University of California Irvine lab assistant Amber Walker has won a settlement forcing University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union officials at her workplace to stop illegally taking dues money from her paycheck. The victory comes after Walker sought free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys and hit UPTE officials with … Continue reading UPTE union bosses back down, settle UC Irvine lab assistant’s lawsuit battling unconstitutional dues seizures from wages
Category: Justice
This week residents and supporters of the Burnet Road neighborhood in Clay, New York, announced the formation of a new group, the Save Burnet Road Coalition. The group of homeowners and local business owners is organizing to stop the Onondaga County Industrial Development Authority (OCIDA) from destroying a multi-generational rural neighborhood in order to expand … Continue reading New York residents fight to defend their homes from government-connected developers
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement after the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a permanent injunction against a provision included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which imposed coercive restrictions on the States’ ability to make their own fiscal … Continue reading Biden spending scheme bans states from cutting their own taxes
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, took the FBI to task and is demanding records relating to the search warrant execution at the home of Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe and against other employees. “The Department’s heavy-handed treatment of Project Veritas is notably different from the kid-glove and deferential treatment … Continue reading Grassley demands answers in DOJ and FBI targeting of Project Veritas
During testimony he delivered last month under oath, Attorney General Garland stated that counterterrorism resources were not being used to target parents. Today, because of the efforts of House Judiciary Republicans and Ranking Member Jordan, there is compelling evidence to show Garland was either ignorant of the actions of the agency he leads, or was … Continue reading Biden AG lied to Congress, has been illegally targeting parents who criticize liberal policy
In the wake of multiple watchdog reviews and whistleblower allegations, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are pushing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for answers about the agency’s failure to conduct sufficient oversight of its foreign operations and work with foreign law enforcement units. “Recent reports issued by … Continue reading Out of control DEA agents leaked info, frequented prostitutes, tied to Haitian corruption
Once again, Gun Owners of America has forced the City of Philadelphia to comply with the 45-day mandate of Pennsylvania’s License to Carry Firearms (LTCF) law. Last week, Judge Leon Tucker of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas granted GOA’s motion to discontinue, as the Philadelphia Police Department certified that they were timely issuing LTCF … Continue reading GOA forces Philadelphia to follow the law and honor gun rights
Jeremy Bennett literally built his business from the ground up, teaching himself taxidermy and deer processing and then constructing his shop just yards from his home in Logan, Ohio. The shop is a private space, and Jeremy allows customers in by appointment only. He even has signs to that effect posted in and around the … Continue reading Small business owner sues to stop Ohio’s ‘whenever, wherever’ inspection scheme
Abdallah Batayneh, an entrepreneur in Steamboat Springs, announced that he will appeal the dismissal of his lawsuit challenging Colorado’s transportation monopoly law. The lawsuit, which was filed in March 2021, argues that the law protects existing transportation companies from competition by giving them the power to veto new competition. That hurts customers, the public and … Continue reading Entrepreneur barred from competing with Colorado transportation monopoly vows to appeal case dismissal
Judicial Watch this week sent letters to election officials in 14 counties and five states—Arkansas, California, Illinois, New York, and Oregon—notifying them of evident violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The letters detail how these states’ own reported data show that their counties removed an “absurdly low” or “impossible” number of inactive … Continue reading 14 counties in five states must clean voter rolls or face federal lawsuits