Tag: legal news and analysis
Arizona Becomes First State to Broadly Recognize Out-of-State Licenses
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...
Sandra Merritt Criminal Case Stayed
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...
Judicial Watch Statement on the Mueller Report
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...
Twitter Says Goodbye to SPLC
LIBERTY COUNSEL
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Twitter has finally distanced itself from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after the implosion regarding the ongoing sexual...
Excellent 2nd Amendment Opinion Lasts Only One Week
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...
NJ Counseling Case Goes Back to Lower Court
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...
Ohio Has a Heartbeat
LIBERTY COUNSEL
COLUMBUS, OH -- The full Ohio legislature passed a bill yesterday that prohibits a person from knowingly and purposefully performing or inducing an...
Mueller Report Set to be Released Thursday
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...
Lawsuit Challenges Indiana’s Ban on Using Online Eye Tests to Obtain Prescriptions
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Arlington, Va.—Can the government restrict access to innovative health care technology in order to prop up an outdated business model?...
North Dakota Eliminates Licenses for Braiding Hair and Threading Eyebrows
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...
Is Your Member of Congress Taking a Stand Against Infanticide
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...
Ohio 4-H Violates Rights with Harmful Agenda
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...
Norco Homeowner Fights Back With Lawsuit After City Attempts to Take His Home
Institute for Justice for-profit law firm's attempt to collect more than $60,000 in attorney fees after it lost in court
Conor Beck, Institute for Justice
Two...
Dairy Farmer Wins First Round to Say that Skim Milk is Skim Milk
ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
Harrisburg, Pa.—A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied the Food and Drug Administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit about whether additive-free...
Fighting to Defund Planned Parenthood
JAY SEKULOW, ACLJ
I wanted to take a moment to tell you about a critical issue we talked about on today’s radio broadcast.
We updated you on...
Truth Revealed About Equality Act
LIBERTY COUNSEL
Truth made a brief appearance from two unlikely sources at today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing of HR 5, known as the “Equality Act,”...
Bipartisan Bill in Congress Would Dramatically Reform Civil Forfeiture
NICK SIBILLA, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
On Wednesday, Reps. Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Bobby...
No Taxpayer Dollars for Abortions
LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL
Secretary of State Pompeo announced today that the U.S. State Department will enforce, to the broadest extent possible, regulations under the...
Heartbeat Bill Victory in Kentucky
LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL
FRANKFORT, KY – Kentucky’s House passed Senate Bill 9, a fetal heartbeat bill, by a vote of 71 to 19 last night....
Montana School Choice Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court ruled state may discriminate against parents who select religious schools for their children
JOHN KRAMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
Arlington, Virginia—In a case appealed yesterday...
Ohio Court Blocks Planned Parenthood Funding
LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL
The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior ruling by a three-judge panel and has upheld the constitutionality...
Supporting the Informed Consent Bill
ACLJ Testifies in Maryland Legislature in Favor of Informed Consent Bill
OLIVIA SUMMERS, ACLJ
Last Friday, I had the privilege of testifying before Maryland State Legislators...
Big Win for Life in New York – Jay Sekulow Radio Recap
JAY SEKULOW, ACLJ
There are few better ways to start a new week than with an unprecedented win for life.
On today’s broadcast we discussed our...
HHS Extends Disgusting Contract with University to Create “Humanized Mice” Using Late-Term Aborted Babies
OLIVIA SUMMERS, ACLJ
In a disturbing development, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has granted an extension for a university’s twisted research using...
ACLJ Files Critical Submissions to U.N. Demanding Pastor Cao and Other Christians Be Protected...
PAUL ARCHULETA, ACLJ
Through our European affiliate the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the ACLJ recently filed two more submissions with the U.N....
California Bill Violates Free Speech
LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL
SACRAMENTO, CA -- California State Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel has proposed a bill that would violate the First Amendment by forcing every...
Pastor Cao Passes Two Years in Chinese Prison – JSL Radio Recap
JAY SEKULOW, ACLJ
On Monday we gave you an update on the case of Christian Pastor John Cao – a U.S. permanent resident from North...
Court Recognizes Unborn Baby’s Rights
LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Madison County probate court Judge Frank Barger allowed an Alabama man to name his aborted child as a...
A Rose by Another Name Still Merits First Amendment Protection
ILYA SHAPIRO and PATRICK MORAN, CATO INSTITUTE
Barronelle Stutzman owns and operates Arlene’s Flowers, where she designs floral arrangements for a variety of occasions, including...
Victory for Life: HHS Releases Final Rule Blocking Planned Parenthood and Other Abortion Providers...
JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ
In a major victory for life, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule revising the Title X family planning...