Tarpon Springs food truck that challenged anti-competitive law forced to shut down

The owners of a Florida food truck that challenged their city’s anti-competitive food truck law announced that they will be closing. SOL Burger, owned by husband-and-wife team Elijah and Ashley Durham, opened for business in the fall of 2020 and began operating at a brewery in their town of Tarpon Springs. After Tarpon Springs banned … Continue reading Tarpon Springs food truck that challenged anti-competitive law forced to shut down

Supreme Court to fear case involving federal agent who assaulted and threatened bed and breakfast owner

The Institute for Justice (IJ) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a small business owner’s right to sue a federal agent who came onto his property, shoved him and threatened him with an IRS investigation.  Robert Boule owns a small bed and breakfast along the Canadian border in Washington. One day … Continue reading Supreme Court to fear case involving federal agent who assaulted and threatened bed and breakfast owner

Judicial Watch Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Take Up Challenges to Harvard, UNC Race-Based Admissions Policies

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear challenges to race-based admissions practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina:  It is time, once and for all, for the Supreme Court to put an end to court-sanctioned racial discrimination in college admissions, both in public and private schools. The Supreme Court … Continue reading Judicial Watch Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Take Up Challenges to Harvard, UNC Race-Based Admissions Policies

Casino Employee Urges Ninth Circuit to Overturn Order Imposing Union on Workers Who Voted Against Unionization

In late 2019, a large majority of the workers at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada voted “no” to unionization, but a federal district court judge ordered their employer to bargain with union officials anyway. On Thursday, with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, casino employee Raynell Teske … Continue reading Casino Employee Urges Ninth Circuit to Overturn Order Imposing Union on Workers Who Voted Against Unionization

Supreme Court will review EPA’s navigable waters overreach

The Supreme Court of the United States announced today that it will hear the case of an Idaho couple who have been in a 15-year battle with the federal government over plans to build a home on their residential lot. As Chantell and Mike Sackett began construction on what they hoped would be a new … Continue reading Supreme Court will review EPA’s navigable waters overreach

St. Vincent Hospital Nurse Hits MNA Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Union Dues Demands

St. Vincent Hospital nurse Regina Renaud has hit the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) union at the facility with federal charges, asserting that union officials are illegally demanding nurses pay union dues for time periods when there was no contract in effect between the hospital and union. Renaud filed the charges at the National Labor Relations … Continue reading St. Vincent Hospital Nurse Hits MNA Union with Federal Charges for Illegal Union Dues Demands

Comer Launches Probe of Hunter Biden’s Chinese-Backed Cobalt Mine Deal

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) launched a probe into Hunter Biden’s involvement in the sale of a cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an American company to a Chinese company in 2016. Cobalt is one of the most important components of electric car batteries, solar … Continue reading Comer Launches Probe of Hunter Biden’s Chinese-Backed Cobalt Mine Deal

Highway Robbery: Armored Car Company Sues Federal Law Enforcement and a California Sheriff After Series of Illegal Roadside Seizures

Empyreal Logistics, an armored car and fintech company that operates nationwide, sued several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff after being the victim of roadside seizures which amount to highway robbery. The newly filed federal lawsuit demands law enforcement immediately stop targeting Empyreal for seizures that have no basis under state or federal … Continue reading Highway Robbery: Armored Car Company Sues Federal Law Enforcement and a California Sheriff After Series of Illegal Roadside Seizures

States Surpass $10 Billion in Tax Revenue from Legal, Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

The Marijuana Policy Project has released a new report on tax revenue generated from state-legal, adult-use cannabis since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington state. As of December 2021, states reported a combined total of $10.4 billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales, with more than $3 billion reported in 2021 … Continue reading States Surpass $10 Billion in Tax Revenue from Legal, Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records about Afghanistan Payments and Censorship

Judicial Watch has filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Department of State for records about the censorship of government reports about US tax dollars spent on military support and equipment for Afghanistan, as well as records about payments to Afghanistan’s Government and/or any member of the Taliban related to the U.S. departure from … Continue reading Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records about Afghanistan Payments and Censorship