Category Archives: Current Events

October 5, 2021 · 12:46 pm

FBI systematically deceived Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in order to spy on US persons


Report:
Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Execution of
Its Woods Procedures for Applications Filed with the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court Relating to U.S. Persons
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice

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· 11:41 am

DC attorney who passed disinformation about Trump to FBI charged with lying about his status as paid political operative for the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign


Indictment:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
MICHAEL A. SUSSMANN

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September 5, 2021 · 11:34 pm

Arizona law disqualifying ballots cast out-of-precinct and barring political operatives from collecting mail-in ballots doesn’t violate the Voting Rights Act


Opinion:
MARK BRNOVICH, ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF ARIZONA, ET AL.
v.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL.

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August 28, 2021 · 10:54 pm

CDC Director has no authority to impose an eviction moratorium


Opinion:
ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, ET AL.
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL.

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August 23, 2021 · 10:02 pm

California’s donor disclosure requirement for tax-exempt charities violates the First Amendment


Opinion:
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION
v.
ROB BONTA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA

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· 9:02 pm

Aliens subject to reinstated orders of removal are not entitled to a bond hearing


Opinion:
TAE D. JOHNSON, ACTING DIRECTOR OF U. S.
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ET AL.
v.
MARIA ANGELICA GUZMAN CHAVEZ, ET AL.

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· 8:28 pm

Exhaustion of state remedies is not a prerequisite to filing a federal takings claim when the govt has reached a conclusive position


Opinion:
PEYMAN PAKDEL, ET UX.
v.
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

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August 9, 2021 · 12:57 am

Police pursuit of a misdemeanant does not trigger a categorical rule allowing warrant-less home entry


Opinion:
ARTHUR GREGORY LANGE
v.
CALIFORNIA

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August 8, 2021 · 10:41 pm

Recovery Act’s for-cause restriction on the President’s power to remove the Federal Housing Finance Agency director violates the separation of powers


Opinion:
PATRICK J. COLLINS, ET AL.
v.
JANET L. YELLEN, SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY, ET AL.

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· 9:30 pm

Pennsylvania school’s decision to suspend student from cheerleading team after discovering she made statements critical of the school on social media violates the First Amendment


Opinion:
MAHANOY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
B. L., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER FATHER,
LAWRENCE LEVY AND HER MOTHER, BETTY LOU LEVY

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