Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake Friday filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials challenging the certification of November 8 election results naming Katie Hobbs the Governor-elect. Lake’s lawsuit expressly names Hobbs, Stephen Richer of the Maricopa County Recorder and other officials in Maricopa County as defendants. In the complaint Lake argues that she “eceived [...]

A Texas state court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed against a physician who violated Texas’s state law that bans abortions after six weeks. A lawsuit was filed against Dr. Alan Braid claiming he violated the Texas state law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. The six-week abortion ban took effect in September of last year. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday issued a permanent injunction against the enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would require medical providers to provide gender-affirming medical services to transgender individuals. Two groups of Catholic employers and health care providers, the Religious Sisters of Mercy and the [...]

Three former Georgia Sheriff’s Deputies who were employed in Camden County, Georgia Tuesday were arrested for their involvement in the September beating of a Black man detained at the Camden County Detention Center. Director for Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Mike Register announced the arrest of the three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies–Mason Garrick, Braxton Massey, [...]

US Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday announced the appointment of a special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump. Former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Jack Smith will oversee investigations into whether on January 6, 2021, “any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election [...]

The Indiana doctor who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim in June filed a complaint Thursday against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. Dr. Caitlin Bernard initiated a lawsuit against Rokita to stop his investigation of her. According to the complaint, Rokita issued subpoenas to access medical records “of individuals who did not [...]

A petition was filed Friday with the US Supreme Court asking the Court to review the constitutionality of the felon disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. The plaintiffs, Roy Harness and Kamal Karriem, initiated the lawsuit to challenge the felony disenfranchisement provision under the Mississippi Constitution claiming that “Section 241 from the 1890 Constitution is [...]

The United States Capitol Police (USCP), FBI, and San Francisco Police are jointly investigating a Friday break-in at the home of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. Early Friday an intruder broke into US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco. The intruder attacked Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Arkansas Thursday filed a petition with the US Supreme Court challenging an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to sign a pledges stating they will not boycott Israel. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Arkansas Times arguing that the law violates their First Amendment [...]

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Friday Sergeant Juan Maldonado, one of the state troopers who responded to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in May. The department did not release a statement, but a spokesperson informed ABC News that papers of termination were served to Maldonado on Friday. In July, Uvalde Police Department [...]