Supreme Court Hears Teachers Union Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard a landmark case from California that could weaken teachers’ unions political clout nationwide, leaving them far less capable of supporting their Democratic Party clients.
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Donald Trump: Ted Cruz Needs Court Ruling on Citizenship; A GOP Candidate Must Sue Him
Donald Trump told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren Thursday night that he believes Sen. Ted Cruz should get a declaratory judgment from a federal court, ruling that Cruz is a natural born citizen eligible to run for president. What Trump may not know—but which his lawyers should have told him—is that Cruz can only get such a ruling if Trump sues him first.
Abortion and Marriage: Supreme Court Asked to Take First Amendment Case on Conscience Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today top religious-liberty scholars and lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a state law requiring a person of faith to engage in actions that violate his religious conscience violates the First Amendment, in a case with profound implications for the hot-button issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.
Dershowitz: Criminals Have More Rights than Law-Abiding Citizens
Speaking on the surveillance of Muslims, leading liberal constitutional professor Alan Dershowitz declared, “Criminals should have more rights than law-abiding citizens.” The professor’s statement is wrong, and it misses the more relevant point regarding the war on Islamic terrorism.
Justice Breyer: No Comment on Donald Trump, but Detention Camps Unlikely
Justice Stephen Breyer will not express an opinion on Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, in keeping with two centuries of Supreme Court tradition. But he did express an opinion on a related point: American courts are unlikely to allow Muslims to be held in detention camps.
Palo Alto Forbids Mobile Home Park Owners from Closing
Tim and Eva Jisser started a mobile home park in Palo Alto, California, in 1986. Now the family wants to move on, but the city told them they must pay $8 million to do so.
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Congress Ban on Offensive Trademarks
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Offensive terms can receive trademark protection, and Congress’s 70-year-old statute to the contrary violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals court held in a case that is likely to now go before the Supreme Court.
Defeating the Obama-Kerry Climate (Non)Treaty
Both Congress and private businesses can stop President Barack Obama’s climate non-treaty that Secretary John Kerry emptily announced from Paris this week.
Trump’s Muslim ‘Ban’ and the Constitution
Every president is sworn to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” so before considering whether Donald Trump’s plan to ban all Muslim immigration into the country is good policy, Americans needs to ask if it’s constitutional.
Obama’s Favorite Moment of 2015 Was Party Outside Rainbow Lit White House
President Obama’s favorite moment of 2015? Sitting in the rainbow lit White House while a crowd of people gathered outside to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage.
Clarence Thomas Dissents from SCOTUS Skipping ‘Assault Weapons’ Case
When the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) refused to hear a case challenging an “assault weapons” ban in a Chicago suburb on December 7, Justice Clarence Thomas dissented and revealed his belief that court “precedents”‘ would have shown AR-15s—and similar rifles—are protected by the Second Amendment.
Supreme Court Denies Gun Case on Chicago-Area ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban
WASHINGTON D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a city ordinance in Illinois restricting so-called “assault weapons.” Two justices dissented from the Court’s denying review and noted a disturbing trend against the Second Amendment.
AG Loretta Lynch Remarks at Muslim Event Might Threaten Free Speech
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch condemned the “incredibly disturbing rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric” in America and pledged to combat this trend and prosecute those responsible when possible.
Carly Fiorina Hits Hillary Clinton for Pushing ‘Gun Control’ After Mass Shooting
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina came out swinging against President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for politicizing the mass shooting in California.
Supreme Court Sets Stage for Epic Immigration Showdown Before Election
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty for illegal aliens before the 2016 presidential election.
Justice Kennedy Temporarily Blocks Vote To Create Tribal Nation in Hawaii
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is temporarily halting a month-long statewide vote in Hawaii that could eventually lead to a separate sovereign nation within America’s fiftieth state.
White House Asks High Court to Hear Amnesty Appeal Before 2016 Election
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli is asking the Supreme Court to deny a request from Texas and 25 other states for a delay before considering whether President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty is illegal. The Court should resolve the case before its term ends in June 2016, Verrilli says.
Obama’s VA Facility Bans ‘Merry Christmas’
President Barack Obama’s Department of Veterans Affairs has banned employees at its facility in Salem, Virginia, from saying “Merry Christmas” to veterans.
Obama Admin. Appeals Executive Amnesty Ruling to Supreme Court
The appeal comes exactly a year after Obama announced his sweeping actions to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation and grant them work permits last November. Two lower courts have since blocked the administration from moving forward with the plans.
SCOTUS Will Not Take Pro-Life Group’s FOIA Case Against Obama Administration
This week, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the case of New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) seeking public information on whether the Obama administration coordinated with abortion provider Planned Parenthood. Two of the nine justices argued that the Court should have taken the case.
Appeals Court Kills Executive Amnesty, Leaves Obama Few Options
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against President Barack Obama’s amnesty with a late Monday decision that will probably last until after he leaves office on Jan. 20, 2017.
Appeals Court Blocks Obama’s Executive Orders on Amnesty
A federal court has again blocked Obama’s executive orders giving quasi-legal status and work permits to millions of illegal immigrants, an action that critics say is an illicit backdoor amnesty plan.
Mexico Supreme Court Decision Paves Way for Marijuana Legalization
On November 4, Mexico’s Supreme Court made a landmark—and highly controversial—decision, declaring that individuals should have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their personal use. The ruling applies only to a single cannabis club that filed the suit, but may have initiated a domino effect that will pave the way for eventual marijuana legalization.
BREAKING: Supreme Court to Consider Obamacare’s Attack on Religious Liberty
The Supreme Court announced today it would hear oral arguments in seven cases where Christian organizations say Obamacare violates their religious liberty that is shielded by the so-called “wall of separation” between churches and the ever-expanding state.
Ted Cruz: U.S. Is One Liberal Justice Away from End of Gun Rights
On October 23, Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz observed that the U.S. is one liberal Supreme Court justice away from going after the individual right to keep and bear arms with the intent of hampering, if not abolishing, the exercise of that right.
