(Photo Credit: Bin im Garten - CC 3.0) The Trump Administration won a temporary victory in December when the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a stay in a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general alleging that Donald Trump is illegally profiting from his private business interests while serving as President. The Fourth Circuit's ruling … [Read more...]
“Fetal Heartbeat” Law Unconstitutional, Rules Iowa Judge
In a recent controversial decision in Iowa, Polk County District Judge Michael Huppert ruled that Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law, which is the most restrictive abortion limit in the country, violates the Iowa Constitution and cannot be legally enforced. Citing the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling in 2018 related to a different abortion restriction, the … [Read more...]
Paul Manafort’s February Sentencing Cancelled
A federal judge on Monday canceled Paul Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing date. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III said he was postponing Manafort’s sentencing on charges of bank and tax fraud, Politico reports. He said the sentencing will be postponed until Manafort resolves a dispute with Robert Mueller’s prosecutors over charges he lied in … [Read more...]
Foster Agency Requires Parents be White, Straight, and Christian
You may not get to a foster a child in South Carolina anytime soon if you’re anything but a White, heterosexual, Christian couple after the Donald Trump administration recently granted a federally funded foster care agency in the Palmetto State the right to freely discriminate against potential foster parents who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, … [Read more...]
Roger Stone Arrested And Indicted For Crimes Related To Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections, according to Reuters. In a Justice Department filing on Thursday, Stone was charged with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. At … [Read more...]
Senate Intel Panel Subpoenas Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer
The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in mid-February, according to Reuters. The subpoena comes a day after Cohen said he planned to postpone an appearance next week before Congress, saying Trump and lawyer Giuliani had threatened his family. News of … [Read more...]
Fifth Circuit Strips Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Funding in Texas
(Photo Credit: Chris Waits, CC 2.0) In Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas v. Smith, videos released by right-to-life group, American Center for Medical Progress, allegedly showing a Planned Parenthood lab technician negotiating the sale of fetal organs to an undercover journalist, resulted in the January 20th ruling handed down by the U.S. … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson, U.S. States Settle Hip Implant Claims For $120 Million
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company’s metal-on-metal hip implants. Attorneys general of 46 U.S. states announced the settlement agreement in statements on Tuesday. They alleged DePuy engaged in unfair and deceptive … [Read more...]
New Jersey Democrats Withdraw Gerrymandering Plan After Outraged Response
The national conversation over gerrymandering usually focuses on Republicans, especially in states like Wisconsin and North Carolina, where the state Republican Parties used a fortuitously timed 2010 wave to entrench their power in what are actually very competitive states. Obviously, this is not because Democratic politicians are so virtuous … [Read more...]
Giuliani Addresses Alleged Conversation Trump Had With Cohen Over His Testimony
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's top attorney, said Monday that Trump did not talk to Michael Cohen before the former lawyer's testimony to Congress. Speaking to the New York Daily News, Giuliani said Trump "never" spoke with Cohen, a day after he said he "didn't know" if Trump had spoken to him about the testimony. Cohen has … [Read more...]
EPA Nominee, Andrew Wheeler, Would Recalculate the Value of Curbing Mercury Poisoning
When former-coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency testified before Senators at his confirmation hearing, he said climate change was “not the greatest crisis” facing our planet. Wheeler has served as Acting EPA Director since Scott Pruitt was ousted in July and will likely be … [Read more...]
Severe Budget Cuts, Demonization Dramatically Weaken IRS
In 2001, the conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said, “I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it to the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” It wasn't an idle boast. Conservative Republicans – and these days, there are very few Republicans who aren't conservative – have spent … [Read more...]
Michael Cohen Says He Was Ordered By Trump To Rig Polls
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, revealed that he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data “at the direction of and for the sole benefit of” Trump. Cohen paid the data firm RedFinch Solutions to manipulate two public opinion polls in favor of Trump before the 2016 presidential campaign. The news was first … [Read more...]
Where’s the Promised Paid Family Leave?
Ivanka Trump spoke on behalf of her father before the 2016 election and said that if Donald Trump were elected President of the United States, all people qualifying for paid family leave would receive it. The then future President Trump said the program “would pay for itself” (though many were and are still unsure what he meant by that). Fast … [Read more...]
New Hampshire Releases New Standards for Chemicals in Drinking Water
Food wrappings, fire-fighting foam, metal plating, carpet, and upholstery are just a few of the things PFAS are used to make. PFAS can also be found in drinking water, and when consumed by humans, PFAS chemicals can cause cancer, hormone disruptions, low birth weights, increased cholesterol, thyroid disease, and immune deficiencies. PFAS stands for … [Read more...]
Kentucky Supreme Court: Employers Can’t Condition Employment on Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
The mandatory arbitration agreement is one tactic large companies use to limit their liability and control an employee or customer's access to the court system. A mandatory arbitration agreement requires the signing parties – which can be a consumer or an employee, though this post will focus on employment contracts – to surrender their rights to … [Read more...]
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