The country’s most vulnerable Senate Democrat just got some more bad news. Nevada law enforcement groups that previously backed Catherine Cortez Masto are yanking their endorsement. These law enforcement groups have finally had enough of Cortez Masto’s anti-law enforcement agenda. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that these groups are dumping Catherine Cortez Masto. She’s done nothing … Continue reading Nevada Police Groups Dump Cortez Masto
Category: Justice
Rep. Lauren Boebert led 61 of her colleagues in introducing the Protecting Free Speech Act to terminate the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board, also known as the “Ministry of Truth”, and prohibit any federal funds from being used to establish or carry out the activities of any other entity that is substantially similar. Congresswoman Lauren … Continue reading Boebert Introduces Bill to Terminate Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board
The Institute for Justice’s (IJ) seven-year fight for IRS forfeiture records has finally ended after the IRS turned over significant amounts of data. The close of the case comes more than two years after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the IRS cannot deliberately frustrate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by … Continue reading Seven-Year FOIA Battle Ends with IRS Handing Over Records
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Stefanie Tompkins, Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), regarding the agency’s involvement with Georgia Tech researchers potentially connected to researching attribution of the 2016 hack of … Continue reading Grassley, Johnson Demand Records From DoD Research Agency On Potential Involvement In DNC Hack Attribution, Mueller Investigation
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC), sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting information on DHS’s plans to create a “Disinformation Governance Board” to purportedly counter misinformation related to homeland security issues. “The Biden Administration has not proven … Continue reading Biden pick to lead ‘anti-disinformation’ agency prominently pushed disinformation
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General to address reports that it has delayed and downplayed reports of sexual harassment and misconduct at DHS. In … Continue reading Homeland Security buried allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct throughout agency
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined colleagues in demanding to know why the Justice Department placed three deputy U.S. Marshals (DUSMs) on limited duty and opened an investigation into a use-of-force incident during the defense of the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon in July 2020. The questions were raised in a letter to Attorney General … Continue reading Biden DOJ investigating three US Marshals for stopping Antifa rioters from torching courthouse
National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys just filed the final brief in a Las Vegas police officer’s federal lawsuit defending her First Amendment right to abstain from union dues deductions. The case is now fully briefed and ready to be decided by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department … Continue reading At Ninth Circuit, Las Vegas Police Officer Defends First Amendment Right to Stop Funding Unwanted Union
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) recently filed an amici curiae brief in support of the petitioners in the pending case Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Sackett case is directly related to how much authority the federal government has over states and private citizens to regulate “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean … Continue reading Thune to U.S. Supreme Court: Reject Federal Overreach on Water Regulations
The Institute for Justice (IJ) calls on Houston officials to repeal an Orwellian ordinance that requires various businesses to install surveillance cameras at their own cost and turn footage over to the police without a warrant. The City Council passed the ordinance today by a vote of 15-1, and it will go into effect in 90 … Continue reading Institute for Justice Calls on Houston to Back Off Plan to Force Businesses to Conduct 24/7 Surveillance