Pennsylvania Republicans are arguing a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth has been made invalid by a court ruling. A group of 14 GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit against the state’s Acting Secretary Leigh Chapman in the Commonwealth Court on July 20, seeking again to throw out Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in ballot law,…
GOP Says Pennsylvania Mail-In Voting Law is Invalid
Pennsylvania State GOP Files Lawsuit to Throw Out Mail-in Voting Law
Pennsylvania Republicans are arguing a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth has been made invalid by a court ruling. A group of 14 GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit against the state’s Acting Secretary Leigh Chapman in the Commonwealth Court on July 20, seeking again to throw out Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in ballot law,…
Mass Shootings Are a ‘Societal Problem, Not a Gun Problem’: Former FBI Agent
On the heels of another deadly mass shooting, people are looking for the culprit of the problem and searching for solutions. The number of mass shooting incidents reported and verified this year has surpassed 325. Fifteen of these incidents resulted in death. The most recent occurred on the Fourth of July, when Robert Crimo III…
Missouri Sheriff Refuses to Hand Over Gun Owners’ Info to FBI: ‘I Will Go Down With the Ship’
A Missouri sheriff said he told the FBI that he won’t comply with audits regarding Missouri counties’ concealed carry permit information. Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney said in public statements they won’t comply with the bureau’s audit. “As the sheriff of Scotland County, I want all my citizens to know that I will not allow,…
Judge Blocks Pre-Roe Abortion Ban in West Virginia
A West Virginia judge on July 18 temporarily blocked the state’s pre-Roe abortion ban from taking effect. The preliminary injunction issued by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tera Salango came in a lawsuit filed in June on behalf of Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, the state’s only abortion clinic. The clinic had suspended abortions and…
DHS Spent Millions of Tax Dollars on Cellphone Location Data, ACLU Says
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has spent millions of taxpayers’ dollars to purchase cellphone location data to track people’s movements, according to documents reviewed and released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It’s no secret that some U.S. government agencies have been buying and using cellphone location data without warrants. In 2020,…
Police Say Accused Indiana Mall Shooter Waited in Bathroom for 1 Hour Before Opening Fire
Authorities said the 20-year-old shooter who opened fire in an Indiana mall on Sunday waited inside a bathroom before fatally shooting three and injuring two others before an armed bystander shot and killed him. Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said during a news conference Monday that the shooter was in the Greenwood Park Mall…
House Democrats Targeting at Least 40 Specific AR-15 Rifles in New ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will take up proposed legislation next week that would ban certain “assault weapons,” the panel said on Friday. The committee will meet next Wednesday, July 20, to mark up the bill, which “would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons,” the panel said in a statement. If…
Professor Sues University After Being Censored for Rejecting Woke ‘Land Acknowledgment’
A professor has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the University of Washington (UW), which censored him for disagreeing with the idea that the university campus sits on “occupied land” belonging to a native tribe. Located in Seattle, UW is one of the many U.S. colleges and universities that promote “land acknowledgment” statements that recognize…
Second Amendment Advocacy Group Sues New York Over New Concealed Carry Restrictions
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is suing New York state over new restrictions on the public carrying of firearms that were rushed through the state Legislature and signed into law after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s requirement that a carry permit applicant must demonstrate a special need for self-defense. The lawsuit takes aim specifically…
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