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Court Finds Warrant Not Needed for Cellphone Location Data
On Tuesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned its own opinion given last year by a three-judge panel and decided that individuals do not have a reasonable expectation...
California Officials Appeal Order to Provide Sex Change Surgery to Prison Inmate
Officials in California are appealing an order by an appellate court for the California corrections department to provide sex reassignment surgery to a transgender prison inmate. On Monday, state...
Charges Made in NJ Bridge Scandal Involving Governor Christie’s Allies
Two people have been indicted and one person has pled guilty in the George Washington Bridge lane closures case that prompted a 16-month federal investigation into New Jersey Governor...
Supreme Court Justice Weighs Sex Discrimination Consideration in Same-sex “Marriage” Arguments
During Tuesday’s Supreme Court arguments over same-sex "marriage," Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. made a point that may have revealed exactly which way he intends to vote in the...
ACLU Insists Catholic Groups Should Fund Illegals’ Abortions
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the federal government in an effort to force religious organizations to provide abortions and contraception to illegal immigrants. Fox News reports that...
California Bill Proposes “Drug Breathalyzers” for Police
The California State Assembly is considering a bill that would permit on-the-spot drug testing of drivers by using “drug breathalyzers." AB 1356 was introduced by Assemblyman Tom Lackey, who...
Elementary School Transgender Lesson Draws Parents’ Ire
Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery Point, Maine, is under fire for presenting a lesson from a book on transgenderism to its students without providing advance notice to parents....
VA Whistleblowers Still Dealing With Retribution
Reports indicate that officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs have been retaliating against VA whistleblowers by going through their medical records in order to harass and discredit them....
Senate Committee Garnering Bipartisan Support for Education Bill
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are making progress in garnering bipartisan support for an education bill unveiled last week — the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 —...
DHS Ordered to Explain Secret Plan to Shut Down Phone Service
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is questioning the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to keep secret its plan to shut down mobile phone...
Kansas Is First State to Ban Second-trimester Abortion Method
Kansas has become the first state to ban a second-trimester abortion method. During a private ceremony in his home, Governor Sam Brownback signed the bill on Tuesday that will...
Rand Paul Officially Announces Presidential Run
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has announced today that he is seeking candidacy for the 2016 presidential election. Paul, whose presidential announcement has been long-anticipated, has also announced the slogan...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Calif. School’s U.S. Flag T-Shirt Ban Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal from three young men who, as California high school students in 2010, were ordered by school officials to...
House Members Target Patriot Act with “Surveillance State Repeal Act”
U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who are seeking to repeal the PATRIOT Act in its entirety and combat any legal provisions that amount to American...
House Passes Budget Using Unusual Rule
House Republicans passed a budget on Wednesday after employing the very unusual “Queen of the Hill” rule. The budget that earned the most votes was the one dubbed “Price...