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Nebraska Abolishes Civil Forfeiture
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican, has signed a major state forfeiture bill into law. Like New Mexico before it, the Cornhusker State now requires… Read More
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The Highlights of the Supreme Court Oral Argument on Obama’s Executive Amnesty
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case brought by Texas and 25 other states challenging the Obama administration’s attempt to give legal… Read More
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Judge Ignores Federal Law and Allows Sandy Hook Gun Case to Proceed
There is no doubt that what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 12, 2012, was a horrible event and a terrible tragedy for… Read More
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Obama Administration Admits It Could Have Respected Nuns’ Rights After All
It may have taken five years, numerous regulatory updates, hundreds of legal battles, and two trips to the Supreme Court, but the government has finally… Read More
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Obama Administration Doubles Down on Forcing Religious Groups to Accept Abortion Drug ‘Accommodation’
Two weeks ago the Supreme Court asked both sides in the Little Sisters’ case to file supplemental briefs. The Little Sisters’ case challenged Obamacare’s requirement… Read More
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Senate Bill Would Impose 10 Years in Federal Prison for Local Crime
Say you rush into a busy airport and are late for a flight that you cannot miss. Maybe your bag has a hole in it,… Read More
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Alaskan Hunter Triumphs Over Federal Agency in Supreme Court, for Now
For more than 15 years, John Sturgeon used a hovercraft to reach moose-hunting grounds in Alaska without any incident or objection. Then, one day in 2007,… Read More
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Video of Chuck Grassley’s Town Hall Tells Different Story From ‘Misportrayal’ in Media
The mainstream media coverage said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, faced intense opposition back home for his stance of no hearings and no votes for a… Read More
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The Left’s Climate Inquisition’s New Target
In a truly outrageous abuse of his authority and a misuse of the law, the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Claude E. Walker,… Read More
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Former Top Obama Official Says Operation Choke Point Had ‘Collateral’ Consequences
One of President Barack Obama’s former top Justice Department officials behind Operation Choke Point said Thursday the program had “unintended but collateral consequences” on banks and… Read More
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Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff for Wrongly Taking $10,000 From Traffic Stop
A multi-county grand jury has indicted Oklahoma Sheriff Bob Colbert and Captain Jeffrey Gragg on three felony counts of bribery and extortion and recommended that… Read More
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Supreme Court Got It Wrong: Noncitizens Shouldn’t Be Counted
In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against two residents of Texas who had argued that the Texas legislature diluted their… Read More
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Surprising Number of Americans Affected by Police Taking Their Property
New polling data is shedding light on the widespread impact of pervasive property seizures under civil asset forfeiture laws. In both Utah and Florida, a… Read More
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Reinforced by Grassroots, Senate Republicans Hold Line on Supreme Court Nomination
Conservatives who are normally at odds with Senate leadership are turning out to be important allies in their ongoing campaign to block President Barack Obama’s… Read More
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Meet Some of the 61 Prisoners Whose Sentences Were Just Shortened by Obama
In his most recent round of clemency, President Barack Obama has reduced the sentences of 61 federal prisoners, allowing most to be freed within months…. Read More
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After 15 Years in Prison, One Drug Offender’s Search for Meaning
Freedom is pizza, and swimming, but it can also be frustrating, confusing, and not so limitless. “Freedom for me was a little disconcerting because it’s… Read More
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In Voicemail, Bank Says It No Longer Lends to Firearms Dealers
The stories of two businessmen who recently were denied banking services because they sell firearms suggest a secretive government program called Operation Choke Point still… Read More
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Police Department Bought Motorcycles, Cars With Nearly $1 Million Seized Under Controversial Program
A new report from the Justice Department found that a police department located in a Chicago suburb used nearly $1 million it received from a… Read More
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Supreme Court Hands Down Big Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel Win
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court delivered a win for the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in Luis v. United States. Five justices—Justice Stephen Breyer, who… Read More
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3 Examples of Voter Fraud Across US
With the 2016 election season well underway, millions of voters across the country have already cast their ballots in primaries and caucuses. Republican and Democratic… Read More
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Department of Justice Restarts Heavily Criticized Program
After a four-month hiatus, the Justice Department has announced it is resuming its much-criticized “equitable sharing” program, which disburses hundreds of millions of dollars annually… Read More
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This Congressman Wants to Imprison Innocent People and Thinks It’s a Joke
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., thinks sending innocent people to federal prison is a joke. He has written the “Flamethrowers? Really? Act” after learning that the… Read More
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Did Chicago Violate Its Own Laws When Issuing Red Light, Speed Camera Tickets?
Drivers in Chicago who received tickets from the city’s red light and speed camera systems might see refunds. City officials are currently embattled in a… Read More
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Supreme Court Request Gives Little Sisters Cause for Hope
In an order Tuesday afternoon, the Supreme Court asked the petitioners and Obama administration to file supplemental briefs in the consolidated challenge to Obamacare’s requirement… Read More
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The Next Supreme Court Justice
It now seems highly likely that the next president of the United States will have the opportunity to nominate someone to fill the vacancy on… Read More
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State Department Loses Another Round in the Clinton Email Fiasco
In a second loss in less than two weeks, a federal court has once again ruled against the Obama administration, this time in a Freedom… Read More
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Key GOP Senators Say There’s ‘No Crack’ in Vow of No Hearings, No Votes
The battle over whether to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has escalated since President Barack… Read More
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Sens. Cruz, Lee Accuse Justice Department of Favoring Abortion Clinics Over Churches
Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah are accusing the Justice Department of pursuing “frivolous prosecutions” against the pro-life movement and having,… Read More
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Justice Scalia’s Vote Likely Would Have Determined Teachers Union Case
It is the end of the road for Rebecca Friedrichs’ challenge to the requirement that teachers who opt out of union membership must nevertheless pay… Read More
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Conservatives’ New Strategy to Curb the Executive Branch, Administrative Power
With much attention on how the Supreme Court could overturn major cases dealing with religion, campaign finance, and the Second Amendment if a liberal were… Read More
