In response to Texas’ new law allowing drones the right to take video or photo along the southwest border, Manuel R. Flores, a resident of Laredo, Texas, has sued the state. Flores, who lives within the exemption zone, claims that Texans should be given the right to film anywhere or nowhere, otherwise it seems to be racial matter targeting … [Read more...]
Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration Deportation Goes Before Supreme Court
Today, in one of its biggest cases of this term, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Obama’s executive order on immigration deportation. The plan which shields 4 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States through the issuance of work permits hangs in the balance as the Justices prepare for the last major … [Read more...]
Chinese Suppliers Flooding US and Canada with Deadly Fentanyl
The U.S. and Canada have been flooded with Fentanyl and the machinery used to create the product. The drug is an extremely powerful, synthetic opioid analgesic, similar to but more potent than morphine, binding the body’s opiate receptors that are highly concentrated in areas of the brain that control emotions and pain. A dozen packages from … [Read more...]
Who is Behind the New and Emerging LGBT Bathroom Laws?
After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage last year, anti-LGBT bills began emerging state after state. Lawmakers in numerous states have been passing bills as a means to protect the religious beliefs of individuals, allowing them to refuse service or employ gay or transgendered individuals without consequence, in some cases, limiting restroom … [Read more...]
Qualcomm Ordered to Pay $7 Million in Electrical Accident
In August 2013, Jose Martin Sandoval was working on Qualcomm’s campus to help upgrade a main circuit breaker. While working, another party on the site removed a protective panel and exposed a live circuit, resulting in Sandoval suffering burns to over 35 percent of his body. After the accident, Sandoval was hospitalized for over a month in San … [Read more...]
Sixth Honda Fit Recall as a Result of Fires and Collisions
For the sixth time in less than three years, Honda Motor Company has issued another major recall of the Fit compact, one of their top-selling vehicles, as well as the Vezel crossover. Over 283,000 Fit cars and Vezel crossovers have been recalled due to reports of six fires related to a control systems flaw, as well as the occurrence of two … [Read more...]
Mississippi Governor Signs ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Into Law
Earlier this week, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a rather controversial religious freedom bill into law. The legislation, HB 1523, states that those individuals who choose to refuse service to people due to religious opposition to extramarital sex, same-sex marriage, or transgender people, will not be punished by the state government. … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Takes Up ‘One Person, One Vote’
The ‘one person, one vote’ principle dates back to the 1960s when the Supreme Court held that state legislative districts must be drawn so they are in equal population. The issue at question had become whether the doctrine applies to the voting population or the general population. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has rejected a … [Read more...]
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Ruby Tuesday
Restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday has found itself in some hot water after being slapped with a class-action lawsuit. The suit, which was filed by Charlene Craig, a waitress who works at the company's Hixson location, alleges that servers and bartenders are underpaid for “side work” and that working off the clock is something that is encouraged by the … [Read more...]
Donald Trump Sued Over Violence at Kentucky Rally
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has had a lawsuit filed against him by three individuals who claim to have been assaulted at Trump's rally in Louisville, Kentucky. The suit alleges that Trump encourages violence at his rallies and that he “incited a riot as defined under Kentucky penal code.” The lawsuit was filed last Thursday … [Read more...]
