Supreme Court Refuses to Allow DACA Program to be Rescinded
BY MATTHEW VADUM The Supreme Court has ruled this morning that President Donald Trump failed to follow the law when he tried to rescind DACA, former President Barack Obama’s program that temporarily shielded young people who came to the United States illegally from being deported. There are close to 800,000 or more individuals eligible under the program known as […]
Virus Contact Tracing Opens Door to Privacy Violations, Say Critics
BY MATTHEW VADUM As governments gear up contact tracing efforts aimed at containing the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19, critics worry privacy will be compromised, which some say could threaten freedom. The push to implement widespread contact tracing, which involves tracking infected people and those they have come into contact with, comes after months of now-easing lockdowns. Contact tracing […]
POLITICS | Republican Party Sues Calif. Gov. Newsom Over ‘Illegal Election Power Grab’
BY MATTHEW VADUM Republicans are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom in federal court over his unprecedented unilateral order requiring that all registered voters be sent vote-by-mail ballots for the general and presidential elections on Nov. 3, ostensibly to reduce the likelihood of voter transmission of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Newsom, a Democrat who frequently […]
Supreme Court Rebuffs Activists, Reinstates Ban on Encouraging Illegals to Stay in US
BY MATTHEW VADUM The Supreme Court unanimously resurrected a federal law struck down by an appeals court that made it a felony to encourage people to come to or stay illegally in the United States. The May 7 ruling was a dramatic victory for the Trump administration, which had urged the high court to reverse a 2018 ruling […]
Ranchers Sue Over New EPA Waterways Rule, Claiming Bureaucratic Overreach
BY MATTHEW VADUM New Mexico ranchers are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which they say violates property rights even though it’s an improvement over the previous statute. The move comes after the Supreme Court gave the EPA new power to regulate pollution that travels to navigable waters […]
Despite Pandemic, Churches Persevere, Push Back Against Overreach
BY MATTHEW VADUM As politicians and lawyers argue over emergency powers claimed by government officials, the faithful are finding ways to cope amid aggressive public health orders that make it difficult or impossible to come together in person for worship. As religious people go about their daily lives, battles are raging in courts across the land […]
Supreme Court Considers Law That Requires Admitting Privileges for Abortion Docs
BY MATTHEW VADUM WASHINGTON—A Louisiana law that requires abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges close to where the procedure takes place should be upheld because it protects women’s health, the state’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court on March 4 as protests raged outside. Oral arguments came in the case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, as partisan, […]
California Officials Sue to Strike Down Pro-union Gag Law
BY MATTHEW VADUM Elected officials in California are challenging a controversial state law that deprives them of their ability to speak critically about labor unions by prohibiting statements deemed to “deter or discourage” public employees from seeking union membership. “I was elected by the people to ask tough questions and discuss public policy issues in an open dialogue […]
Small States With Low Immigrant Populations Hit Hardest by Influx of Illegal Aliens
BY MATTHEW VADUM Illegal aliens are gravitating to so-called sanctuary cities in states with small immigrant populations where they strain local finances because they consume as much as $6,000 in taxpayer-funded services annually over and above any fiscal benefit they generate, according to a new study. The report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), […]
Federal Judge Denies Injunction Against California Anti-Contractor Law After Admitting It Causes Harm
BY MATTHEW VADUM A federal judge refused to grant Uber and Postmates an injunction against California’s unusually restrictive anti-contractor law, even after acknowledging the law would cause the two companies “irreparable harm.” The law, known as AB5, forces companies to reclassify their freelancers as employees, which goes against their business model. When it took effect Jan. 1, […]
