A former employee of Miami-Dade County in Florida is suing the county’s board of commissioners after he says he was fired over his Christian beliefs about transgender ideology and his refusal to attend punitive “diversity training.” John Labriola, who served as a media aide for the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners from 2013 to 2021, wrote…
EXCLUSIVE: Former Employee Sues Miami-Dade County for Violating Rights of Religion, Free Speech
October 7, 2022
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Capitol Report (Oct. 5): Biden Meets Desantis in Florida; FBI Says Murders Up Significantly Across US
October 5, 2022
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President Joe Biden visits Florida. What does he say about damage caused by Hurricane Ian, and how is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressing Biden’s actions? OPEC ignores Biden’s plea to ramp up production and instead does exactly the opposite. It’s slashing oil production—the biggest cut in two years. How is the White House responding? The…
Big Tech’s Big Moment Finally Arrives at Supreme Court
October 5, 2022
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Commentary In what is shaping up to be an action packed term at the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices upped the ante Tuesday, Oct. 4, by granting review in another banner case: Gonzalez v. Google, Inc. The case centers on interpretation of a law that has plagued social media users, especially conservatives, for some time by…
Satirical Website ‘The Onion’ Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Man Arrested for Police Parody Account
American satirical publication The Onion on Monday filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Ohio man who is suing his local police department for violating his First Amendment rights by arresting him over a satirical Facebook page. Anthony Novak was arrested in 2016 after he launched a Facebook page that…
How to Make the Big Bucks While Wrecking a Country
Commentary Of all these many sketchy characters involved at the highest levels in the great wreckage of 2020–22, Anthony Fauci of NIAID occupies a singular position. He is the most well-known of all the lockdowners and advocates of vaccine mandates. He has since spoken at many college commencements and still deferred to daily by an…
New Jersey Microbrewery Sues State Over Regulatory Overreach
September 25, 2022
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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)…
Texas University Pays $165,000 Settlement to Professor Fired for Mocking ‘Microaggressions’
September 23, 2022
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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…
Justice Department Harasses Citizens for Exercising First Amendment Rights
September 23, 2022
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Commentary The Justice Department has hit Eagle Forum of Alabama with a voluminous subpoena that violates the organization’s First Amendment rights to speak freely, engage in the political process, and talk to its elected representatives. It’s an intimidation tactic, pure and simple, and shows just how partisan the Justice Department has become. This out-of-control behavior should scare…
Alabama Lawmakers Call DOJ’s Subpoena of Conservative Nonprofit ‘Political Harassment’
September 22, 2022
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Alabama lawmakers are alleging that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has engaged in political harassment after its subpoena of a conservative nonprofit that assisted in the writing of a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and transgender surgery on people under 19 years of age. In a Sept. 20 letter (pdf) addressed to U.S. Attorney General…
Florida Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Its Power to Regulate Social Media
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to decide if states have the power to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. Given growing public interest in the issue of social media censorship, the Supreme Court may have difficulty refusing to hear the case….
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