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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Illinois Ban on ‘Assault Weapons,’ Other Gun Appeals
Justice Clarence Thomas said he hoped the court would consider what kinds of weapons are constitutional.
Jul 02, 2024
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Matthew Vadum
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Big Tech, Censorship, and Socialism
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Punts on Florida and Texas Social Media Laws, Sends Cases Back to Lower Courts
Both state laws required platforms to explain their content moderation decisions.
Jul 01, 2024
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Energy
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Beth Brelje
Iowa Utility Board Approves Eminent Domain for Controversial CO2 Pipeline
The total project spans five states: Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. It will slice through 2,500 miles of land.
Jun 30, 2024
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Beth Brelje
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Courts
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Allows City’s Ban on Public Camping Targeting Homeless Encampments
Activists had claimed the local law unfairly punished people whose poverty forced them to camp in public.
Jun 28, 2024
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Matthew Vadum
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Jun 28
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Courts
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Sam Dorman
Supreme Court Limits SEC’s Enforcement Powers
The court ruled 6–3 that the SEC cannot use its in-house administrative tribunals to enforce civil penalties.
Jun 27, 2024
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Jun 27
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Beth Brelje
DOJ Sues 5 Pro-Life Activists for Repeatedly Obstructing Access to Abortion Clinics
The complaint alleges that five people brought operations at the Fort Myers Health Center to a halt for at least one hour in 2022.
Jun 26, 2024
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Beth Brelje
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Jun 26
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Courts
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Rules for Biden Admin in Social Media Free Speech Case
States had argued the federal government strong-armed social media platforms into toeing the party line on various issues.
Jun 26, 2024
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Jun 26
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Policies & Impacts
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Matt McGregor
Planned Parenthood to Spend $40 Million to Support Democrats in 2024 Election Cycle
The spending is to ‘defend abortion access and get out the vote,’ Planned Parenthood said.
Jun 25, 2024
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Jun 25
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Patricia Tolson
Surgeon General Declares Firearm Violence an Urgent Public Health Crisis
‘Firearm violence is a public health crisis. Our failure to address it is a moral crisis,’ Dr. Murthy said.
Jun 25, 2024
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US News
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Zachary Stieber
Louisiana Hit With Lawsuit Over Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Schools
The suit brought by parents alleges that the law violates students’ religious freedom.
Jun 25, 2024
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US News
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Zachary Stieber
Supreme Court Turns Away COVID-19 Vaccine Appeals
Justices denied petitions from a nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Jun 24, 2024
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Allows Ohio Man to Sue Police Over Alleged Malicious Prosecution
A jeweler claims that the police lied about his statements and had no legal basis to move against him.
Jun 23, 2024
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US News
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Jack Phillips
US Supreme Court Still Has 6 Blockbuster Rulings to Issue
The high court tends to release all its decisions for a term by the end of June, and only several days remain in the month.
Jun 23, 2024
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Federal-State Relations
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Jack Phillips
US Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Federal Firearm Silencer Law
The Texas Attorney General’s office brought the lawsuit, saying the law violates the Second Amendment.
Jun 23, 2024
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Constitutional Rights
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Zachary Stieber
‘Violates the Second Amendment’: Justice Thomas Lone Dissenter in Gun Case
Supreme Court shouldn’t have ruled in favor of a law that restricts gun ownership, justice says.
Jun 21, 2024
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Jun 21
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Federal-State Relations
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Beth Brelje
Democrat Bill Would Increase Federal Involvement in Local Zoning
Bill states that land use regulation is the responsibility of state and local governments, but now federal support is needed to achieve ’reforms.’
Jun 21, 2024
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Jun 21
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US News
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Finds Prosecutors Violated Drug Defendant’s Rights by Switching Expert Witnesses
Changing expert witnesses at trial infringed the man’s right to confront witnesses against him, the Court found.
Jun 21, 2024
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Jun 21
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Holds 6–3 That Certain Visa Decisions Cannot Be Challenged
The issue was ‘consular nonreviewability,’ the legal principle that a consular official’s denial of a visa cannot be fought in court.
Jun 21, 2024
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Constitutional Rights
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Matthew Vadum
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for People Under Domestic Restraining Orders
A federal appeals court had invalidated a 1994 federal law that prohibits a person who is subject to a domestic restraining order from having firearms.
Jun 21, 2024
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Louisiana
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Tom Ozimek
Louisiana Bans Credit Card Tracking of Gun, Ammo Purchases
A firearm industry association executive called the move ‘a powerful statement that the Second Amendment rights of Louisianans are not negotiable.’
Jun 18, 2024
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Tom Ozimek
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