Tag: constitutional rights

Gun Control Advocacy Group Plans Nationwide Protests After Texas School Shooting

A student-led gun control advocacy group is planning nationwide protests in the wake of the Texas elementary school shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children this week. According to its website, March for Our Lives is planning to take to the streets of Washington, D.C. on June 11. The group also has several other marches planned…


‘Second Amendment Is Not Absolute’: Biden Decries Gun Laws After Texas School Shooting

U.S. President Joe Biden has decried current gun laws in America after 19 students and two adults were killed by a shooter at a Texas elementary school. He argued there are reform options that don’t negate the Second Amendment, which he claimed “is not absolute.” Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has framed the problem as a…


Proposed Safety Rules Would Give Feds More Control Over Your Car

Federal regulators are considering new vehicle safety features and requesting public comments about the immediate changes, but it’s the agency’s future proposals under development that could give pause to consumers who are concerned about privacy. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulates the auto industry in numerous ways, including the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), which…


18 Major Airlines, FAA, and DOT to Be Sued Over COVID Vaccine Mandates

John Pierce Law has filed a lawsuit against Atlas Air, on behalf of US Freedom Flyers (USFF) and Atlas employees, and plans to sue all major airlines, 18 altogether, plus the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT), contending that the vaccine mandates imposed by these agencies on the airlines’ employees infringed…


Virginia Sued Over Law That Allows Violation of Ranchers’ Property Rights

Virginia is being sued by property owners over its unusual law that allows hunters to invade private property to retrieve their hunting dogs, often resulting in damage to property and livestock. This lawsuit is not aimed at hunting, but at protecting property rights, according to the Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national nonprofit public interest…


EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Prisoner Running for Florida State House From Jail Cell

While some candidates in the 2022 and 2024 election cycles have been described as unusual, unqualified and even dangerous, one stands out to have a place in the history books. Jeremy Brown, 47, is running for the Florida House of Representatives and directing his campaign from a jail cell. He’s being held in Pinellas County Jail and…


2020 Homicide Spike Unrelated to COVID-19 or Gun Sales, Weaker in GOP Counties: Report

New research has found the 2020 homicide surge was weaker in GOP-voting counties, not linked to gun sale increases or COVID-19, and higher among black Americans, adding to a deeply contentious debate over the violence that shook America that year. “Some people were claiming there was not a spike, or that it is in Republican…


Metal Worker Sues Ex-employer Arconic for Religious Intolerance

A longtime metalworks employee is suing his former employer, Pittsburgh-based Arconic, for religious discrimination after he was fired for expressing on an anonymous company survey his religious-based objection to the use of the rainbow to represent sexual identity. Specifically, the ex-employee, Daniel Snyder, who is now 63, was offended by Arconic’s choice, in his view,…


Republicans Pledge to Block Democrat-Backed Domestic Terrorism Bill in Senate

Several top Republicans in Congress signaled they will work to stop the passage of a House-backed bill that would authorize special offices within several government agencies to investigate alleged domestic terrorism, warning that such measures could be weaponized against the public. “It sounds terrible,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told The Hill of the bill, comparing…


Senate Republicans Pledge to Block Domestic Terrorism Bill Passed by House

Several Republican senators signaled they will work to stop the passage of legislation approved by the House that would authorize special offices within several government agencies to investigate alleged domestic terrorism, warning that such measures could be weaponized against the public. “It sounds terrible,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) told The Hill about the proposal, comparing…