LawNews
How the Supreme Court Justices Reacted to Today’s Hobby Lobby Arguments
President Obama’s health care law made its way back to the Supreme Court of the United States today. In addition to being unsound health care… Read More
Meet the Real People Hurt by Obamacare’s Mandates And Disregard for Religious Liberty [PHOTOS]
What do air conditioning, wood, crafts supplies, and car lights have to do with each other? Not much. But the families behind these industries have joined… Read More
INFOGRAPHIC: What Exactly This Hobby Lobby Case Is About
Today at the Supreme Court, some courageous Americans are standing up to Obamacare’s trampling of religious freedom. But outside the Court, the debate rages over… Read More
LawNews
More Recriminations Over Dropping of Bribery Prosecution in Pennsylvania
Over the weekend, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams criticized Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s decision to shut down a three-year investigation that caught at least… Read More
Seattle’s Rideshare Caps Will Squash Innovators Such as Uber
Seattle has earned the dubious honor of being the first city to cap the number of drivers that rideshare services such as Uber may keep… Read More
Two States Can Now Require Proof of Citizenship Before Voter Registration
In a big victory for election integrity, Arizona and Kansas — led by their Secretaries of State, Ken Bennett and Kris Kobach — have obtained… Read More
LawNews
It Doesn’t Matter if You’re Conservative or Liberal. You Should Believe in Religious Freedom.
Across social media last week, some in the Twittersphere claimed family businesses fighting for a fundamental freedom want to impose their religious and moral beliefs… Read More
WATCH: Tough Questions on Religious Freedom, Abortion Drugs
Two cases before the Supreme Court are not about limiting a woman’s freedom to buy birth control, as they have been widely mischaracterized, but about… Read More
‘This Is Going to Ruin My Entire Life’: 18-Year-Old Aspiring Firefighter Charged With Felony for Pocket Knife
Eighteen year-old Jordan Wiser is training to be a firefighter. He’s a certified emergency vehicle operator who works as a first responder when he’s not… Read More
LawNews
Democratic Legislators Take Bribes to Oppose Voter ID—And Get Away With It
This week, The Philadelphia Inquirer revealed that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office caught at least four Philadelphia-area legislators taking multiple bribes ranging from a few… Read More
The HHS Mandate and the Facts of Life
Two families will be before the Supreme Court next week challenging the Obamacare mandate that requires employers—under threat of crippling fines—to provide coverage of potentially… Read More
Heritage Scholar a Threat to Safety on Stanford Campus? Stanford’s Acting Unlawfully.
Ryan T. Anderson talks a lot about marriage. Heritage’s William E. Simon fellow has even been on CNN talking about marriage. But apparently safe enough… Read More
DOJ Report Uncovers $15,624 in Questionable Police Expenditures
A recent Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general’s audit of the Lansing, Michigan, police department questioned $15,624 in expenditures from 2009 to 2012. The money… Read More
Heritage Panel: Personal Opinion No Excuse to Abandon Marriage Laws
Virginia’s Democratic attorney general made history not only by declining to carry out his duty to defend state marriage law based on personal opinion but… Read More
Meet the Two Families Fighting for Religious Freedom
In less than two weeks, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in cases challenging an Obamacare mandate that is trampling on religious freedom. The Hahn… Read More
‘Shut Up and Mind Your Business’: Man Verbally Abused, Arrested for Filming Police
Regrettably, the public service of our “public servants” sometimes leaves much to be desired. Just ask George Thompson, who claims that he was verbally abused,… Read More
Kansas Court Gets It Right: Education Spending Isn’t Only Measure of ‘Equity’
The Kansas Supreme Court has issued an important and eagerly awaited decision on how much money schools need to give kids a first-rate education. For… Read More
LawNews
Challenge to Colorado TABOR Flouts Supreme Court Precedents
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Colorado legislators have standing to challenge the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill… Read More
Georgia Fails to Pass Civil Forfeiture Reform
Civil forfeiture has gained prominence as a tool to combat the drug trade; however, its targets can be as mundane as motorists or as industrious… Read More
LawNews
Voter ID: Protecting the Integrity of Our Elections
With midterm elections underway in Texas, the fight over voter ID will undoubtedly garner some serious attention in the national media in the coming weeks… Read More
Christine O’Donnell: We’re Going on Offense Against the IRS
It’s time to go on the offense against the IRS for its targeting of conservatives, said Christine O’Donnell at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)… Read More
First Filibusters, Now Blue Slips: A New Fight over Judicial Nominations
Senate Democrats triggered the “nuclear option” to effectively eliminate the filibuster for executive and judicial nominations last year. Now another Senate tradition may be next… Read More
Ukraine Crisis Holds Lessons for ‘Lawless’ IRS, Watchdog Says
American taxpayers ought to be inspired to stand up to the Internal Revenue Service by the people “dying in Ukraine,” the top dog at a… Read More
Invisible Gun Control: 10-Year Old Suspended for Making ‘Level 2 Lookalike Firearm’–With Fingers
It sounds like serious business. They called it a “level 2 lookalike firearm.” They said that he pointed it “execution style” at a fellow student…. Read More
LawNews
Senate Blocks Obama Nominee for Justice Post Over Ties to Cop Killer
Senate Republicans today attracted enough Democrats to reject President Obama’s nominee for a top Justice Department post, after an emotional debate over the lawyer’s role… Read More
Casey to Oppose Obama’s Justice Nominee for Championing Cop Killer
Senator Robert Casey Jr. (D-PA) today announced that he will vote against President Obama’s nominee for a top Justice Department post because of the… Read More
Federal Court Upholds School Ban on American Flag T-Shirts
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a California high school’s prohibition on American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo…. Read More
Questions You’re Asking About Cakes, Gays, and Religious Freedom
Cases have been popping up across the country where individuals have declined to bake cakes or take photos for same-sex wedding ceremonies—and government has punished… Read More
Conflict Seen in IRS Targeting Probe, Heritage Scholar Testifies
The Justice Department’s choice of one of President Obama’s campaign donors to investigate improper targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service throws the… Read More
First Big Gulp, Now Bottomless Bloody Marys: New York Bans Boozy Brunches
For many, bottomless drinks are the cornerstone of any delicious (if not nutritious) urban brunch. But the New York State Liquor Authority is determined to… Read More
