LawNews
DC Takes Federal Largesse, but Rejects Law Enforcement Help
Protesters in the nation’s capital—one of the largest recipients of federal aid—became a rowdy mob Thursday night outside the White House after the conclusion of… Read More
LawCommentary
Portland’s Endless Riots Are Destroying Lives and Businesses
Portland has suffered through more than 90 consecutive nights of violent riots. Enough is enough. These endless riots are not saving black lives. They are destroying lives…. Read More
LawNews
CHOP Victim’s Father Files $3 Billion in Claims Against Local Government
The father of a young man killed in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone has filed $3 billion in claims against King County, the city… Read More
LawCommentary
5 Reasons Why Violent Radicals Feel Empowered
The organized violence plaguing Portland, Oregon, and other cities has already lasted longer than Kid Rock’s marriage to Pamela Anderson. And there is no sign that the deliberate attacks will end any time… Read More
LawNews
Minneapolis Calls in National Guard to Stop Rioting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city had asked the National Guard to assist in stopping the unrest and rioting occurring on… Read More
LawCommentary
Push to Police Social Distancing Clashes With Calls to Defund Police
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice protests have come together to produce one of the strangest ironies of 2020: Many of the same people… Read More
Law Analysis
What’s Really Going on in Wisconsin
Riots have erupted in the state of Wisconsin following the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by police on Sunday night. What happened? The… Read More
LawNews
Police Arrest Man for Pulling Gun on Pro-Life Activists Outside Planned Parenthood
Police arrested a man for pulling a gun on pro-life protesters and making a “threatening statement” to the activists outside a Delaware Planned Parenthood last… Read More
LawCommentary
The Truth About the Post Office Controversy
Do we really have to worry about the Postal Service? That’s the latest faux controversy to dominate our political debate. It’s a sign of our… Read More
LawNews
Blacks Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid New York City Crime Wave
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Could See at Least 4 Vacancies in 4 Years, Trump Says
President Donald Trump projects that he’s on track to win confirmation of more than 300 new conservative judges by the end of the year. And in… Read More
LawNews
USPS Faces Financial, Logistical Hurdles Before Mail-In Ballot Surge
The final votes of the 2020 primaries were cast Aug. 11, concluding a primary season marred by confusion, lawsuits, and an investigation by a United… Read More
LawCommentary
Trump Suggests a Presidential Election Redo. Is That Possible?
President Donald Trump has pointed out correctly that mail-in elections can be plagued with fraud and other serious problems, making it impossible to know who the… Read More
LawNews
Senate Chairman Hits Attempt to ‘Undermine’ Subpoena for Diplomat Linked to Anti-Trump Document
Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday accused his Democratic counterpart of trying to “undermine” efforts to subpoena a former Department of State official linked to dossier… Read More
Law News
Barber Cuts Red Tape to Pursue His Dream
Elias Zarate was told he could not pursue his dream of being a barber in Tennessee because he didn’t have a high school diploma. Zarate,… Read More
LawNews
Trump Keeps His Distance After Bannon’s Indictment in Wall Scheme
A month ago, President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter about a 3-mile section of border wall built by a private company. On Thursday, after… Read More
LawCommentary
Can One Resignation Save Seattle’s Police Force—and the City?
SEATTLE—After weeks of violent unrest, Seattle’s Black Lives Matter activists got their way. The City Council partially “defunded” the Seattle Police Department, and it will… Read More
LawNews
Steve Bannon, Partner Indicted on Charges They Defrauded Border Wall Donors
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and triple-amputee Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage were indicted Thursday for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors… Read More
LawNews
State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent’s Request
A former State Department official told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he destroyed records in January 2017, the month President Donald Trump took office, at… Read More
LawAnalysis
What’s Really Going on With the US Postal Service
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back early to vote on legislation centered on the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and the Democrats asked Postmaster… Read More
LawCommentary
Fact Check: Debunking 10 Myths About the US Postal Service
In 2020, we’re used to seeing falsehoods and misinformation spreading like wildfire online. Typically, they’re linked to breaking news, hot-button social issues, or scandals. The… Read More
LawNews
Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks
The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government… Read More
LawCommentary
Some Great Picks Trump Should Consider for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump recently announced that by Sept. 1 he would release “a new list” of conservative Supreme Court nominees, “which may include some, or… Read More
LawNews
FBI’s Ex-Counterintel Chief Scrutinized Over Briefing on Anti-Trump Dossier
Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is investigating the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign, on Friday accused former FBI counterintelligence chief Bill Priestap of providing misleading… Read More
LawNews
Ex-FBI Lawyer to Plead Guilty in Probe of Russia Investigation’s Origins
A former FBI attorney will plead guilty to making false statements in documents used to obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump aide Carter Page,… Read More
LawCommentary
A Welcome Conclusion That Yale Discriminates Against Asians, Whites
The Trump administration’s Justice Department just took an important step in enforcing the Constitution when it concluded, after a two-year investigation, that Yale University illegally… Read More
LawCommentary
What Will Organized Criminal Violence Bring Next to Our Streets?
Organized riots. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s what we’re seeing in many cities in this season of COVID-19 and protests. I’m not talking… Read More
LawCommentary
What’s Problematic About the President’s Extension of Unemployment Benefits
President Donald Trump took action five days ago to provide some coronavirus relief for Americans, saying he wasn’t going to wait for Congress. He signed… Read More
LawCommentary
How to Stop Targeted Violence in US Cities
Riots have rocked Portland, Oregon, nightly for almost two straight months. Other U.S. cities have suffered similar violence, albeit more sporadically. The rioting has nothing to… Read More
LawCommentary
21 States Move to Support This Praying Coach for Round 2
Remember the case of Joe Kennedy, the Marine Corps veteran-turned-high school football coach who was suspended, then fired, halfway through the season a few years… Read More
