Former President Donald Trump has filed lawsuits against Big Tech companies Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube (owned by Google), and their owners, over alleged illegal and unconstitutional censorship. A non-profit organization filed three separate class action lawsuits on behalf of President Trump and all social media users who have had their accounts censored. Trump critics accused […]
(READ) Supreme Court: some illegal aliens have no right to get out of custody on bond while awaiting deportation
Illegal aliens who illegally re-enter the US after being deported are not entitled to a bond hearing. That's according to a Supreme Court ruling. The court's ruling distinguishes between illegal aliens who have not been previously removed, and illegal aliens who are "repeat offenders": those who unlawfully re-entered the US after removal. Normally, an illegal […]
(READ) Supreme Court sides with cheerleader suspended for off-campus social media tirade
The Supreme Court has determined that a Pennsylvania public school board wrongly suspended a 14-year-old cheerleader for her off-campus social media post. The case involved a high school freshman's "f-bomb"-laden snapchat post aimed at the school she attends. She was said to be frustrated after failing to make the varsity cheerleading team. It is apparently […]
(READ) Federal court blocks Biden policy discriminating against white farmers in Covid-19 relief
A Florida District Court recently issued a nationwide injunction blocking Biden Administration officials from distributing Covid-19 relief funds to farmers on racially discriminatory grounds. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 directs the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to give preferential treatment to businesses owned by women, veterans, and people who are "socially and […]
(READ) Federal courts: colleges may have "anti-male bias" in sexual assault probes
In unrelated cases, two appeals courts have ruled in favor of male students accusing their universities of anti-male bias in sexual assault probes. The courts determined the students' lawsuits against their respective colleges should be allowed to proceed. Lower courts had thrown out the cases. The universities involved argued that if any bias against the […]
(READ) States win early challenge over Biden halting new oil leases on federal property
More than a dozen states have won a temporary injunction against the Biden Administration over its blocking of new oil and gas drilling leases on federal land. President Biden had halted the sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico by executive order shortly after taking office. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry […]
(READ) U.S. Supreme Court: Catholic adoption agency is allowed to nix same sex foster parents
The U.S. Supreme Court recently unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Roman Catholic adoption agency's First Amendment rights when it dropped them from its approved list of adoption agencies. Like many cities, Philadelphia contracts with private agencies to help care for and place children into foster care and adoption. But the city cancelled its longstanding […]
Florida court: county mask mandate "presumptively unconstitutional"
The following is a new analysis. A Florida appeals court has ruled one county's series of emergency mask mandates to be "presumptively unconstitutional." Alachua County's mask mandate was in effect for over a year through a series of emergency orders. A local resident challenged the mandate in court in Fall of 2020. He initially lost […]