The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of the new civil lawsuits suggests the 2021 law is unconstitutional through retroactive changes that violate due process and vested rights. But Michael […]
Catholic Diocese of Portland challenging Maine law that eliminated statute of limitations for child sex abuse
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NYC Bill that Prohibits Landlords from Checking Criminal Backgrounds Is on Track to Become Law
November 29, 2022 by
A proposed bill prohibiting New York City landlords from conducting criminal background checks on prospective tenants appears to be on track to become law. The “Fair Chance for Housing Act,” or Intro. 632, has the support of at least 30 of the 51 city council members, while Mayor Eric Adams (D) has signaled a willingness to
Federal Judge Rules Against Stacey Abrams-Backed Group, Upholds 2018 Georgia Voting Law
November 9, 2022 by
A federal judge ruled Friday against the remaining claims in Fair Fight Action’s lawsuit filed in the weeks after Democrat Stacey Abrams narrowly lost to now-Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial race. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, an Obama appointee, found that “although Georgia’s election system is not perfect, the challenged practices violate neither
New York Bans ‘Gendered Language’ In New ‘Salespeople’ Law
October 31, 2022 by
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill Thursday that will ban the word “salesman” and other instances of “gendered language” in certain New York statutes.Senate Bill 536 replaces instances of the word “salesman” with the word “salespeople” and replaces instances of the pronouns “his” or “her” with “their” in New York legislation. “This legislation…
California Democrats Vote Down ‘Alexandra’s Law’ to Charge Drug Dealers with Murder
October 16, 2022 by
Elected Democrats in California’s State Senate have once again voted down a plan that would allow local and state prosecutors to more easily charge drug dealers with manslaughter or murder when Americans die as a result of the drugs they sold to them. On Wednesday, Democrat State Senators rejected an amendment to include “Alexandra’s Law”…
Poll: Majority supports reforming electoral vote count law
September 29, 2022 by
Following the Trump-fueled riot at the Capitol and the promotion of legal theories to stop Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election results, legislators in both chambers took up reviewing the electoral count process to remove uncertainty about how the Electoral College votes are tallied. The Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced bipartisan legislation that…
Some Missouri Police Departments Cut Ties with ATF over Gun Law
July 7, 2021 by
Some Missouri police departments are cutting ties with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as agencies figure out how state-federal partnerships will proceed under new state gun laws. Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed the Second Amendment Preservation Act on June 14, which allows individual officers to be fined up to $50,000 for enforcing federal gun laws.…
WATCH: Woke Law Professor Says French Food Reinforces ‘Whiteness’
July 4, 2021 by
University of Connecticut Law Professor Mathilde Cohen raised the hackles of quite a few French people last week when she told a bewildered audience at Sciences Po Paris and the University of Nanterre that eating French food is an expression of “White Privilege.” “I would like to tell you about ‘food Whiteness’ in French culture,”…
Documents Show Joe Biden’s Brother Frank Caught Violating Florida Traffic Law, Case Dismissed Due to Police Officer Out for ‘Training’
June 19, 2021 by
Public documents show President Joe Biden’s brother, Frank Biden, was caught speeding in Florida and received no punishment in another example of how the Biden family lives above the law. Court video reveals the case was dismissed June 16, 2021, because the ticketing police officer was absent from the hearing attending police “training” instead, which…
Former Police Lt. Warns ‘Public Safety Crisis’ Coming as Officers Begin Exodus from Law Enforcement
April 28, 2021 by
Appearing Monday on the Fox News Channel, former Las Vegas Police Lt. Randy Sutton warned that a “public safety crisis” is coming as police officers leave the force in record numbers across the United States. A transcript is as follows: HARRIS FAULKNER: A retired NYPD sergeant warned this morning on the impact of anti-police sentiment. Here’s…
‘Terrified Of The American Left’: Brit Hume Slams Corporations For ‘Lying To Themselves’ In Attacking Georgia Voting Law
April 14, 2021 by
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume said Tuesday that corporations are lining up against the Georgia voting law because they are “terrified of the American left.” “I think right now, a lot of American corporations are terrified of the American left and now that the Biden administration is in, they see the drift and…
‘Pretentious Virtue Signalling’: Greg Gutfeld Mocks Decision By MLB To Move All Star Game Over Georgia Voting Law
April 3, 2021 by
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld dismissed a decision by Major League Baseball (MLB) to move the All Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia’s new election law as “pretentious virtue signalling.” “It is awesome watching Major League Baseball pull this pretentious virtue signalling when all major league baseball platforms for the All Star Game, fans can…
Jen Psaki Criticizes Law Enforcement for Arresting Georgia House Democrat for Disrupting Signing Ceremony
March 27, 2021 by
White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized local law enforcement on Friday for arresting a Georgia House Democrat for interrupting a signing ceremony for an election integrity bill. “I think anyone who saw that video would have been deeply concerned by the actions that were taken by law enforcement to arrest her when she simply,…
President Joe Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan Into Law
March 12, 2021 by
President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law Thursday, marking a major victory in the first 50 days of his presidency. The bill, which provides hundreds of billions in funding to schools and small businesses as well as $1,400 checks to most Americans, passed through Congress on Wednesday. Biden was originally…
Democrat Amnesty Bill Replaces ‘Alien’ with ‘Noncitizen’ in Federal Immigration Law
February 21, 2021 by
Legislation introduced in both chambers of Congress on Thursday by Democrats and supported by the Biden administration would replace the term “alien” with “noncitizen” in existing federal immigration law. The U.S. Citizenship Act, introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in the House and Senate, respectively, includes a section titled “Terminology…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes ‘Anti-Mob’ Legislation, Expansion on ‘Stand Your Ground Law’
January 16, 2021 by
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has proposed “anti-mob” legislation in an effort to expand the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, according to a report from the Miami Herald. “The legislation would reportedly expand the state’s list of ‘forcible felonies’ to justify using force against people engaging in conduct resulting in the ‘interruption or impairment’ of…
Lindsey Graham Says Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ‘Needs To Change The Law Before It’s Too Late’
December 3, 2020 by
December 02, 2020 9:02 PM ET Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called on Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s GOP-controlled legislative bodies to tighten up their election procedures before a Jan. 5 runoff. As Republican Georgia Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler face off against Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in…
In His First Day On The Job, Kavanaugh Hired As Many Black Law Clerks As RBG Has In Her Entire Tenure.
