udicial Watch announced that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for all FBI records related to the October 4, 2021, memorandum issued by Attorney General Garland targeting parents who objections to Critical Race Theory in schools (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:21-cv-03389)). Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the Federal Bureau … Continue reading Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records about Controversial Garland Memo Targeting Parents
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After weeks of having her business shuttered and losing out on income, Debra Gagne can finally reopen her ride-for-hire company. This morning, the Watertown City Council held a special session to grant Debra a license to reopen Need-A-Ride, just in time for the busy holiday season. City officials also said they plan to reform the … Continue reading Victory: South Dakota city agrees to change unconstitutional law and allow taxi operator to reopen
This week a federal district court held that the Catherine H. Barber Memorial Shelter should be allowed to open at its property in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and that the town and its zoning board violated the U.S. Constitution and North Carolina law in deciding otherwise. In October 2020, the Institute for Justice (IJ), a … Continue reading Federal court strikes down politicians’ effort to block charity from helping the homeless
Imagine spending July Fourth with family in the beautiful forests of the Allegheny Mountains. You’re sitting on the porch on private land, enjoying the peace and quiet and making memories. Then, a man storms up out of nowhere and says he’s been watching you for days with binoculars from a hidden spot on your property. … Continue reading Pennsylvania Hunting Clubs Challenge Warrantless Searches of Private Land
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh expressing strong opposition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) authoritarian vaccination-and-testing diktat. The letter urges the DOL to withdraw the deeply flawed and … Continue reading Republican Committee Members Stand Against Biden’s Authoritarian OSHA Vaccine Mandate
The U.S. House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing to examine the need for civil asset forfeiture reform. In her opening statement, Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) emphasized civil asset forfeiture creates a “seize-first, ask questions later” incentive for authorities and too often subverts an individual’s right of … Continue reading Mace: Congress should seriously debate and consider civil asset forfeiture reforms
Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Thursday morning regarding his Wednesday vote on H.R. 3537, the “Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act.” ALS is a tragic, terrible disease. Seven years ago this month, in December of 2014, I interviewed a wonderful, brilliant lawyer in Austin, Texas at a coffee shop en … Continue reading A Vote Against Congress, Not ALS: Rep. Roy’s statement on H.R. 3537
Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after the House’s passage of H.R. 6119, a bill to continue funding the government to impose vaccine mandates and other tyrannies on the American People: With today’s passage of yet another continuing resolution, the House rubberstamped funding for President Biden to unilaterally impose five vaccine mandates on the … Continue reading Chip Roy slams House scheme to fund federal vaccine mandates
Americans for Limited Government President Richard Manning is urging members of the U.S. Senate to reject Gigi Sohn’s nomination to serve as a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission. In addition to sending a letter cosigned by 16 other leaders from a broad coalition urging the Senate to reject Sohn’s nomination, Manning issued the following … Continue reading Biden FCC nominee believes govt should silence Biden critics
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a potentially landmark case challenging a Maine law that bans families from an otherwise generally available student-aid program if they choose to send their children to schools that teach religion. The Institute for Justice (IJ) and First Liberty Institute, which represent the parents in … Continue reading Next Week: Supreme Court will hear potentially landmark Maine school choice case