Portland Becomes First U.S. City to Completely Ban Facial Recognition
The Portland city council unanimously voted to ban facial recognition in all public places. ...
Constitution
President Trump’s Executive Order Taking Control of Rental Property Under Scrutiny
President Trump's executive order taking control of rental property is coming under constitutional fire from lawmakers and others. ...
Ninth Circuit Holds NSA Telephone Metadata Collection Illegal, Silent on Constitutionality
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the NSA's telephone metadata collection is illegal, although it did not opine on the program's constitutionality. By Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. ...
Trump: Four Nominees to Supreme Court in Next Four Years “Not a Stretch at All”
President Trump says we could see as many as four Supreme Court positions open in the next four years. ...
California Threatens Fines and Incarceration for Preachers AND WORSHIPPERS Who Defy COVID Mandates
Will law enforcement in California come into ongoing church services and arrest the worshippers exercising their First Amendment-protected rights? We’re about to find out. ...
New Jersey Gym Owners Expecting to Be Arrested; Barriers to Be Installed by State
The owners Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey, which has been shut down and fined under the governor's orders, have promised each other to do whatever it takes to get their...
California Mega-church Defies Appeals Court Override, Opens Unmasked Without Social Distancing
On Saturday, a three-judge panel of the Second Appellate District’s Court of Appeals tossed a lower-court ruling and said that Los Angeles County could continue to ban indoor services at Grace...
Judge Won’t Let L.A. County Shut Down Church Challenging Coronavirus Restrictions
A judge denied a Los Angeles County request for a temporary restraining order prohibiting Grace Community Church from holding indoor services. ...
President Trump Considering Pardoning Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Initially, Trump considered Snowden to be a spy who should be executed. Now that he is better informed, he’s thinking of pardoning him. ...
California Megachurch Sues State Over COVID Mandates
On August 12, Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, filed a lawsuit claiming that a “cease and desist” order from Los Angeles County was unconstitutional and that the church was...
Atilis Gym Reopens After Town Revokes Owners’ License
The borough council of Bellmawr, New Jersey, voted 5-1 to rescind the business license of the Atilis Gym. The owners of the gym, Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti, opened the gym...
Kamala Harris Is Not Qualified to Be (Vice) President
Joe Biden's pick for vice-president — Kamala Harris — is consitutionally ineligible to be president. ...
Pelosi Calls Trump Executive Order to Provide $400 Weekly Unemployment Benefits “Unconstitutional”
President Trump signed an executive order to provide unemployment benefits of $400 weekly, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the order “absurdly unconstitutional.” ...
California Pastor Receives Legal Help From Trump Attorney
As Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Church of Sun Valley, California, faces a daily fine of $1,000 or arrest for holding services against Health Department orders, a coterie of high-powered attorneys...
Senate Dems Threaten Retaliation if Republicans Try to Fill SCOTUS Vacancy Before Election
If a vacancy at the Supreme Court occurs before the election and Senate Republicans try to fill it with another “originalist” nominee, there will be consequences, according to Hillary Clinton’s former...