Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and 47 other Republican senators today condemned the Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ attempt to impose unprecedented restrictions on the use of stabilizing braces on firearms. “We write to express our grave concern regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives’ (ATF) Proposed Rule 2021R-08 … Continue reading Senators oppose Biden gun brace ban scheme
Category: Justice
Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) met last week with law enforcement officials to discuss issues facing Portland-area police departments including rising crime, training and recruitment concerns, and budgetary challenges. Following the roundtable, the Members held a brief media availability. Ranking Member … Continue reading Reps Call Out Unsustainable Impacts of Defunding Police
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for information relating to the tracking and collecting of Americans’ social media posts through its Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service (No. 1:21-cv-01735)). The lawsuit was filed after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) … Continue reading US Postal Service sued for information on social media spy scheme
NJ teachers Jeanette Speck and Susan Fischer are suing the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) for forcing “escape period” policies on workers. This particular “escape period” is heinous because it only allows 10 days in August when teachers have an opportunity to resign from the union. And, they cannot submit resignations in advance. This scheme does not protect their constitutional rights as expressed in the Foundation’s … Continue reading These teachers sued their union over ‘escape period’ scheme to trap them in dues
Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice for records of communication between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and several financial institutions about the reported transfer of financial transactions made by people in DC, Maryland and Virginia on January 5 and January 6, … Continue reading Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records on Alleged Transfer of Bank Financial Data of Every Person in Washington, DC Area around January 6
Chris Smith, union boss in New Jersey, has been charged with second-degree theft. The 47-year-old man held power in both his local and state unions. He was the president of the New Jersey Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 222 for six years and had been the current president of a state union for eight years. Smith … Continue reading New Jersey Union Boss, Chris Smith, Charged with Theft
Nelson Medina, an employee at transportation company Savage Services’ Wilmington, CA, facility, has just filed a Request for Review to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC. He is demanding the Board review an NLRB Regional Director’s discarding of his objections to a mail ballot election pushed by Teamsters Local 848 union officials. … Continue reading Worker blows whistle on California union bosses for tampering with election ballots
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement on The Supreme Court’s decision today restricting California’s effort to obtain confidential IRS information on donors from non-profit groups (Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (No. 19-251)): Today’s Supreme Court decision brushes back the latest attempt by leftist politicians, this time in California, to abuse IRS information … Continue reading Corruption watchdog praises Supreme Court ruling protecting donor privacy
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are seeking clarity from the Justice Department about the role that Hennessey will play in the department’s National Security Division (NSD). Hennessey has repeatedly and publicly expressed partisan comments about previous and current investigations including the Justice Department inspector general’s review of Crossfire Hurricane and Special Counsel John … Continue reading Senators slam corruption and bias by Biden DOJ picks
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the decision issued by the Supreme Court today in Brnovich v. DNC. Grassley also issued an open invitation for whistleblowers in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concerned about politicization following the decision to file suit against the state of … Continue reading Top senator: Whistleblowers must expose Biden DOJ scheme to overturn election integrity laws