Judicial Watch uncovered hundreds of documents from the City of Dayton, Ohio, showing that Department of Justice (DOJ) officials pressured the Dayton Police and Fire Departments to lower testing standards because not enough African-American candidates passed the written exam. On
On May 26, the U.S. Supreme Court handed proponents of immigration enforcement a tremendous victory when the High Court upheld the constitutionality of Arizona’s “Legal Arizona Workers Act,” legislation — crafted by Judicial Watch client Arizona State Senate President Russell
California’s proposal to institute an “Amazon Tax” took another major step forward last week. The last of three bills aimed at getting the Seattle giant and other out-of-state online retailers to pay sales tax passed the Assembly on Wednesday afternoon.
You did it. Thank you to those of you who heeded the call to contact U.S. Senators to encourage them to oppose the nomination of Goodwin Liu to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Hadley Heath, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum and HealthCareLawsuits.org, to discuss the
So New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has had a bad week. And it’s only Tuesday. For those of you who have a real life, here’s some back-up: A lewd photo of a pair of bulging underpants was sent to a
This recent decision has been in the making since 1990 when the class action Coleman v. Brown was filed in District Court that found that California “prisoners with serious mental illness do not receive minimal, adequate care.” Then in 2001
Who will watch the watchers? In a world of ubiquitous, hand-held digital cameras, that’s not an abstract philosophical question. Police everywhere are cracking down on citizens using cameras to capture breaking news and law enforcement in action. In 2009, police
The Associated Press was, at one point, considered a reputable news source. Founded in 1846, its “news” articles and photographs are published in 1700 newspapers and used by thousands more television and radio broadcasters. There have been some controversies in
California Democrats are about to initiate a big effort to ram through bills that would force out-of-state, online-only retailers with no physical presence in the state to collect and remit to California sales/use taxes. Starting with a press conference today,
Since President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board announced its prosecution of the Boeing Company last month, there has been much commentary around the topic and its possible effects. Some have stated that the attack on Boeing is an attack on
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Violence grows in Yemen after Saleh again refused to resign Anti-government protesters in Sanaa, Yemen (AFP) Full scale tribal warfare appears to be breaking out around Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, on Monday, as
If Obamacare reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, which it surely will, one key question may determine whether or not the president’s socialist healthcare takeover will remain the law of the land: Will Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recuse herself from
Earlier this month three judges sat down from 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hash out the constitutionality of Obama’s heath care plan. The panel was in response to two lawsuits filed by Virginia’s Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli and
If you want to take a pulse on the political vibe in this country, one need only look at Wisconsin. The state has become the barometer for judging not just the public’s appetite for political battle, but the competitive landscape
U.S. Federal Supreme Court indictment: Ali Khameni and the Revolutionary Guard should be on the International Arrest Warrant wanted list for their support of the 11 September 2001 World Trade Center attack. According to exclusive information obtained by Iran Briefing,
On May 16th, 2011 we attended a MoveOn.org protest staged in Chicago outside a Paul Ryan luncheon. The protesters were unfriendly and hostile to our questions, as well as confused about their message. We also questioned MoveOn members and organizers
Barack Obama is a president at odds with himself. On the one hand, he and his aides are carefully cultivating his new image as the gritty and decisive Commander-in-Chief, making the call to take out Osama bin Laden for the
There are many conservative teachers sounding the alarm about the hijacking of their profession and the radicalization of school curriculums by left-wing union leaders. Exhibit A: Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis saying they’re not teachers but “education workers.” Dean
In its May 3, 2011 edition, University of New Mexico’s student newspaper, The Daily Lobo, published a political cartoon depicting a triumphal Barack Obama, as “Rafiki” from “The Lion King,” hoisting the decapitated head of the recently killed terrorist kingpin
Today, in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state education segregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education. The unanimous decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and was a giant step towards greater liberty.
Texas is generally regarded as a conservative state, but you would not guess that based on some of its legislators’ pursuit of a California-style effort to hike taxes by targeting out-of-state, online-only retailers with no physical presence in the state.
Even the most avid circus goers tire of the big top, apparently. Saturday, various labor and left wing organizations attempted to hold another massive protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol. [youtube UX_Q0a4pUyU] The lackluster May Day rallies in Milwaukee and
Governor Romney’s 10th Amendment defense of Massachusetts’s health care reform legislation serves well to clarify the true nature of the fundamental political question that confronts Americans in year 222 under the Constitution. That is a simple question with a profound
The field of candidates for the 2012 presidential election may not yet be set, but the themes are coming into focus, as are the messages that each side will use to appeal to American voters. The key to Republican victory
