Tag: Judiciary

DeSantis Draws Distinction From Trump, Says He Would Have ‘Fired’ Fauci

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would have “fired” former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci if he was president during the COVID-19 pandemic, he tells Piers Morgan in a Fox Nation interview that airs March 23. DeSantis, regarded the undeclared top challenger to Donald Trump’s bid for a third consecutive Republican…


EXCLUSIVE: From Jail, Oath Keepers Founder Responds to Guilty Verdict for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

Four months after he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and two other charges related to the U.S. Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III decried the verdicts as “pre-ordained” results from a “guaranteed-conviction zone.” He also warned conservatives that Jan. 6 was “only the beginning of a political…


LIVE NOW: Biden Signs Bill to Unveil COVID-19 Origin; Georgia Moves to Prosecute Trump Over 2020 Elections

The origins of COVID-19 could soon be shown to the world. President Joe Biden just signed a bill to declassify federal information on the origins of the virus, and this follows public information showing that both the FBI and the Department of Energy assess that COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese lab. Meanwhile, as President…


Georgia Moves to Prosecute Trump Over 2020 Elections; Biden Signs Bill to Unveil COVID-19 Origin

The origins of COVID-19 could soon be shown to the world. President Joe Biden just signed a bill to declassify federal information on the origins of the virus, and this follows public information showing that both the FBI and the Department of Energy assess that COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese lab. Meanwhile, as President…


Oklahoma Governor Criticizes State Supreme Court’s ‘Activist Majority’ Opinion on Abortion Rights

Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-Okla.) on Tuesday criticized the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s “activist majority” decision to create a limited right to abortion, which he said goes against the will of the people. The court’s 5–4 majority ruling effectively upholds strict anti-abortion laws in place since last year but struck down one law that made abortions illegal…


Crypto Exchange Coinbase Asks Supreme Court to Compel Disgruntled Customers to Pursue Arbitration

An attorney for cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase told the Supreme Court on March 21 that current customer disputes should not move forward in the lower courts while appellate courts have yet to rule on the company’s request to divert those cases to arbitration panels. Coinbase finds itself at the Supreme Court because it prefers the arbitration…


GOP Panel Chair Demands Action to Fix ‘Dire’ Border Situation

ORLANDO, Fla.—House Republicans will redouble their efforts this spring and summer to convince the Democrat-held Senate to adopt eight proposed immigration reform measures that are matriculating through the lower chamber, two key GOP committee chairs affirmed March 20. While that’s not necessarily breaking news, Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Judiciary Committee…


DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Quickly Restore Ban on Guns in Domestic Violence Cases

The Biden administration formally asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that invalidated a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed the new petition (pdf) in United States v. Rahimi, court file 22-915, which was docketed by the Supreme Court…


LIVE at 10:30AM ET: Biden Signs Bill to Unveil COVID-19 Origin; Georgia Moves to Prosecute Trump Over 2020 Elections

The origins of COVID-19 could soon be shown to the world. President Joe Biden just signed a bill to declassify federal information on the origins of the virus, and this follows public information showing that both the FBI and the Department of Energy assess that COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese lab. Meanwhile, as President…


LIVE 3/23 at 10:30AM ET: Biden Signs Bill to Unveil COVID-19 Origin; Georgia Moves to Prosecute Trump Over 2020 Elections

The origins of COVID-19 could soon be shown to the world. President Joe Biden just signed a bill to declassify federal information on the origins of the virus, and this follows public information showing that both the FBI and the Department of Energy assess that COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese lab. Meanwhile, as President…