pressures Jim Jordan to Disinvite RFK Jr. From Government Weaponization Hearing
July 17, 2023
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An activist group aligned with President Joe Biden has issued a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), demanding that he disinvite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from testifying at an upcoming hearing on the alleged weaponization of federal government offices and resources. Mr. Kennedy, who is currently challenging Mr. Biden in the 2024…
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