Tag: Judiciary

Christian Counselor Asks Supreme Court to Invalidate Law Forbidding Talk Against Gender Transitions

A licensed marriage and family counselor is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Washington state law that prohibits counseling against gender transitions. Counselor Brian Tingley says the state’s counseling censorship law violates his freedom of speech and infringes on his religious faith and that of his clients by prohibiting certain private client-counselor conversations…


US Supreme Court Skeptical of Overturning Federal Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration

The U.S. Supreme Court has cast a skeptical eye on a First Amendment challenge against a federal ban on encouraging illegal immigration, with justices saying the law is too rarely invoked to actually chill free speech. The law in question, known as Section 1324 of the U.S. Code, makes it a crime punishable by up…


John Durham Expected to Finish His Report ‘Relatively Soon:’ Attorney General

U.S. special counsel John Durham is poised to finish his report soon, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on March 28. Garland, testifying before a U.S. Senate committee, was asked about how Democrat lawyer Michael Sussmann had a badge that let him access the FBI’s headquarters. Sussmann used the the badge to gain entry on Sept. 19,…


SCOTUS Issues ‘Major Victory for Property Rights’ in Forest Service Dispute: Attorney

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of Montana property owners who claim the U.S. Forest Service cheated them by unilaterally changing the terms of a decades-old public access agreement affecting their private land. The March 28 decision split the court’s six-member conservative wing. Three members sided with the property owners; the other three sided with…


Supreme Court to Consider Case of Litigious Disability Activist

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging a serial lawsuit filer who has sued more than 600 hotels over their alleged failure to post disability accessibility information on their websites. Activists say they are only helping to enforce the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which they say hotels do not…


Kansas Supreme Court Unlikely to Shift on Abortion-Friendly Stance

The Kansas Supreme Court appeared unmoved on March 27 by Kansas Solicitor General Tony Powell’s arguments that its 2019 ruling recognizing abortion as a “fundamental right” under the Kansas Constitution should be overturned. Powell spent Monday morning defending two state abortion laws before the court—a 2015 ban on second-trimester dismemberment abortions and a 2011 law…


Supreme Court Leaves Trump’s Steel Import Tariffs Intact

The Supreme Court decided on March 27 not to take up an industry challenge to steel import tariffs that then-President Donald Trump launched in 2018 on U.S. national security grounds. President Joe Biden has left the tariffs, which Trump said were needed to assure robust levels of domestic steel production, largely intact. The Biden administration…


Twitter’s Source Code Leaked Online, Prompting Lawsuit to Identify Leaker

Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked, and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, according to legal filings. The March 24 document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, indicates that “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is…


Twitter Source Code Leaked Online, Prompting Lawsuit to Identify Leaker

Parts of Twitter’s source code have been leaked and the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk is seeking information on the person responsible, according to legal filings. The March 24 document filed with the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, indicates that “various excerpts” of Twitter’s source code, which is…


House Republicans Insist on Information From Bragg’s Office on Trump Indictment

House Republicans sent another letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Saturday, requesting the latter to provide more information about the potential indictment against former president Donald Trump. “We reiterate the request in our March 20 letter and ask that you comply in full as soon as possible but no later than March 31,…