A plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging racial minority provisions that exclude whites in the farm and ranch relief sections of the American Rescue Plan Act, laid out her case in a New York Post op-ed.
Leisl Carpenter owns the Flying Heart Ranch in Wyoming’s West Laramie Valley that raises...
The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty's ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states....
(Headline USA) The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president's short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.
Senators voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of...
(Headline USA) Two more groups sued Florida over its new election integrity laws Monday, adding to the far-left organizations who claim, without evidence, that the rules could keep eligible voters from casting ballots.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee by the Fair Elections Center and the...
UPDATE 11:00 AM 6/14/21 VIA AP: With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.
The justices on Monday put off a decision about whether they will hear an appeal...
Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) said over the weekend that liberal keystone Justice Stephen Breyer should retire from the Supreme Court soon so that President Joe Biden can nominate his replacement.
In the wake of last year’s fight over the replacement after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died while still serving...
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday the Board of State Canvassers must certify the Unlock Michigan petition to remove Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 1945 emergency powers.
In April, the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 three times on votes whether to certify or investigate further Unlock Michigan.
“In the...
(Headline USA) A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all of its staff receive the experimental COVID-19 shot.
The Houston Methodist Hospital system suspended 178 employees without pay last week over their refusal to get the shot.
Of them,...
California's Democrat governor decried in starkly personal terms a federal judge's upending of the state's extralegal effort to restrict so-called assault weapons as officials announced the filing Thursday of a formal notice that they will appeal the decision.
They characterized last week's ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez as...
(Associated Press) A federal judge has halted a loan forgiveness program for farmers of color in response to a lawsuit alleging the program discriminates against white farmers.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach in Milwaukee issued a temporary restraining order Thursday suspending the program for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, the Milwaukee...
(Headline USA) A Manhattan judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to force Major League Baseball to return next month’s All-Star Game to Atlanta.
U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Carponi ruled against a not-for-profit organization representing small businesses, saying a lawsuit had failed to provide proof that its members have suffered any...
(Associated Press) Donald Trump cannot be held personally liable for “crude" and “disrespectful” remarks he made while president about a woman who accused him of rape, Justice Department lawyers said Monday in arguing for him to be replaced by the United States as defendant in a defamation lawsuit.
The lawyers told...