Serafim Katergaris was forced to pay $1,000 to the New York Department of Buildings (DOB) for a code violation he did not commit, did not know about and had no chance to challenge. Worse yet, the DOB did not let him appeal its decision. Had the DOB provided him a hearing or a chance to … Continue reading NYC Fined Property Owner For Something He Didn’t Do and Didn’t Provide Him a Hearing or an Appeal—Now He’s Fighting Back
Category: Justice
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, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Bradley Benavides and FBI Intelligence Analyst in Charge of the Washington Field Office Intelligence Division Nikki Floris … Continue reading Grassley, Johnson Call On FBI To Explain Interference In Hunter Biden Investigation
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s decision granting Judicial Watch’s request to unseal at least part of the affidavit and other materials used to justify the unprecedented raid on former President Trump’s home: Judicial Watch achieved a key court victory today over the Biden Justice Department’s desperate move to … Continue reading Court Rejects Biden DOJ Effort to Keep Trump Warrant Affidavit Completely Sealed
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week announced their support for legislation to prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions for illegal immigrants. The No Taxpayer Funds for Illegal Alien Abortions Act (S.4770) would prohibit any employee or contractor with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) from … Continue reading New bill combats Biden plan to traffick illegal aliens across state lines for abortions
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with committee members John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) are calling on the Justice Department to detail steps being taken to ensure that the Brookings Institution and other think tanks tied to foreign governments and enterprises comply with the Foreign Agents Registration … Continue reading Senators push Justice Dept on major liberal think tank’s hidden funding from foreign government
Katie Chubb and Augusta Birth Center (ABC) this week filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) regulations for freestanding birth centers. These regulations require any new childbirth services to seek the cooperation of their direct competitors in order to secure a license to operate. Despite receiving 150 letters in support … Continue reading Georgia entrepreneur sues over law that unfairly limits childbirth options
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Mike Turner (R-Ohio) today are pressing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on his use of government aircraft for personal travel as an illegal abuse of … Continue reading FBI Director Wray Allegedly Using Government Aircraft for Personal Travel
Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after a federal judge reinstated an Obama-era policy to suspend lease sales for coal on federal lands. “The moratorium on federal coal leases threatens the availability of reliable and affordable electricity, which is why we worked to rescind this … Continue reading Federal judge reimposes an Obama-era policy suspending federal coal leases
Today, Albuquerque taxpayers are demanding that the City Council of Albuquerque’s donation to Planned Parenthood be canceled or returned because it violates the New Mexico Constitution. They believe that the city violated the Anti-Donation Clause of the New Mexico Constitution when, on May 16, 2022, it appropriated $250,000 of public money to a sponsorship of … Continue reading Albuquerque taxpayers threaten lawsuit over City Council’s illegal donation to Planned Parenthood
Is talking with other adults about what to buy at the grocery store a crime that can be punished with jail time? Or does the First Amendment protect speech even when a customer pays to listen? These are the questions the Institute for Justice (IJ) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of health coach Heather … Continue reading Health Coach Threatened with Jail and Fines for Offering Dietary Advice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Her Case