Newly uncovered video shows Lois Lerner discussing the political pressure that swirled around the IRS in 2010. Lerner says “everyone” was “screaming at” the IRS to stop the flood of money pouring into the 2010 elections through 501(c)(4) groups as
In a case over New Jersey’s requirement that a citizen demonstrate “justifiable need” for a carrying a firearm before receiving a concealed carry license, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that such a requirement “does not
The National Rifle Association (NRA) sued the Obama administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over a federal law denying law-abiding young adults their Second Amendment right to own a handgun. After fighting it out in the lower
On August 2 the U.S. Supreme Court refused California Governor Jerry Brown’s (D) emergency request to halt the release of inmates from that state’s prison system. This means the June order for Brown to release approximately 10,000 prisoners stands and
While President Barack Obama has claimed he is a champion of the middle class, two of his signature initiatives–comprehensive immigration reform and Obamacare–threaten to further gut America’s middle class. Regarding Obamacare, economic analyst John Mauldin determined Obamacare may actually create
(AP) High court won’t delay release of Calif inmatesBy PAUL ELIASAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year’s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and
The City of Richmond, CA, has taken a fateful step towards invoking eminent domain to help home owners who owe more on their houses than they are worth – in some cases several times more. The city has sent letters
(AP) Appeals court: NYC’s big-soda ban unconstitutionalBy DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated PressNEW YORKNew York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice.A mid-level state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority when
Al Sharpton claims he has briefed Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision. The MSNBC host took to the Huffington Post to criticize Bill O’Reilly for speaking out against black on
Civil rights activists meeting with Barack Obama and Eric Holder at the White House on Monday emerged delighted with promises made to them to counter the action of the Supreme Court in June striking down the coverage formula in Section
By BILL BARROWAssociated PressMOBILE, Ala.Republicans hoping to reach beyond the party’s white, aging core must do more than retool campaign strategy and tactics, say young GOP leaders pressing elected officials to offer concrete policies to counter Democratic initiatives. Weingartner and
By PAUL J. WEBER and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasNew efforts by the Obama administration to put Texas back under voting rights laws knocked down by the Supreme Court has other states waiting to see if they’re next. The Justice Department
A Republican Congressman introduced legislation Thursday that would ban the federal government from taking raisins from farmers without compensation. The government is allowed to do this because of a depression-era law coupled with a Marketing Order enacted during the Truman
Entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte blamed the Tea Party for increasing “racial animus” in the United States in an appearance with the Dream Defenders at the Florida State Capitol. In a response to a question from Breitbart News
These past two weeks show just how extreme an agenda President Barack Obama is pushing through his Cabinet officers when it comes to race and government power. Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services compared
A Russian court on Friday ruled to keep a member of punk band Pussy Riot in prison, after she appealed an earlier decision denying her release on parole from her sentence over a church protest against President Vladimir Putin. The
Attorney General Eric Holder has launched a war against Texas, and in doing so is defying the Supreme Court of the United States. The imminent judicial beat-down of Holder highlights that this case is not about the rule of law
California is all set to release up to 9,600 more prison inmates into society, most of them moderate-to-high-risk criminals, under the terms of a 2008 Supreme Court ruling suggesting that overcrowding was violating inmates’ Constitutional rights. The state of California
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland has stopped North Dakota’s new abortion law, holding it is likely unconstitutional under current Supreme Court precedent. Pro-life proponents are taking a chance with this case. In MKB Management Corp. v. Burdick, Hovland issued a
San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. has petitioned the California Supreme Court to order marriage licenses not be issued to gay couples while the court considers whether these licenses are illegal under California law. California’s Proposition 8 amended
In a letter from the ACLU to Attorney General Eric Holder: We are writing to clearly state the ACLU’s position on whether or not the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider bringing federal civil rights or hate crimes charges as
(CNN) — Police around the United States are recording the license plates of passing drivers and storing the information for years with little privacy protection, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.The information potentially allows authorities to track the movements
Home-retailer Hobby Lobby–owned by the Green family, who are devout Christians–just dealt the Obamacare HHS mandate a devastating one-two punch. It’s likely the Obama administration will have no choice but to now petition the U.S. Supreme Court–where President Barack Obama’s
The Romeikes, a German family granted legal asylum in the United States by a U.S. immigration judge in 2010, will petition the Supreme Court to hear its case to be granted permanent legal status in the country. Uwe and Hannelore
Breitbart News has learned the Senate’s controversial immigration reform bill passed in late June contains a Medicaid mandate similar to a provision found in the Affordable Care Act, known to its critics as Obamacare. A little-noticed part of the Congressional
