Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to correct conflicting public statements by the Justice Department about whether it had used extraordinary surveillance tools on a former Chinese business partner of … Continue reading Biden AG covered up FBI surveillance of Hunter Biden’s shady Chinese business partner
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If the government points cameras at your home and films you 24/7 for 18 straight months without a warrant, is that a “search” under the Fourth Amendment? The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case called United States v. Tuggle, recently said “no.” But in a new amicus brief supporting a petition for … Continue reading IJ files amicus brief challenging 24/7 warrantless video surveillance
The federal government has been ordered to halt all implementation and enforcement of its COVID vaccine and testing mandate following the request by petitioner and Louisiana business owner Brandon Trosclair and a group of employees from Texas who sued over the mandate last week. The ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans represents … Continue reading In depth: Fifth Circuit orders federal government to halt implementation of OSHA vaccine mandate
Hospital workers have right to rebuff union officials’ demands to abandon patients amidst pandemic
A new federal class action lawsuit from the Institute for Justice (IJ) aims to end a corrosive feature of Indiana’s civil-forfeiture system: the practice of giving private lawyers a personal financial stake in forfeiture prosecutions. Unlike every other state in the nation, Indiana outsources forfeiture prosecutions to private lawyers on a “contingency fee” basis. Forfeit … Continue reading New class-action lawsuit aims to end for-profit prosecutions in Indiana
Gaige Grosskreutz was one of the attackers of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. After giving testimony earlier today attempting to paint himself as a victim of Rittenhouse, the witness/attacker admitted today during cross examination he was shot only after he threatened Rittenhouse by pointing a gun at him inches away from his head. … Continue reading Rittenhouse criminal case implodes
Earlier this week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity to police officers who used an unconstitutional law to arrest and prosecute a citizen-journalist. The reversal means the citizen-journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, can now seek justice for her unconstitutional arrest by Laredo, Texas, police. As part of its … Continue reading 5th Circuit reverses qualified immunity for police who arrested citizen journalist
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), joined by Oversight Republicans, called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide documents and information about a recent memorandum issued as an attempt to silence parents across the country who are … Continue reading Mace, Norman, Comer demand Garland provide Answers on DOJ scheme to smear concerned parents
The Supreme Court has agreed to review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeal’s rejection of the Trump administration’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan and its replacement by the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (“ACE Rule”). CEI was a party in the lower court case arguing against the use of the Clean Air Act’s catch-all provision … Continue reading Supreme Court will review EPA scheme to shut down affordable energy plants
A gymnast who competed on the University of Minnesota men’s varsity gymnastics team filed a lawsuit challenging the university’s decision to eliminate his team to decrease the number of male athletes at the university. In the fall of 2020, the University of Minnesota announced it would be eliminating the men’s gymnastics team after the 2020-21 … Continue reading Minnesota gymnast sues after university cancels male athletic team to meet gender equity quotas
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