A Circuit Court in Richmond, VA last week ordered the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Virginia to conduct a proper search for emails and other records requested by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and attorney Christopher Horner three and a half years ago under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court ruled that … Continue reading Court Rules VA Attorney General Must Turn Over Emails Related to “Law Enforcement for Rent” Scheme
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to several State Attorneys Generals about the practice of outsourcing enforcement of consumer protection laws to outside private trial lawyers. The Leaders are seeking information from officials who prioritize their consumers, … Continue reading State AGs caught using tax funds to pay trial lawyers for political activity
Judicial Watch announced it obtained 34 pages of new records revealing that the Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Science Strategy and Planning in the Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jeremy Berg, contacted then-Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins requesting help to combat, “efforts to undermine important science using fetal tissue.” … Continue reading University of Pittsburgh Contacted Director of NIH for Help with Push Back on Criticism of Fetal Organ Experiments
This week fishermen from New Jersey and Massachusetts filed a lawsuit challenging a proclamation from the Biden administration banning commercial fishing in the Georges Bank area of the North Atlantic Ocean. “The creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument violated the core requirements of the Antiquities Act to limit protections to specific … Continue reading New England fishermen file lawsuit to restore their living, stop abuse of national monuments law
Everybody knows your prosecutor can’t also be your judge. Everyone, that is, except for former Midland County, Texas, prosecutor Ralph Petty, his supervisor, and the county’s entire system of justice. Petty spent 20 years moonlighting as a law clerk for the same judges he argued before, effectively playing both prosecutor and judge in more than … Continue reading An Unethical Prosecutor Destroyed Her Dreams, Now She Seeks to Hold Him & Court System Accountable for Violating Her Constitutional Rights
Repeated power grabs by the Environmental Protection Agency have seriously imperiled the rights of property owners and must be dialed back, argued Americans for Prosperity Foundation in a Supreme Court brief today. The EPA’s strong-arm tactics have less to do with safeguarding the environment than with the agency’s desire for raw power over private land use, said … Continue reading Americans for Prosperity Foundation Files Supreme Court Brief in EPA Land Grab Case
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to return 100% of the funds seized—approximately $1.1 million—from Empyreal Logistics during stops of its armored vehicles by the San Bernardino County Sheriff. The funds were transferred to federal law enforcement for civil forfeiture proceedings. Represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ) and David C. Bass, Partner at KNCH LLP, … Continue reading Federal Government Will Return Over $1 Million Seized from Armored Car Company in California
Adult-use marijuana legalization laws are correlated with a reduction in foster care placements, according to data published in the journal Economic Inquiry. A pair of economists with the University of Mississippi assessed foster care admission trends in states pre and post-legalization. Authors reported: “Legalization may impact foster-care admissions directly by changing the welfare of children or indirectly by changing … Continue reading Study: Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Associated with Reduction in Foster Care Admissions
Gun Owners of America (GOA) received support from 22 State Attorneys General today with an amicus brief in favor of GOA’s Supreme Court petition challenging the reclassification of a bump stock as a machine gun. Last month on March 4th, GOA filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court challenging … Continue reading Nearly Half of America’s Attorneys General Support Gun Owners of America on Bump Stock SCOTUS Petition
Two citizen advocacy groups and five Alaskans filed a federal lawsuit to stop the most anti-privacy election laws in the country. The provisions adopted by a slim margin in Ballot Measure 2 in Nov. 2020 violate the free speech and privacy rights of individuals who make certain political contributions and discourage participation in Alaska’s political … Continue reading Alaska politicians sued over scheme to silence critics by doxxing political donors
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