Tag: constitutional rights

FBI Accused of Misleading Judge in Warrant Request, Unlawfully Seizing $86 Million in Private Assets

Recently unsealed court documents appear to show that the FBI misled a U.S. magistrate judge in its request for a warrant to seize assets from a privately owned safe deposit box store in Beverly Hills, California. The FBI began investigating U.S. Private Vaults—a store housing more than 1,000 private safe-deposit boxes—after its agents and local…


Army Doctor Says He’s Being ‘Persecuted’ for Giving Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine

A U.S. military doctor is alleging the Army has taken a series of retaliatory actions against him in response to the doctor granting medical waivers to the COVID-19 vaccine for some service members. Maj. Samuel Sigoloff,  former director of the Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, has been ordered to stop…


New Jersey Microbrewery Sues State Over Regulatory Overreach

A microbrewery is suing New Jersey over license conditions it says severely impede such establishments’ ability to advertise in-house events and grow their businesses. The company’s lawyers suggest the state is picking winners and losers by siding with established restaurants and alcohol sellers over microbreweries. Clarksboro-based Death of the Fox Brewing Co. filed suit (pdf)…


FBI Conducts Dawn Raid on Home of Catholic Pro-Life Speaker

The FBI reportedly arrested Catholic pro-life activist and author Mark Houck in a raid on his rural home early Friday morning. Houck, 48, of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, is the latest target of a string of Department of Justice-sponsored SWAT raids and arrests, as at least two dozen federal agents swarmed his property in Bucks County with…


‘Glock Switches’: Turning Hand Guns Into Machine Guns Becoming Popular Among Gangsters

The rise in murders in recent years has been accompanied by another trend—criminals are increasingly modifying their firearms to enable fully automatic fire, converting simple handguns into tiny machine guns. Houston police brought 19 cases involving guns furnished with these “Glock switches” earlier this year, including a shootout that left three police officers wounded. Last year,…


‘Everyone Has a Right to Follow His Conscience’: Military Chaplains Sue Pentagon Over Vaccine Mandate

Forty-two military chaplains have sued the Department of Defense (DoD) over its vaccine mandate, arguing that it violates their Constitutional rights to freedom of belief and other laws protecting religious freedom. Vietnam War veteran and attorney Arthur A. Schulcz Sr. who is representing the chaplains said the chaplains are seeking a preliminary injunction to bar…


Texas University Pays $165,000 Settlement to Professor Fired for Mocking ‘Microaggressions’

University of North Texas (UNT) has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a First Amendment lawsuit brought by a former math professor, who was fired after mocking the concept of “microaggressions” as “garbage.” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal group representing professor Nathaniel Hiers in the case, celebrated the settlement as a “win…


Bank Chiefs Grilled On Restricting Gun Sales Via Firearm-Specific Merchant Codes

All seven bank chiefs testifying before Congress on Thursday committed to upholding the Second Amendment by promising not to restrict sales of guns following the adoption of new firearm-specific transaction codes that have sparked concern over whether the tracking data might be used by payment processors to curb sales of guns and ammunition. The CEOs…


Disciplinary Hearing for BC Nurse Endorsing Sex-Based Rights Raises Concerns of ‘Policing Speech’: JCCF

A B.C. nurse is facing a disciplinary hearing after the province’s regulator for nurses and midwives alleged that her remarks about “sex-based rights” were “discriminatory” to transgender people. The hearing, which began on Sept. 21, raises concerns that Canadian regulatory bodies are “policing the speech” of professionals, a legal advocacy group says. In November 2020,…


‘Silent Majority’ Must Speak Up When Vocal Minority Imposes Views on Society: Rapper and Commentator

If people do not speak up when faced with a vocal minority trying to impose their radical views on society, the silent majority and their children will face dire consequences, said rapper and social commentator Zuby, encouraging the “silent majority” to stop censoring themselves. “A silent majority may as well not exist,” he said. “I think…