Left Looks to Local Courts to Change Public Policy Where They Can’t Get Elected
Left-wing activists have targeted local courts as an avenue for achieving their policy goals in areas where they cannot get elected.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court Upholds Trump Administration’s ‘Protect Life Rule’
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule, distinguishing abortion from family planning, is constitutional.
Court Upholds School District’s Transgender Bathroom Plan, Rejects Privacy Concerns
A federal appeals court sided with a school district’s “student safety plan” that allows students to use bathrooms corresponding to gender identity.
Court Dismisses Youth Activists’ Climate Change Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against the youth who sued the federal government over climate change.
Planned Parenthood: Abortion ‘No Matter What’
Planned Parenthood is living up to its slogan as it attempts to portray itself a victim of the Trump administration’s rule asserting that abortion is not family planning.
Court Allows Trump Administration Rule Ending Funds to Abortion Providers to Proceed
A federal appeals court Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with its rule that marks a clear boundary between abortion and family planning, even as the law continues to be challenged in the courts.
Seattle Imposes Ad Ban to Annul Pamela Geller’s Free Speech Lawsuit Victory
Officials who oversee Seattle’s transit system moved to ban political, religious, and other ads from its facilities and public transportation vehicles soon after Pamela Geller’s American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) prevailed in a freedom of speech lawsuit against the city, earning the right to run FBI’s Most Wanted terrorist posters, Breitbart News has learned.
Federal Court Blocks Trump Admin’s Religious Exemption for Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
The decision allows the states of California, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, and New York to ignore the Trump administration’s rules that protect employers with religious or moral objections to abortion-inducing drugs and birth control from being forced to provide them to workers.
Democrats Try to Block Trump’s Judicial Nominees with Blue Slips
Democrats are trying to resurrect a way to block President Trump’s judicial nominees with “blue slips” as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for a hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Ryan Bounds to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Public Outcry Causes Honolulu Police to Rethink Ordering the Surrender of Firearms
In light of public backlash the Honolulu Police Department is rethinking confiscation of firearms from medical marijuana cardholders.
Honolulu Police Order Medical Marijuana Cardholders to Surrender Their Firearms
The Honolulu Police Department is ordering medical marijuana cardholders to surrender their firearms within a 30-day window of time.
California Cities Sue Oil Companies over Climate Change
City attorneys in San Francisco and Oakland, California, sued five oil companies in two coordinated lawsuits on Tuesday, arguing that the courts should hold these companies responsible for climate change, and force them to financially compensate the cities for harm the plaintiffs claim those companies are causing to the planet’s environment.
Governors Take Aim at California’s ‘Check Your Gun Rights at the Border’ Policy
The governors of Texas and eight other states have taken aim at California’s restriction on concealed carry permit holders and urge that their citizens “should not be forced to check their gun rights at the [California] border.”
California Court Declares It’s Illegal for Pastors to Advise Minors About Gay, Transgender Feelings
The infamous and often-overridden Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld state legislation making it illegal for pastors to counsel minors who are struggling with their sexuality and gender, according to Pacific Justice Institute.
Breitbart Reporters Interviewed at Immigration Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Breitbart Texas team members travelled to the nation’s capital for an immigration briefing hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Following a reception featuring Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), three Breitbart journalists agreed to an interview with Peter “DaTechGuy” Ingemi at The National Press Club.
Ninth Circuit Seeks to Alienate an ‘Unalienable’ Right
When the Ninth Circuit ruled that Americans have no right to carry a concealed handgun outside the home, they were effectively alienating an “unalienable” right.
