Federal officials charged fewer people with marijuana-related crimes in 2021 as compared to previous years, according to data compiled by the US Sentencing Commission in its 2021 Annual Report. Just under 1,000 people were charged federally with violating marijuana laws in 2021. They comprised less than six percent of those charged with violating federal drug laws that year. … Continue reading US Sentencing Commission: Fewer Federal Offenders Charged with Marijuana-Related Crimes in 2021
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Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the State Department for all documents related to national interest travel exemptions from the Biden administration to federal employees and their families related to the COVID-19 pandemic (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State(No. 1:22-cv-00736)). On January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation prohibiting the … Continue reading Judicial Watch Sues for Records of COVID-19 Travel Exemptions Granted to Biden Administration Officials
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, led nine other Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee in writing a letter to Chairman Durbin asking for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing to be adjourned until probations reports and all information that Chairman … Continue reading Senators Ask Jackson Hearing Be Adjourned Until Democrats Share Probation Reports; Durbin Refuses
This week the Benton County Circuit Court ruled that a statute authorizing warrantless trespassing and surveillance by Tennessee game wardens is unconstitutional. The ruling is not just a victory for Benton County landowners Terry Rainwaters and Hunter Hollingsworth, who sued with the Institute for Justice (IJ) after the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) ignored their “No Trespassing” … Continue reading In Victory for Property Owners, Court Strikes Down Game Warden Surveillance Law as Unconstitutional
In private practice, Judge Jackson advocated against pro-life advocates’ First Amendment right to express respect for the sanctity of life Three pro-life women challenged a Massachusetts law that banned them from offering counseling and distributing leaflets outside of abortion clinics A federal district court sided with them, stating that First Amendment rights ensure “[p]ro-life advocates who firmly believe that abortion … Continue reading “HOSTILE,” “NOISY,” “IN-YOUR-FACE”: Judge Jackson smears elderly pro-lifers, has ruling overturned
During the initial round of questioning in the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, highlighted the judge’s comments about the 1619 Project, Critical Race Theory, her leadership on the board of Georgetown Day School—which … Continue reading Sen. Cruz on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘I See a Record of Activism and Advocacy’
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is demanding answers about the Biden administration’s infringements on the Second Amendment rights of people in Wyoming. Senator Lummis and a group of 25 senators wrote a letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director Regina Richardson requesting an explanation for changes to the ATF’s handling … Continue reading Senator Lummis Demands Answers about ATF Attack on Second Amendment Rights
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) pushed back against the liberal media’s coverage of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Liberal Media Is Disregarding The Facts To Fit Their Narrative “We are going to give her a … Continue reading Senator Blackburn On Fox News Slams Liberal Media For Biased Coverage Of SCOTUS Hearing
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, gave his opening statement on the first day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Watch Sen. Cruz’s opening statement here. The full text of Sen. Cruz’s opening statement is included below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz’s … Continue reading Sen. Cruz at Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing: ‘Will You Protect Freedom Or Restrict It?’
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans renewed their request for District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser to provide her plan to address rampant violent crime in the nation’s capital city. In the letter, the Republican lawmakers blast Democrat-led budget cuts to the Metropolitan Police Department’s budget (MPD) … Continue reading Oversight Republicans Blast DC Democrat Defund the Police Efforts
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