David Kris 'has frequently defended the FBI’s existing electronic surveillance practices'...
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Two House Republicans have sent a letter to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court asking why it selected former Obama Justice Department lawyer David Kris to oversee FISA reforms.
"If the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's goal is to...
'It is time for TSA and federal law enforcement to stop seizing cash from travelers simply because the government considers certain amounts of cash "suspicious"...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) The Drug Enforcement Administration and Transportation Security Administration stole more than $82,000 in cash from a 79-year-old retiree through civil-asset forfeiture.
Terry Rolins,...
'Since we have no cooperation at the Denver justice center, we are modifying our tactics to produce information...'
UPDATE VIA AP: Denver officials on Thursday said they would not hand over information requested by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement on four men wanted for deportation.
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(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Immigration and...
'We predicted this and said a falsely accused person has no recourse...'
UPDATE via AP: A judge on Thursday denied a petition to seize the guns of a police officer involved in the 2017 fatal shooting of a 19-year-old which was sought by the teen's mother under Colorado's new red flag...
'This is about the community and all of us coming together...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) Vicki Foster, the retiring assistant chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department, is now speaking openly about the deadly violence that has spread across the city of Charlotte and political leadership’s inability to do anything...
'Self-sufficiency is a central part of America's proud heritage and we proudly stand behind that tradition...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its new “public charge” rule to go into effect.
The rule would limit the government-subsidized benefits currently available to legal...
'Red flag laws just allow for harassment of legal gun owners...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) A Colorado judge denied a law enforcement request to confiscate a man’s guns---the first confiscation denial since the state’s red-flag laws went into effect on Jan. 1.
Law enforcement asked the judge to grant permission to...
'I can’t be any clearer than this. They need to follow my order...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) A Wisconsin appeals court ruled that the state election commissioners need not immediately begin cleaning the voter rolls after a lower-court ruling held them in contempt for their refusal.
Instead, it will allow the...
'This is a blow to the judicial system...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) In his first two days on the job, San Francisco’s new district attorney, Chesa Boudin, fired seven traditionally tough-on-crime prosecutors, keeping his campaign promise to promote a “different version of justice” and reduce the prosecution of “quality-of-life crimes.”
"I...
'How can he fix a problem he doesn’t even understand?'
(Ben Sellers, Liberty Headlines) President Donald Trump and his congressional allies hammered the FISA court for appointing an Obama official who had downplayed FBI misconduct to oversee the reforms recommended in inspector general Michael Horowitz's recent report.
You can’t make this...
' As time went on, a lot of people just forgot about it...'
(Claire Russel, Liberty Headlines) The Justice Department has nearly concluded its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s abuse of a private email server, without producing “tangible results,” according to The Washington Post.
U.S. Attorney John Huber...
'Fourth Amendment protections don’t apply to dead terrorists...'
(Joshua Paladino, Liberty Headlines) Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., asked Apple Inc. to follow the FBI's request of bypassing password protections on two iPhones used by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the Saudi Arabian terrorist who attacked Naval Air Station Pensacola.
The FBI asked for Apple's...
