In what is likely to be his last address to the community for 2020, Sheriff Don Barnes of Orange County, California, emphasized the rise in crime this past year. There has been a resurgence of drug trafficking this year, including methamphetamine and cocaine, Barnes said during a Facebook live address on Dec. 30. “Our street…
Trump Files Suit Against Wisconsin Elections Commission in US Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed an election-related appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and order the legislature to appoint a different slate of electors who would cast their votes for Trump. Citing “multiple violations of law,” the lawsuit (pdf) asks the Supreme Court to…
Trump Files Suit Against Winconsin Elections Commission in US Supreme Court
December 31, 2020
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed an election-related appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and order the legislature to appoint a different slate of electors who would cast their votes for Trump. Citing “multiple violations of law,” the lawsuit (pdf) asks the Supreme Court to…
BC Helps Fund Blueberry Farmers Against US Trade Commission Investigation
VICTORIA—British Columbia is making a financial contribution to help blueberry farmers fight a looming trade investigation in the United States over imported berries, including from Canada. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer requested an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission in September after reports that domestic farmers are being hurt by cheaper imported berries. Ravi…
Vice President Pence Must Be Guided by the 12th Amendment, Not the Electoral Count Act, on Jan. 6
Commentary On Monday, I wrote on these pages that Vice President Mike Pence, as president of the Senate, would be violating his oath of office were he to count the electoral votes cast for Joe Biden in the six disputed swing states—Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada—because the governors of those states had “certified”…
Supreme Court Refuses Louisiana’s Emergency Request to Reinstate Sex Offender ID Law
The Supreme Court turned down an emergency request from Louisiana urging it to freeze a state supreme court ruling that struck down a requirement that a sex offender’s status be announced in large letters on state-issued identification, while the state pursues an appeal of the decision. The unsigned refusal-of-stay decision came late in the day…
British PM Johnson’s Father Applying for French Citizenship
PARIS—The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit. Stanley Johnson, a former member of the European Parliament who voted Remain in Britain’s 2016 referendum, told RTL radio he wanted to become…
Abraham Lincoln Statue Removed by Boston Commission
A statue of former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave was removed from Boston this week. Workers took down the statue from Park Square early Tuesday. The statue was a replica of the one that sits in Washington. It was erected to commemorate Lincoln and his role in freeing slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation….
CDC Says New, More Contagious, COVID-19 Strain Transmitting Person-to-Person in US
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday that the new variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the United Kingdom and now reported in Colorado has likely been spreading undetected person-to-person in the United States. The new strain is one of two new mutations of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus,…
Hawley on Planned Electoral Objection: ‘Somebody Has to Stand Up’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday night defended his commitment to objecting to electoral votes during next month’s joint session of Congress, saying that “somebody has to stand up here. You’ve got 74 million Americans who feel disenfranchised.” Hawley earlier in the day became the first senator to commit to objecting on Jan. 6, 2021,…
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