California’s ban on assault weapons was overturned by US District Judge Roger Benitez. In his ruling, Judge Benitez held that the ban violates the Second Amendment which gives people the right to bear arms, and that it prevents people from owning weapons that are allowed in other states. "We cannot... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that depending on the circumstances of a police chase, the police cannot enter a home without a warrant, specifically if they are pursuing someone because of a misdemeanor or minor crime. The ruling stems from a case in which a California man was... Read More »
The Supreme Court has just put a crack in the door that the NCAA had nailed shut to prevent college athletes from sharing in most of the massive profits generated by their athletic teams from ticket sales, alumni donations, television rights and other cash cows. How large that crack will... Read More »
The shaky foundation holding up ex-President Trump’s house of cards about election fraud got a bit closer to collapsing when his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was suspended from practicing law in New York State by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. In a harshly worded 33-page decision... Read More »
In December 2020, a police officer chasing a driver who had left the scene of a traffic stop rammed the vehicle in an effort to get the driver to pull over. This caused the vehicle being pursued to roll, resulting in the death of one of the passengers, the driver’s... Read More »
Several families are in a battle with the FBI after hundreds of safety deposit boxes from a private vault company, U.S. Private Vaults, were confiscated following the execution of a search warrant in March. The Raid which lasted five days resulted in over 800 safe deposit boxes confiscated by the... Read More »
Title 4, Chapter 1 of the US Code is devoted to the flag of the United States; Section 8 of that chapter begins by stating that “no disrespect shall be shown to the flag of the United States of America.” Eleven sub-paragraphs follow explaining how that disrespect is to be... Read More »
Neither his health nor charges of faulty paperwork prevented a New York judge from agreeing to extradite disgraced and convicted sex criminal Harvey Weinstein from his New York prison cell back to California for another trial. Justice Kenneth Case of Erie County Court ruled on June 15 that Weinstein, 69,... Read More »
The Supreme Court has tightened restrictions on unions and their access to farmworkers in California and across the nation in its latest ruling. In a 6 - 3 vote with conservatives in the majority, the High Court ruled it unconstitutional for union representatives to engage in practices that impeded on... Read More »
The US Supreme Court ruled earlier today in favor of a former cheerleader who was ousted from her high school's cheerleading squad after she shared a social media post in which she used profane language. In this closely watched case, the Pennsylvania cheerleader challenged the school district on the limitations... Read More »
A federal judge dismissed almost all claims that were filed by activists, civil liberties organizations and other protesters that alleged former President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials violated federal civil rights laws by forcefully clearing activists in order to make room for a presidential photo-op. On June 1, 2020,... Read More »
Three college students who led a lawsuit against Harvard University are finding themselves on the side of defeat after the university won a dismissal of the lawsuit earlier this week. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani dismissed the lawsuit after explaining that the lawsuit and its allegations failed to prove that... Read More »
In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, which banned “semiautomatic assault weapons”- which were defined to include 18 different guns and all firearms with two or more “military characteristics.” Examples of “military characteristics” are bayonet mounts and flash suppressors. There... Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration has recently approved a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is the first in 18 years to receive FDA approval for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, but has attracted controversy over its efficacy and high cost. Experts estimate that the drug could cost the federal... Read More »
The organization Airlines for America, or A4A, along with a coalition of other industry partners, have sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the recent uptick in aggressive and unruly passenger behaviors. The letter which was sent early Monday urges the Department of Justice to prosecute unruly passengers.... Read More »
