Two lifelong New Yorkers filed a lawsuit challenging recent directives instructing New York medical providers to consider race in distributing lifesaving COVID-19 treatments. Two recently authorized oral antiviral treatments are up to 88% effective in reducing the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19. One available monoclonal antibody treatment is effective against the Omicron variant … Continue reading New Yorkers file lawsuit challenging racially discriminatory COVID-19 treatment guideline
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Federal data compiled annually by the US National Institutes of Health and released last week reports a significant decline in the percentage of young people using cannabis nationwide. Data provided by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health finds that marijuana use fell significantly year-over-year among those ages 12 to 17. … Continue reading Federal Survey Identifies Marked Decline in Youth Marijuana Use
This week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representatives Chip Roy (TX-21), and Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) led a cohort of 42 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), … Continue reading Sen. Cruz, Reps. Chip Roy and Mike Johnson Lead on Amicus Brief Against Biden’s Federal Workforce Vaccine Mandate
State officials have sealed nearly 200,000 marijuana-related criminal convictions and are in the process of expunging several hundred thousand more, according to data provided by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management. According to an update provided by the agency at its most recent meeting: “Approximately 203,000 marijuana related charges are presently being suppressed from background searches … Continue reading New York: Officials Move to Vacate Over 400,000 Marijuana Convictions
It’s the duty of the government to keep Americans safe at home and abroad, but Senate Democrats have completely failed at keeping American families safe in their own communities. Under Democrat leadership, businesses are the frequent victims of “smash and grab” robberies, and the nation’s homicide rate hit a 25-year peak in 2021. Even in … Continue reading Do Senate Democrats Regret Soft-on-Crime Policies?
State officials have sealed nearly 400,000 marijuana-related criminal records in recent months, according to data provided by the state’s Cannabis Oversight Commission. At the Commission’s most recent meeting, officials announced that regulators have moved to seal some 330,000 low-level marijuana possession convictions and another 64,000 misdemeanor distribution convictions. Regulators were tasked with reviewing and sealing past records when the … Continue reading Virginia: Officials Seal Nearly 400,000 Marijuana Convictions
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), alongside Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), this week announced the introduction of the Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2022. This bill would bring greater accountability to our nation’s federal prisons by requiring the Director of the … Continue reading McConnell, Paul, Lee, Sinema, Braun, Ossoff Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Accountability at Federal Prisons
This week Dr. Elizabeth Weiss, a fully tenured professor at San Jose State University, filed a lawsuit to stop efforts by the university to stifle her free speech and impede her research. Professor Weiss is a highly decorated, fully tenured professor of anthropology at San Jose State University, where she specializes in osteology—the study of … Continue reading Tenured professor sues San Jose State University officials for stifling free speech and blocking research
On a cold winter night four years ago, Casondra “Cassi” Pollreis was an innocent bystander to a terrifying situation. Her two boys, Hayden and Weston—then 12 and 14 years-old—were walking home from their grandparents’ house when a police car stopped in front of them and an officer emerged with his gun drawn. Within moments, the … Continue reading Lawsuit Appeal Challenges Police Officer’s Ability to Threaten Innocent Bystanders
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a civil rights complaint against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia, alleging longstanding antisemitism problems there that FCPS officials have failed to address, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint, against one of the largest school districts in the U.S., was filed with … Continue reading Fairfax County Public Schools sued over rampant anti-Semitism
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