Shihan Qu, of Zen Magnets, who says magnet balls are “like magic”, was uniquely successful in overturning the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s regulations on neodymium or rare-earth magnets in a 2016 court ruling. During the subsequent three years, there have been six times more magnet ingestions or 1,600 cases this year, the Washington Post … [Read more...]
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Virginia’s Democratic Landslide Pushes Equal Rights Amendment Over Historic Finish Line
Virginia’s Democratic landslide in the State Senate and the House of Delegates has pushed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “over the historic finish line”, says Kate Kelly, a human rights attorney at the advocacy group, Equality Now. The suffragist Alice Paul wrote the ERA in 1923—three years after women won the right to vote. But the ERA … [Read more...]
Justice Gorsuch Appears to Side with Trump in Rescinding DACA
(Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, Public Domain) Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared to support President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in tense oral arguments on Tuesday. The DACA program was started by President Obama in 2012 to protect approximately 700,000 unauthorized immigrants … [Read more...]
Trump New York and DC Tax Cases Heading for the Supreme Court
New Presidential contender and former New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, told a crowd of cheering delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, “I know a con man when I see one.” Bloomberg’s words are about to be vindicated, as appeals courts in both Washington, DC, and New York last week rejected Trump’s requests that they block … [Read more...]
DOJ Asks DC Court to Drop Andrew McCabe’s Wrongful Termination Suit
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe at Press Conference (Photo Credit:United States Attorneys, Public Domain) Former Acting FBI Director, Andrew McCabe, says he knew when he replaced FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017, following Comey's dismissal by President Trump, he had to speed up the Mueller probe before he met the same … [Read more...]
Dreamers Oral Arguments Slated for November 12th
(Photo Credit: Molly Adams, CC 2.0) On November 12th, The Court will hear a case to decide the fate of approximately 800,000 Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The Dreamers are championed in a brief signed by Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, as well as by more than 100 of the nation’s largest … [Read more...]
Kavanaugh Expected to Vote to Kill CFPB’s Single-Director Structure
(Photo Credit: White House, Public Domain) Justice Brett Kavanaugh is expected to vote to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s single-director structure in Seila Law. v. CFPB, in a major test of executive power the High Court agreed last week to tackle this term. The Court announced on Wednesday it invited former Solicitor General … [Read more...]
DOJ Ordered to Bare Redacted Mueller Report; House Inquiry Ruled Legal
(Photo Credit: Shane T. McCoy / US Marshals, CC 2.0) As evidence of Donald Trump’s extortion against newly-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr_Zelensky mounts, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ordered the Justice Department to provide The House Judiciary Committee with the redacted material in Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s 448-page … [Read more...]
The President Has the Right to Demand Whistleblower’s Identity
(Photo Credit: White House, Public Domain) Although branded a spy by President Trump for blowing the whistle on Trump’s insidious attempt to withhold $391 million in 2019 military aid to Ukraine, allocated to fend off Russian aggression, the whistleblower is the ultimate U.S. patriot. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill), the top Democrat on the … [Read more...]
California Ban on Private Prisons Sparks Fight with Trump Donor
Starting on January 1, 2020, California prison authorities will be barred from entering into or renewing contracts with private prisons and immigration detention centers, a victory for human rights activists and a blow for the three companies that have cornered the inmate housing market: GEO Group Inc., CoreCivic Inc., and Management and Training … [Read more...]
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