The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds, recognizing for the first time a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling is a sweeping victory for Second Amendment gun ownership rights and may help to undo restrictive gun…
Supreme Court Rules New York’s Concealed Carry Gun Law Is Unconstitutional, Recognizes Right to Carry in Public
June 23, 2022
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NRA Responds to Senate’s Gun-Control Bill
The National Rifle Association (NRA) responded to the Senate’s gun control package by saying it “falls short on every level.” “The NRA will support legislation that improves school security, promotes mental health services, and helps reduce violent crime. However, we will oppose this gun control legislation because it falls short at every level. It does…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine Tuition-Assistance Program for Religious Discrimination
June 21, 2022
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The Supreme Court voted 6–3 to strike down as unconstitutional a Maine law that excludes families from a student aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools, in a decision released June 21. The ruling is a defeat for the Biden administration, which supported Maine’s position. Under the program, school districts…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine’s Ban on Funding for Religious Schools
June 21, 2022
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The Supreme Court voted 6–3 to strike down as unconstitutional a Maine law that excludes families from a student aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools, in a decision released June 21. The ruling is a defeat for the Biden administration, which supported Maine’s position. Under the program, school districts…
Marxists Seek to Leverage Riots to Subvert American Society: Philosopher
Marxists seek to advocate and facilitate riots, such as the 2020 unrest in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, in a bid to subvert American society and pave the way for a socialist takeover, according to professor of philosophy and author Douglas R. Groothuis. “The goal is to destabilize America, and to threaten…
Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Man’s Life Sentence for Marijuana Possession
June 20, 2022
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A divided Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld a prisoner’s sentence of life imprisonment for possession of marijuana under the state’s violent habitual offender law. The affirmation of the sentence comes as laws regarding marijuana are being loosened nationwide. A Buffalo Law Review article by Paul J. Larkin Jr. titled “Cannabis Capitalism” from a year ago,…
National Association for Gun Rights is ‘Demanding’ an Apology From Sen. Cornyn
The National Association for Gun Rights nonprofit demanded an apology for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) after he co-sponsored a gun control measure in the wake of several mass shootings. The group said it is “denouncing” Cornyn and is “demanding that he apologize after he called Texas GOP activists a ‘mob’ in the wake of his support…
EXCLUSIVE: Police Report Proves Plainclothes Electronic Surveillance Unit Members Were Embedded Among Jan. 6 Protesters
June 20, 2022
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While there is growing speculation that federal agents and Capitol Police were involved in instigating acts of violence during the Jan. 6, 2021 protests and recording responses for the purposes of entrapment, evidence now proves that “plainclothes” members of a special Electronic Surveillance Unit (ESU) were embedded among the protesters for the purposes of conducting…
Reversing 2018 Ruling, Iowa Supreme Court Finds State Constitution Does Not Protect Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court of Iowa on June 17 overturned a four-year-old decision it made holding that the Iowa Constitution guarantees the right to abortion, and determined the state constitution does not in fact provide any such guarantee. The move allows the Republican-controlled Iowa General Assembly to move forward with plans to restrict, or possibly prohibit,…
House Lawmakers Propose 1,000 Percent Tax on AR-15s
A group of Democrats, led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), are proposing a 1,000 percent tax on AR-15-style weapons in a gun-control bill intended to significantly restrict access to the popular firearm. The bill, called the “Assault Weapons Excise Act,” was introduced Tuesday by Breyer and 36 House Democrats and would apply to “assault weapons”…
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