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Major Bank Won’t Do Business With a Florida Gun and Pawn Shop. Is Choke Point to Blame?
Earlier this month, a small gun and pawn shop owner in Florida appeared to have found himself in the middle of an Operation Choke Point… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The IRS’ Tax-Exempt Backlog Is Gone? … Really?
Forgive me for taking any statement from the public relations department of the IRS with a grain of salt. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen says that… Read More
LawNews
Republicans Demand Government Agencies ‘Publicly Disclaim’ Their Involvement in Operation Choke Point
Republican leaders on the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday formally demanded that four federal financial regulatory agencies “publicly disclaim” their involvement in Operation Choke… Read More
LawCommentary
Texas Judge Delivers Blistering Rebuke of Obama Administration Immigration Lawyers’ Misbehavior
In an order issued late Tuesday, federal district court Judge Andrew Hanen refused to lift the preliminary injunction he had previously issued stopping the implementation… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
What Our Founders Feared: Lawmakers Now Empower Non-Elected to Make Laws
At the close of the Constitutional Convention, when an elderly Benjamin Franklin hobbled out of the hall where delegates had debated the fate of the… Read More
LawCommentary
The IRS Loses a Big Procedural Battle in Its War With the Tea Party
At almost the same time last week that the outgoing U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald Machen, gave Lois Lerner a get-out-of-jail free… Read More
LawCommentary
A Flawed Legal Analysis Is Helping Lois Lerner
On March 31, Ronald Machen, the outgoing U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote House Speaker John Boehner to inform him that the Justice… Read More
LawNews
Already a Target of Operation Choke Point, Payday Lending Industry Faces More Government Scrutiny
Last week, the Obama administration proposed new regulations for short-term lenders, criticizing the industry for trapping low-income households into cycles of debt. But under Operation… Read More
LawNews
Republicans to Government Official: Why Has No One Been Fired Over Choke Point?
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) told members of Congress Tuesday that part of the agency’s involvement in Operation Choke Point was… Read More
LawNews
What to Expect From Today’s Operation Choke Point Hearing
For the first time this year, Congress will get a chance to directly question the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) over its involvement in Operation… Read More
LawNews
Access, Denied: More Gun Sellers Blocked From Financial Sector
After serving multiple deployments overseas with the U.S. Army Special Forces, Josh Burns began building his own rifles at home. In Sept. 2013, he and… Read More
LawNews
Exclusive: Senator Aims to Use Budget Process to End Operation Choke Point
UPDATE: The Senate Budget Committee approved the amendment to end Operation Choke Point on Thursday by a 13-9 vote. They also passed the committee’s 2016… Read More
LawNews
Justice Department Takes Credit for Second Operation Choke Point Settlement
The Daily Signal has reported multiple cases where innocent small business owners believe they were unfairly targeted by the Justice Department’s controversial initiative known as… Read More
LawNews
‘Have You Heard of a Little Thing Called Operation Choke Point?’: Phone Recording Shows Targeting of Tobacco Business
A North Carolina tobacco seller says the government is “screwing” his small business by forcing the shutdown of his bank accounts and payment processor as… Read More
LawNews
Newt Gingrich: Choke Point ‘Is the Beginning of a Real Tyranny in the United States’
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, Newt Gingrich called the Justice Department’s Operation Choke Point, “the beginning of a real tyranny in the… Read More
LawNews
N.Y. Attorney General’s Office Denies It Has Records Showing Union Collusion in Papa John’s Lawsuit
Did the New York Attorney General’s Office collude with a local union leader to develop the basis for a lawsuit against a Papa John’s Pizza… Read More
LawCommentary
Why a Federal Judge Temporarily Halted Obama’s Amnesty Plan
The 26 states that sued President Obama over his unilateral amnesty plan for illegal aliens won a major battle on Monday when a federal judge… Read More
LawNews
Federal Judge Blocks Obama’s Immigration Actions. Here Are 32 Tweets Reacting to the Ruling.
A federal judge’s ruling yesterday halted President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, stopping—at least temporarily—the government’s attempt to grant legal status to an estimated 5… Read More
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Marco Rubio Is Attempting to End Operation Choke Point Once and for All
Sen. Marco Rubio is attempting to end Operation Choke Point—for good. The Florida Republican and potential 2016 presidential candidate introduced legislation yesterday that would completely… Read More
LawNews
Congressman Reintroduces Bill to End Operation Choke Point
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., today reintroduced legislation to end the Justice Department initiative known as Operation Choke Point. “While steps have been made in the… Read More
LawNews
Small Business Owner Questions Why Justice Department Would Threaten His Livelihood
A third-generation veteran says the government is choking him from his livelihood, blocking his access to bank accounts and forcing him to pay exorbitant fees… Read More
LawNews
Operation Choke Point Explained In One Minute
What is Operation Choke Point? The Daily Signal explains in one minute.
LawNews
Operation Choke Point: 7 Real Life Stories From Vegas
LAS VEGAS — What does the gun industry think of Operation Choke Point? Last week at the 2015 Shot Show, which is the industry’s largest… Read More
LawNews
Mike Lee Grills Loretta Lynch on Operation Choke Point
President Obama’s nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch, faced questions about the government’s controversial Operation Choke Point in her Senate testimony yesterday. “I’m generally familiar… Read More
LawNews
Ted Cruz Pushes Plan to Criminalize Political Targeting by IRS
Sen. Ted Cruz wants to protect taxpayers from political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service. The Texas Republican introduced legislation yesterday making it crime to engage… Read More
LawNews
Exclusive: FDIC Changes Tactics in Response to Operation Choke Point
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has acknowledged its role in Operation Choke Point and is taking dramatic steps to reverse its policies in targeting legal… Read More
LawNews
Sharyl Attkisson to Testify on ‘Free Press Issues’ at Attorney General Nomination Hearing
Former CBS reporter and Daily Signal senior independent contributor Sharyl Attkisson will testify at this week’s confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch, who was nominated by… Read More
LawCommentary
Did the EPA Ignore the Law to Make These Rules? Judges Will Decide.
On Friday morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is going to hear an important challenge to the Environmental Protection… Read More
SocietyNews
Louie Gohmert’s Top 3 Priorities for Republicans in 2015
Republicans are set to take control of Congress next week, prompting outspoken Rep. Louie Gohmert to lay out his most pressing goals for 2015 on… Read More
LawCommentary
25 States Continue Their Battle Against Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District of Texas has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 9 on the request for an injunction filed… Read More