October 8, 2018 by
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has hired a black law clerk for his new chambers at the U.S. Supreme Court, matching Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s record of African-American clerkship hiring during her tenure on the nation’s highest judicial tribunal. With his first clerkship hires, Kavanaugh also set a gender composition record, an apparent attempt to buck the […]
Mark Levin: Trump in ‘Great Shape’ When It Comes to the Law, Impeachment.
August 28, 2018 by
Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” conservative talker Mark Levin said he thought President Donald Trump was in “great shape” on what would be impeachable given the alleged indiscretions of which his opponents are accusing him occurred before his presidency. Levin cited case law, noting that the standard for presidents and vice presidents […]
Facebook’s ‘Favors’ for Obama Campaign May Have Violated Federal Law.
May 24, 2018 by
Controversy continues to swirl around how the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from over 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge and used it to target ads to individuals in an effort to help Donald Trump be elected president in 2016. But a more serious case of apparent misconduct involves Facebook data going […]
IG Horowitz Finds FBI, DOJ Broke Law In Clinton Probe, Refers To Prosecutor For Criminal Charges
May 18, 2018 by
As we reported on Thursday, a long-awaited report by the Department of Justice’s internal watchdog into the Hillary Clinton email investigation has moved into its final phase, as the DOJ notified multiple subjects mentioned in the document that they can privately review it by week’s end, and will have a “few days” to craft any […]
George Soros Funding Smartphone App to Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Law Enforcement.
May 5, 2018 by
A George Soros-funded smartphone app is meant to explicitly help the undocumented evade federal authority. In an interview with Fox Business’s Lou Dobbs, Judicial Watch Director of Research Chris Farrell called the smartphone application “pretty outrageous.” In order to escape arrest, Farrell said that the app “provides notice to their friends and family, it alerts […]
The FBI Shouldn’t Be Above the Law Either.
May 5, 2018 by
These days, a number of people seem to be under the impression that investigating President Donald Trump is the most vital project undertaken by this nation since its founding. Perhaps. But their feelings shouldn’t override the Constitution, because for all the principles allegedly being whittled away by this administration, its antagonists seem to be doing […]
Rudy Giuliani Is Right: Settlement With Stormy Daniels Didn’t Violate Campaign Finance Law.
May 4, 2018 by
Rudy Giuliani sent opponents of President Donald Trump into a wild flutter in an interview Wednesday night with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who is now part of the president’s legal team, said that one of Trump’s personal lawyers, Michael Cohen, had been reimbursed for the settlement he entered […]
Justice Department demands sanctuary cities prove they are in compliance with the law.
April 15, 2018 by
The effort by the government to ratchet up pressure on sanctuary cities to comply with the law was intensified this past week when the Department of Justice sent a letter to several jurisdictions demanding that they prove they are cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Along with the demand for proof, DoJ threatened to use its subpoena […]
Trump Signs Law Fighting Sex-Trafficking — But The Woman Behind Him Steals The Show.
April 12, 2018 by
President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday a bill that would combat online sex-trafficking, but as he signed it, all eyes were on the woman standing directly behind him. “It’s about damn time,” she said, and she broke into a few dance moves as the president signed the law. The woman, who was introduced only […]
‘Rosenstein and Mueller Colluded to Break the Law’ – Attorney Gregg Jarrett Calls on “Unethical Mueller” to Resign After Rosenstein Memo Surfaces.
April 4, 2018 by
An August 2017 memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Special Counsel Robert Mueller surfaced late Monday evening in a court filing. Mueller used the memo to defend his scope of the investigation against a recent motion Manafort filed to dismiss his case. In the heavily redacted memo, Robert Mueller admits Rosenstein’s order appointing […]
Boom: Federal Court Allows Texas To Enforce Governor’s Anti-Sanctuary City Law.
March 14, 2018 by
Last February, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared war on sanctuary cities. The law not only bars funding to cities who refuse to comply with the new directive, but the governor’s office was looking into ways on how to remove an elected officeholder who refused to comply with the law. That would be the elected […]
Look at the Crime Rate in This US Town Where Guns Are Required by Law.
March 9, 2018 by
There’s One US Town Where Guns Are Required by Law While many politicians are scrambling to curb the Second Amendment rights of Americans in an effort to ensure public safety, one U.S. town has had the opposite approach for decades: require all residents to have a gun. According to local law in Kennesaw, Georgia, “every […]
Merkel Imposes Sharia Law on Germany
February 24, 2018 by
Polygamy is de facto legal in Germany now — provided you’re a male Muslim immigrant who happens to have a spare wife or two tucked away in various places. Anton, who translated the following video, includes this introduction: Germany is covertly introducing Sharia law into Germany by the back door. We have already covered one […]