On Thursday federal judges threw out Michigan’s congressional and state legislative maps, calling them unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. Politico reports that the case is on hold till the outcome of cases already pending at the Supreme Court which will likely determine whether Michigan redraws its districts before the 2020 election. A … [Read more...]
Feds File Criminal Charges Against Opioid Distributor, Two Executives
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against drug distributor Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC) and two of its former executives. The charges, a first, targeted at legal painkiller wholesalers for contributing to the opioid epidemic. Prosecutors allege executives shipped tens of millions of oxycodone pills, as well as other drugs like … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Ready To Hand Trump Victory On Census Citizenship Question
According to a report by Reuters, on Tuesday, the US Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready to hand President Donald Trump a victory on his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Conservative justices reportedly rallied in defense of the administration's stated justification for using the … [Read more...]
Special Counsel Sent Criminal Referrals To Other Prosecutors
According to Business Insider, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team sent 14 criminal referrals to other prosecutors. Only two of those cases have been made public, including a case against President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The other case involves former White House counsel Gregory Craig, who served under … [Read more...]
Justice Department Releases Redacted Report on the Investigation into Russian Election Interference
Thursday morning the United States Department of Justice made public the Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. The release came after Attorney General William Barr gave a press conference defending President Donald Trumps role in the interference. As reported, the end of the investigation … [Read more...]
Federal Court Dismisses Trump Administration’s Repeal of Coal, Oil Valuation Rule
A federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s repeal of an Obama-era policy aimed at boosting revenue for taxpayers, according to Reuters. The policy changes how energy companies value sales of coal, oil and gas extracted from federal and tribal land. The decision, which found the Interior Department’s repeal of the so-called … [Read more...]
Yahoo Reaches $117.5 Million Data Breach Settlement
Yahoo has struck a revised $117.5 million data breach settlement, says Reuters. Millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history. Yahoo was accused of being slow to disclose three data breaches affecting about 3 billion accounts from 2013 to 2016. The new … [Read more...]
Allison Mack Pleads Guilty In Alleged ‘Sex Cult’ Case
The bizarre story of Smallville actress Allison Mack’s involvement in alleged “sex cult” NXIVM took a new turn on Monday. In a New York federal court, Mack pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts, including racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges, which was perhaps the only choice she had after (proudly) telling the New York Times … [Read more...]
Twenty States Move To Block Trump’s Border Wall ‘National Emergency’
According to Reuters, the New York state attorney general said on Friday that Twenty states have filed a motion to block President Donald Trump’s method of funding a border wall by diverting federal funds through a national emergency declaration. New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a Twitter post, “This wall is unnecessary, and an … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Rebuffs Anti-abortion Activists
According to Reuters, on Monday The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to narrow a Planned Parenthood lawsuit accusing them of illegally recording video of abortion providers to try to falsely show the illicit sale of aborted fetal tissue for profit. The justices declined to hear an appeal by the activists of a lower … [Read more...]
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