Tag: Judiciary

Classified Documents Show the White House’s Real Enemies Are Americans

Secret government records posted on social media shed light on the Biden administration’s policies at home and abroad. The records allege the president has been lying about everything from Ukraine to Israel. And now the White House may have found a scapegoat in a young Air National Guardsman for the leaks. But his arrest raises…


New Liberal Supreme Court Majority Could Mean Big Changes in Wisconsin

News Analysis Seldom has the election for a single state supreme court justice had the power to change so many things at the state level, and potentially the national level, as this month’s race in Wisconsin. That truth was not lost on liberal, conservative, and special interest groups across the country, whose contributions had made…


Lawsuit Challenges Arkansas Scholarship Program’s Racial Exclusion as Violation of Fourteenth Amendment

Do No Harm (DNH), an organization that spotlights discriminatory practices in medical institutions, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the executive director of a division of the Arkansas Department of Health, alleging its implementation of a scholarship program discriminates against students based on skin color. The suit alleges that Executive Director of the Arkansas Minority…


Man Who Crushed Police Officer on Jan. 6 Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Federal Prison

A Connecticut man who pinned a police officer against a door in the Lower West Terrace tunnel for more than two minutes was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for his role in violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The sentence handed down to Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 25, of Ridgefield,…


Supreme Court Puts on Hold Ruling That Restricts Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court’s order that suspends the federal approval of mifepristone, the nation’s most widely used abortion drug. In a brief order (pdf) issued Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the high court halted the enforcement of a decision issued earlier this month by U.S. District Court Judge…


US Appeals Court Judge Rejects ProPublica Story on Justice Clarence Thomas

Two appeals court judges recently weighed in on reporting around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and that he and his wife were gifted with trips and vacations from a billionaire friend for decades. Judge Thomas Hardiman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed the notion of a “scandal” surrounding Supreme Court…


Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration in Agency Lawsuit Dispute

A Supreme Court ruling on April 14 made it easier to challenge the reach of two powerful federal agencies—the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In its new red tape-cutting decision that is a defeat for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court took steps to rein in the…


Alvin Bragg and His Team: A Background Check

On April 4, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. filed a 16-page indictment of 34 felony charges and a 13-page Statement of Facts against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying New York business records to conceal damaging information regarding an alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels before and after the 2016…


INVESTIGATIVE: Alvin Bragg and His Team: A Background Check

On April 4, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. filed a 16-page indictment of 34 felony charges and a 13-page Statement of Facts against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying New York business records to conceal damaging information regarding an alleged affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels before and after the 2016…


Drugmaker, DoJ Ask Supreme Court to Block Ruling Against Abortion Pill

The company that makes a widely used abortion drug asked the U.S. Supreme Court on April 14 to block a recent ruling that limits the drug’s availability, as did the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). Danco Laboratories manufactures mifepristone, used by many women to terminate pregnancies. Under an appeals court ruling this week, the drug…