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BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Injunction Preventing Government From Pressuring Big Tech to Suppress Free Speech
The Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s injunction preventing the federal government from pressuring Big Tech companies to suppress free speech in a pivotal ruling Wednesday. The court did not rule on the question of whether the government may pressure social media companies to suppress speech in a way that would be illegal for…Tyler O’Neil -
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing Confiscation of Firearms. Why All Is Not Lost.
After a string of consecutive victories at the Supreme Court, Second Amendment advocates suffered their first major setback Friday, failing for the first time since 2008’s landmark decision in D.C. v. Heller to convince the nation’s highest court to strike down a gun control law as unconstitutional. In an 8-1 opinion written by Chief Justice…Amy Swearer -
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Gun Ownership by Those Under Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
The Supreme Court upheld the federal law banning gun ownership by those under domestic violence restraining orders on Friday morning. In its U.S. v. Rahimi ruling, the court rejected Zackey Rahimi’s claim that the statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders violates the Second Amendment. The court…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules ‘Bump Stock’ Ban Illegal
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has found that the federal government cannot use a decades-old ban on machine guns to ban bump stocks. “Semiautomatic firearms, which require shooters to reengage the trigger for every shot, are not machineguns. This case asks whether a bump stock—an accessory for a semiautomatic rifle that allows the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Secret Alito Recording Reveals Deeper Agenda to Delegitimize SCOTUS, Experts Say
Democratic lawmakers are escalating their attacks on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in the wake of secret recordings that were obtained last week of the justice agreeing that America should return “to a place of godliness.” Experts say that the legacy media and the Left’s ongoing campaign to target conservative justices is a concerted effort…Dan Hart -
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Here’s Why Hunter’s Conviction Doesn’t Prove the Justice System Isn’t Weaponized
Those claiming that the Hunter Biden conviction proves our justice system has not been weaponized and that Donald Trump and others who have been claiming that to be the case (The Heritage Foundation included) are mistaken couldn’t be more wrong. Examples abound of a weaponized—or if you prefer, politicized—justice system. Hunter’s Conviction in Perspective Biden…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Another Left-Wing Attempt to Smear Justice Thomas Fails
The American people just won’t govern themselves the way the Left tells them to. Caring more about power than liberty, the Left believes that its political ends justify their means. Just consider how leftists try to manipulate the Supreme Court, including smearing as “unethical” justices the Left considers too independent, hoping Americans will automatically question…Thomas Jipping -
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When Lady Justice Lifts Blindfold From Only Her Left Eye
Many things human come in pairs. Eyes, ears, hands, feet, and lungs appear in twos. Even a single nose features two nostrils. Similar examples should be easy to ponder. In this context, America’s new, two-track justice system might be perfectly natural: One for the Left—in which they suffer few consequences, if any, for their misdeeds—and one for the…Deroy Murdock -
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Guns, Germs, and Speech: Unanimous Supreme Court Sides With NRA in First Amendment Case
What do epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff and the National Rifle Association have in common? More than is first apparent. Both advocate for views unpopular with left-wing politicians, a “herd immunity” approach to COVID-19 in the doctor’s case and gun ownership in the NRA’s. Because of their views, both had their dealings with third parties curtailed by…Jack Fitzhenry -
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The Left’s Alito Flag Flap Is Their Craziest Attempt Yet to Smear a Supreme Court Justice
The Left is about power and achieving their political objectives by any means necessary. That includes trying to silence or sideline judges unlikely to be on their side. One tactic is demanding that Supreme Court justices unlikely to be reliable ideological allies recuse themselves, or step away, from certain cases. Liberals have come up with…Thomas Jipping -
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Debating Founders’ Intent on Appropriations, Justices OK Dodd-Frank Agency’s Funding Scheme
Is it concern for history or the present that underlies the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of the perpetual funding scheme granted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act? Citations of the 17th and 18th century may have dominated the opinions, but concern for flexibility in funding the…Jack Fitzhenry -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Supreme Court upheld a funding scheme apparently meant to insulate a powerful federal agency from future congressional oversight. The court ruled 7-2 that the funding scheme for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau does not violate the Constitution’s appropriations clause, which forbids the executive branch from taking money from the federal Treasury except “in consequence…Tyler O’Neil -
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Supreme Court to Make Significant Rulings on Power of Administrative State, Presidential Immunity, More
Oral arguments are over at the Supreme Court for this term. Although the rallies and protesters have dispersed (for now, anyway), the justices remain frantically at work on the numerous opinions they have yet to hand down. With several closely watched cases still pending, it will likely be a historic finish to this Supreme Court…John G. Malcolm -
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Big Questions Before Supreme Court in Trump’s Presidential Immunity Case
The nine Supreme Court justices have a major question before them. Is a current or former president immune from prosecution? Former President Donald Trump is facing prosecution for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump argues that his actions as president are protected from prosecution under presidential immunity. Trump lawyer John…Virginia Allen -
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Justice Department Rule on Crime Compensation Exceeds Its Authority, States Say
The Biden administration essentially wants states to give federal grant money to illegal aliens, convicted criminals, and people who contributed to their own victimization under the guise of “amending” the federal rules associated with the federal Victims of Crime Act. Nineteen states have objected to the proposed rule changes, claiming that they exceed the statutory…Cully Stimson -
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Be It Ever So Humble … : Supreme Court to Decide If City May Ban Sleeping in Public
The Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which raises the issue of how states and localities may deal with the problem of homelessness. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that it violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Constitution’s…Paul J. Larkin -
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What’s Riding on a Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Case Before Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in the Capitol that day in 2021, and at the center of the case is the applicability of a federal statute. The Justice Department has been using a statute enacted in…Virginia Allen -
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Victims of Chemical Abortions Speak Out as Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case dealing with the Food and Drug Administration’s removal of safeguards on chemical abortion drugs. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, four national medical associations and four individual doctors sued the FDA for removing almost all safety standards for pregnant women taking the abortion drugs…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Tipping the Scales of Justice to the Left? The Federal Judiciary’s New ‘Guidance’ for Assigning Cases
Federal judges have ruled against the Biden administration in several recent high-profile cases, and those on the Left are not happy about it. Instead of defending their policies on the merits in front of these judges, those on the Left have instead pressured the principal policy-making body for the federal judiciary to change how cases…Zack Smith -
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Supreme Court Weighs Government’s Power to Restrict Speech on Social Media
Those hoping for more open discourse on matters of national concern should not await the Supreme Court‘s decision in Murthy v. Missouri with much optimism. During Monday morning’s oral arguments in the case, the justices sounded unlikely to restrict the White House’s ability to control content moderation on social media platforms such as Facebook despite…Jack Fitzhenry