Four House Republicans are urging President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute elected officials and left-wing activist groups allegedly subverting the administration’s deportation efforts.
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Blue State Censors Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers, Forces Them to Lie, Bans Their Ads: Lawsuit
The First State is playing second banana to The Golden State’s failed experiment in compelled speech against pro-life pregnancy centers, according to a new federal lawsuit.
The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, a pregnancy center network and Delaware member A Door of Hope sued Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings to block and nullify as unconstitutional a state law that is “almost the exact same” as the California law blocked by the Supreme Court in an earlier NIFLA challenge.
Read MoreJustice Department Sues New York over Its Status as a ‘Sanctuary State’
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced that the Justice Department was suing New York and several of its leaders over its status as a “sanctuary state,” which limits its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
New York is the second state to be sued over its immigration enforcement policies. The Justice Department sued Illinois and Chicago last week for allegedly having interfered with federal immigration laws.
Read MoreCommentary: A Judge Can’t Block Trump’s Pause on Spending
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump, quite sensibly, paused some federal spending programs to see whether they are lawful and advance America’s interests, which he had promised voters he would do. That temporary delay, however, set off a firestorm among the liberal states and organizations that, as recent disclosures have revealed, have benefited immensely and unjustifiably from the government’s largesse.
Some states and the District of Columbia convinced a federal district judge to temporarily block Trump’s spending pause, arguing (quite hyperbolically) that the pause would irreparably harm “the social fabric of life” in their jurisdictions. In just a few days, and without full briefs from the parties, Chief Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island concluded that this spending pause was unlawful, because no statute authorizes the president to delay the disbursement of congressionally appropriated funds, the pause was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act, and it is unconstitutional because Congress has the spending power, not the president.
Read MoreFederal Judge Allows Trump Buyout Offer for Government Employees to Continue
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration’s federal buyout offer to millions of government employees can continue, and lifted a court order that paused the program’s deadline.
Read MoreICE Plans Enforcement amid Los Angeles Protests; City Officials Say 10 Percent of Residents Are ‘Undocumented’
One week into anti-deportation protests in Los Angeles, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing for a “large scale” immigration enforcement action in the city, according to documents leaked to the Los Angeles Times.
Read MoreFederal Court Blocks Trump Administration from Sending Venezuelan Migrants to Guantanamo Bay
A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The decision Sunday by a U.S. District Court judge in New Mexico, where the migrants are being held, is in response to a legal filing by their lawyers that argues, “the mere uncertainty the government has created surrounding the availability of legal process and counsel access [at Guantanamo] is sufficient to authorize the modest injunction.”
Read MoreJudge to Block Trump Admin Plan to Place 2,200 USAID Workers on Leave
A federal judge on Friday is expected to block certain aspects of the Trump administration’s plan to reduce the U.S. Agency for International Development, including the State Department’s plan to place 2,200 of those employees on leave.
Read MoreTrump DOJ Tells Supreme Court It Should Use Biden Admin’s Misguided Fight Against Child Sex Change Bans to Clarify Law
Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) urged the Supreme Court Friday to move forward with a major case on state laws banning child sex change procedures, despite the change in administrations.
Read MoreJudge Strips Immunity from Ohio State Officials for Firing Professor Who ‘Triggered’ Student
Major decisions on campus free speech from the Supreme Court and an influential federal appeals court in recent years have apparently not reached public universities under their jurisdiction, given their treatment of faculty and a Christian apologist.
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