Supreme Court Justice Alito gave a speech at the Federalist Society’s annual National Lawyers Convention on Thursday in which he declared that “religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored right.” The theme of the convention was the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the rule of law, and Justice Alito said the pandemic [...]
Sixteen federal prosecutors sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, urging him to withdraw a recent memo about post-voting election irregularities. The memo, which was sent to U.S. attorneys on Monday, authorized them “to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in your jurisdictions.” [...]
The Trump campaign filed another lawsuit in Michigan on Wednesday, seeking to prevent the certification of Michigan’s election, based on concerns about the validity of ballots in Wayne County. The complaint alleges that Wayne County has not correctly followed the election code, claiming that Republican challengers have not been allowed to observe the processing of [...]
The EU announced on Tuesday that it has filed antitrust charges against Amazon, alleging that it has “distort competition in online retail markets.” The European Commission found that Amazon has a “dual role” in that it both provides a marketplace for third-party sellers to sell their goods online, and it also acts as a retailer [...]
A three-judge panel of the federal district court for Maryland issued an opinion Friday ruling against the president’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 census count. This was the third federal court opinion against the president, following decisions in New York and California. The issue involves a memorandum President Trump issued over the [...]
With nearly all precincts reporting on Friday, voters in Philadelphia approved two police reform ballot measures by wide margins. The first measure would amend the city’s home rule charter to end the “practice of unconstitutional stop and frisk,” by mandating that police officers may only stop individuals if they have a reasonable suspicion that the [...]
The Trump campaign on Wednesday announced that it had filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan to halt the counting of absentee and mail ballots cast in the run-up to the November 3 election. The campaign claimed that in Michigan it “has not been provided with meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the opening [...]
The United States Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, the nearly-universal global accord to reduce carbon emissions in an attempt to slow climate change. The US began the exit process one year ago, when it notified the United Nations of its intent to withdraw from the agreement, triggering the effective date of withdrawal. The decision [...]
A US federal district court judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs alleging that federal officers violated protestors’ free speech rights in summer protests in Portland, Oregon. The lawsuit was originally filed in July by two Oregon state lawmakers, Janelle Bynum and Karin Power, legal observer Sara Eddie, as well as the First [...]
A Canadian court on Thursday agreed with Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou that some of the allegations in a US extradition case against her have the potential to mislead. The United States is seeking to extradite Wanzhou from Canada to the Eastern District of New York for her alleged role in a bank fraud, wire fraud, [...]
