Tag: Department of Justice

Trump Administration Drops Biden-Era Abortion Lawsuit Against Idaho

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New born baby

The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally dismissed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho that had been brought by the Biden Administration in opposition to the state’s pro-life law.As ABC News reports, the lawsuit had claimed that Idaho’s law – which enacts a near-total ban on abortion – was in violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). The federal law requires all hospitals funded by Medicare to provide “stabilizing care” to any patient whose health is threatened. Although the Idaho law allows exemptions for cases of rape, incest, or whenever “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman,” the Biden-era lawsuit argued that EMTALA overrides the state law since it requires abortions for any cases of serious health risk, not just the risk of death.

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Trump DOJ Sues Chicago over Sanctuary City Laws

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Brandon Johnson

On Thursday, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago over its “sanctuary” laws defying federal immigration authorities.

As Just The News reports, the DOJ sued Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D-Ill.), among other Democratic officials in the state. The suit states that the “sanctuary” laws in Illinois, and particularly Chicago, are deliberately “designed to and in fact interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.”

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Republican Reps. Unveil Legislation to Combat Biden’s ‘Failed’ Enforcement of Partial Birth Abortion Ban

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Self and Biggs

Republican Reps. Keith Self of Texas and Andy Biggs of Arizona introduced legislation Friday to strengthen the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.

The Ensuring Justice for Victims of Partial-Birth Abortion Act would ensure compliance with the ban on partial birth abortions by forcing the attorney general to investigate any violations of the law and would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to compile an annual report of such violations. The bill was prompted after several aborted babies, known as the “DC Five,” were discovered discarded outside of a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic, at least one of which is believed to have been killed as part of a partial birth abortion.

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Doctor Headed to Trial For Exposing Child Sex Change Procedures Urges Trump DOJ to Drop Case

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Dr. Eithan Haim, Texas Children's Hospital

A doctor who exposed secret child transgender procedures at the nation’s largest children’s hospital hopes President Donald Trump will stop the Department of Justice (DOJ) from taking him to trial in February.

Dr. Eithan Haim told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the DOJ will be “in direct contravention” of the White House if it continues to prosecute him for blowing the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital’s sex change program in May 2023. The DOJ claims he broke privacy law by releasing records about transgender procedures to the media, bringing a felony case that has led to nationwide scrutiny, months of procedural hangups and the dismissal of a leading prosecutor.

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JD Vance Says That People Who Were ‘Prosecuted Unfairly’ over J6 ‘Should Be Pardoned’

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January Six Riot

Vice President-elect JD Vance said that people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, during the Capitol riots, should “obviously” not be pardoned by President-elect Donald Trump. 

“I think it’s very simple, look, if you protested peacefully on Jan. 6, and you had Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” Vance said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Biden DOJ Poured over $100 Million into ‘Restorative Justice,’ DEI Efforts for K-12 Students, New Report Finds

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden awarded K-12 schools $100,113,942 in grants aimed at increasing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts since 2021, a new report says.

The DOJ divvied up at least 30 grants that explicitly mentioned DEI or stated an intention to improve outcomes for a specific demographic group. Many more included topics of restorative justice and social emotional learning, according to Parents Defending Education (PDE). A total of 102 grants involving such topics were sent to 946 school districts in 36 states, representing about 3,235,414 students.

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As Matt Gaetz Faces Opposition, Trump’s Other DOJ Picks Could Anchor His Confirmation

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., faces considerable opposition for the post of attorney general, but some of President-elect Donald Trump’s other picks for top Department of Justice officials could serve to assuage concerned senators. A conservative firebrand, Gaetz’s appointment has ruffled feathers among the Senate GOP and sent Democrats into a frenzy.

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Biden DOJ Fights Election Integrity Efforts with Lawsuits Across the Country Ahead of Election Day

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The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is suing states and towns across the country in an effort to thwart election integrity measures ahead of the presidential election, resulting in pushback from election integrity advocates.

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Commentary: Extending Tax-Credit Scholarships

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Students

According to a just-released Education Opportunity in America report by 50CAN, only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child’s education.

Other polling results are also discouraging. Released in August, EdChoice’s annual Schooling in America Survey revealed that 64% of parents think K–12 education in America is on the wrong track. Not only is this an eight-point increase from last year, but it is also the highest level of pessimism among parents since the question was first asked in 2014.

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Analysis: Crime Overall Is Not as Low as Biden-Harris Say, and Murder Rates Are Troubling

James Agresti

Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, media outlets, and so-called “fact checkers” are claiming that “violent crime is near a 50-year low.” In contrast, Donald Trump is alleging that “crime is worse than it’s ever been.” The reality is that all of them are wrong. There are three key measures of violent crime with various strengths…

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