Tag: constitutional rights

25 States Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Maryland’s Far-Reaching Gun Ban

A bloc of 25 states, led by Arizona, is urging the Supreme Court to take up a case that challenges Maryland’s unusually restrictive gun-control laws, which the states argue were enacted in defiance of the high court’s landmark Second Amendment rulings. The court filing comes as Americans await the court’s ruling in New York State…


Police Report No Violence as Thousands Stage Peaceful Protest in Canadian Capital Over Mandates

Thousands of truckers and others held a loud yet peaceful protest in Canada’s capital of Ottawa on Saturday and Sunday against the government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, as police in the capital reported no incidents of violence The “Freedom Convoy” started as a rally of truckers who oppose the mandates, but it quickly morphed into something…


‘Live Not By Lies’—Rod Dreher: How Much Are We Willing to Sacrifice for the Truth?

“Our idea of totalitarianism is based on the Cold War. We think of the Soviet gulags. We think of the secret police. We think of breadlines… The problem is, we don’t really understand what totalitarianism is.” A soft totalitarianism is gripping the Western world, and it’s our fear of suffering and sacrifice that’s allowing it…


EXCLUSIVE: Postal Inspectors Have Used iPhone Hacking Tools Hundreds of Times

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) owns sophisticated hacking tools that can breach iPhones, and has used them hundreds of times over the last several years, according to USPIS records. Law enforcement’s use of hacking tools such as Cellebrite and GrayKey has attracted considerable attention in recent years, particularly following reports that the FBI used…


GOP Reps. Introduce Bill to Ban Vaccine Religious Exemptions Database

House Republicans have introduced a bill that would block federal agencies from tracking religious exemption requests for mandated vaccines after an obscure federal agency announced a pilot program for such a database in early January. In September 2021, President Joe Biden imposed the most sweeping vaccine mandates in U.S. history. Originally, Biden’s mandates would have required…


Court Asked to Block Punishment of All Navy Members Seeking Religious Exemptions From Mandate

A federal court that blocked punishment of 35 Navy members seeking religious exemptions to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate should widen the ruling to cover any Navy personnel seeking an exception, lawyers said in a filing on Monday. The complaint in the case, U.S. Navy SEALS 1-3 et. al v. Lloyd Austin et. al, was…


‘Allow People to Exercise Their Natural Immunity’: Former HHS Adviser

Several prominent doctors joined around 30,000 demonstrators in the “Defeat the Mandates” march in Washington on Sunday. Among them was former federal government adviser Dr. Paul Alexander, who declared that COVID-19 mandates and rules have failed to prevent transmission of the virus. “Society has been so terrorized for two years,” Alexander told The Epoch Times’…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenges to Colleges Using Race in Admissions

A students group that disagrees with how some colleges use race to determine which applicants to admit will present their case to the nation’s top court. The Supreme Court on Monday announced it granted writs of certiorari, or requests for review of lower court decisions, from Students for Fair Admissions in cases involving the University…


How an Attorney and a Holocaust Survivor Stopped Vaccine Passports in Orange County, California

California and New York were the first areas in the country to take steps toward vaccine passports last year. New York City implemented it, but Orange County didn’t, thanks to the efforts of human rights Attorney Leigh Dundas and holocaust survivor Vera Sharav. Dundas is leading some of the nation’s most notable efforts to counter the vaccine…


‘Defeat the Mandates’: Thousands Protest in Washington Against Vaccine Requirements

Thousands of people turned out in Washington, D.C., to protest and march against COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Sunday—one of the largest U.S. events and protests held against vaccine mandates since the start of the pandemic. Starting at 12:30 p.m., thousands of people marched around the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, with many holding signs decrying…