Tag: legal news and analysis

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL ORLANDO, FL -- Executives from more than 180 companies published a full-page ad of a letter yesterday in the New York Times which conveys...

Ruling vindicates Savannah guides in long-running free speech battle ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Savannah, Ga.—Does the First Amendment allow cities to make it illegal to...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ There is nothing more innocent than a baby still growing in the mother’s womb. They don’t know anger. They don’t know hate....

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL MADISON, WI – School administrators allowed a male science teacher in Madison Metropolitan School District to show a personal “transgender coming out” video to every...

Walter M. Weber, ACLJ The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a decision (pp. 9-34) that upheld an Indiana law requiring the humane disposition of aborted babies. While...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL The Louisiana House of Representatives yesterday passed 79-23, a “heartbeat bill” that will prohibit abortions after an unborn baby’s heartbeat is...

BY BOB BARR You can’t be tried twice for the same offense. The concept of being free from “double jeopardy” is a right that has...

Lawsuit seeks to stop Mandan, North Dakota, from removing mural CONOR BECK, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Last fall, August “Augie” Kersten, co-owner of the Lonesome Dove saloon...

LAURA HERNANDEZ, ACLJ The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed an amicus brief in a suit brought by 16 states and two individual plaintiffs...

ILYA SHAPIRO and MATTHEW LAROSIERE, CATO INSTITUTE New York City has a law banning the transportation of licensed handguns out of the city, which isn’t...

LIBERTY COUNSEL BOSTON, MA – Liberty Counsel will present oral argument tomorrow in a federal court of appeals against the city of Boston and one...

LIBERTY ALERTS, THE FIRE.ORG On Monday, the Trinity College Student Government Association announced that it had voted — after weeks of delays, meetings, and public forums —...

Starting May 24, 2019, Philadelphians whose property was taken by the city using civil forfeiture can apply for compensation ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE PHILADELPHIA— Philadelphians who...

OLIVIA SUMMERS, ACLJ These days, parents are pretty well able to monitor what messaging their children see on television or online, so it’s not surprising...

JONATHAN BLANKS, CATO INSTITUTE N.B.: This post contains descriptions of medical examinations stemming from allegations of sexual abuse of a small child. Over at Reason, Robby Soave reports...

SKIP ASH, ACLJ I am convinced that Yogi Berra is one of America’s better philosophers. Who else could say it better than Yogi vis-à-vis the continuing attempts...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge has attempted to block President Donald Trump’s administration’s rule designed to restrict Title X family planning funds...

LIBERTY COUNSEL TOPEKA, KANSAS – The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the state constitution allegedly protects the “right” for a woman to dismember her child in...

NICK SIBILLA, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Thanks to a major reform signed earlier today by Gov. Doug Ducey, Arizona became the first state in the nation...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Supreme Court granted an emergency stay on Friday in the criminal proceedings against Sandra Merritt. The preliminary...

TOM FITTON, JUDICIAL WATCH (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement in response to the “Mueller Report” released today by the...

LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Twitter has finally distanced itself from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after the implosion regarding the ongoing sexual...

BY BOB BARR As the saying goes, “it was great while it lasted.”  On Friday, March 29th U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued an 86-page Order declaring...

LIBERTY COUNSEL TRENTON, NJ – Liberty Counsel will refile King v. Murphy in the New Jersey lower court and work this case back up to the...

LIBERTY COUNSEL COLUMBUS, OH -- The full Ohio legislature passed a bill yesterday that prohibits a person from knowingly and purposefully performing or inducing an...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ We have breaking news. We now know the day, and even the approximate time, when Attorney General Bill Barr will release the...

MATT POWERS, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Arlington, Va.—Can the government restrict access to innovative health care technology in order to prop up an outdated business model?...

NICK SIBILLA, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE North Dakota became the latest state to untangle natural hair braiders and eyebrow threaders from a thicket of licensing red...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ We recently told you about a new effort in the U.S. House of Representatives to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection...

LIBERTY COUNSEL State taxpayer dollars are funding Ohio State University (OSU) Office of Cooperative Extension’s coopting the mission of the Ohio 4-H program to promote LGBT...