If you’re a salaried employee in Pennsylvania, you may be entitled to some overtime pay you didn’t even realize you were owed. Recent testimony by senior members of the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee indicates that many employers either do not know the law regarding salaried … [Read more...]
Trump Delays Release of Russia Probe Documents
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said documents from the federal Russia probe would not immediately be released. Just days after he ordered them to be made public, Trump cited concerns by the U.S. Justice Department. Trump tweeting that the inspector general would review the documents “on an expedited basis”. Trump had called for the … [Read more...]
$250 Million Settlement Reached in Hale v State Farm
Decades of Auto-Insurance-Related Legal Drama Now Resolved After almost 20 years of litigation, State Farm’s ongoing legal woes came to an end last week with the surprise announcement of a $250 million settlement in a class action suit related to vehicle repairs in the 1980s and 90s. The announcement of the settlement – literally minutes before … [Read more...]
Trump Admin Will Send Cell Message to Almost Every American Thursday
Using new Obama law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will test a system at 2:18pm ET on Thursday afternoon that lets the president send a message to most cell phones across the U.S. following a disaster, terrorist attack, or other serious threat to public safety. According to Reuters, "Former President Barack Obama signed a law in … [Read more...]
Manafort Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate With Mueller
According to court documents, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to two criminal counts in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct … [Read more...]
When the President and the Law Collide
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the federal agency responsible for auditing the actions of the Federal Government and ensuring that Congress and all agencies within the government are meeting their duties and spending taxpayer dollars according to law. In May of this year, the GAO released its report on the Federal … [Read more...]
The End of Federal Marijuana Prohibition?
Schumer Introduces Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act “The time to decriminalize marijuana is now,” said U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer. In early August, the Democratic Senator from New York introduced the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act. With marijuana in a sort of legal limbo throughout many states, Schumer’s bill would result in the … [Read more...]
A Free Press is Not the Enemy of the People
"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen." ~ John Adams’ Letter to Thomas Jefferson, July 15, 1817 (Editorial) Donald Trump’s attacks on the media as “Fake News” and “The Enemy of the People” are clear attempts to incite violence against journalists, as well as implied threats to the cherished principle of freedom of … [Read more...]
Lawmakers, Civil Liberties Groups Raise Alarm About “Quiet Skies” Program
You are probably familiar with the No-Fly List, which is a list of people the government suspects of terrorism or terrorism-related activities and who thus are forbidden from boarding planes. It has also been a source of controversy, as the standards for inclusion on the list are shrouded in secrecy and trying to get off the list is a difficult … [Read more...]
What It Takes To Have A Constitutional Crisis
https://youtu.be/wd8LJPDYkKU?rel=0 Ron's Office Hours | NPR From NPR YouTube: The constitution is something of an owners manual for taxpayers. But, like many an owners manual, it doesn't necessarily cover all the bases. A constitutional crisis occurs at a moment when the Constitution is not enough to revolve a question or a conflict. This … [Read more...]
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