Tag: constitutional rights

COVID-19 Cases Decrease in a Mask-Optional North Carolina School System

One of the few public-school systems in North Carolina that has stood its ground on keeping masks optional, despite a legal threat from the state, has seen a decrease in COVID-19 cases. The COVID-19 dashboard for the Union County Public Schools (UCPS) reported 170 positive cases last Friday, down from 252 the previous week, and…


Federal Suit Filed Against Connecticut Law That Punishes Pro-Life Speech

Attorneys for a Connecticut faith-based pregnancy center are mounting a constitutional challenge to a state law requiring it to provide abortion referrals, claiming the statute violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom and freedom of association, and due process and equal protection. The law—Public Act No. 21-17—proscribes “deceptive advertising” by limited services pregnancy centers…


Wokeism Undermining Operation of Military, Army Officer Says

Adherents of the woke political undercurrents of the progressive left have climbed their way into the military leadership, eroding its combat readiness through a culture of political correctness, according to an active-duty Army officer. Working in various high-profile roles within the organization, the officer has observed over the past decade the military getting increasingly politicized….


McConnell Demands Attorney General Explain DOJ Directive to Crack Down on Parent Protests

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday warned Attorney General Merrick Garland that his recent Justice Department memo directing federal law enforcement to crack down on parent protests at school board meetings could infringe upon parents’ constitutional rights. The attorney general’s memo, which has been the center of much criticism since its release on…


Oak Ridge National Laboratory Employee Reports 140 Staff Face Unpaid Leave After Religious Exemption Approval

Despite being approved for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine, an employee reported that 140 staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, face unpaid leave beginning Oct. 15. Leon Workman, a Linux systems engineer with ORNL, told The Epoch Times that though he was approved for a religious and medical…


Grand Jury of the People Forms as Unique Strategy to Challenge Local Governments’ Authority

With the emergence of U.S. Constitution focus groups in North Carolina comes their different strategies on reasserting what they say are breached liberties. The WNCFreedom2020 group in Asheville, North Carolina, has convened a Grand Jury of the People, according to its founders, pursuant to the 1215 Magna Carta and the North Carolina State Constitution, to…


Spike Cohen: Culture of Fear During Pandemic Led to Massive Infringements of Rights

A culture of fear during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive infringements of the rights of the American people, according to Jeremy “Spike” Cohen, former vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party. In an appearance on EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program, Cohen, who won the Libertarian Party vice presidential nomination in May 2020, argued that a…


Constitution Focus Groups Form in North Carolina to Question Local Governments’ Authority

Amid a climate of tightening restrictions, mandates, and dwindling freedoms, U.S. Constitution focus groups have formed to sort through much of what has gone unchallenged until last year, when a growing number of people began asking if what the government is doing is legal. As the U.S. Constitution has been reinterpreted over time, the teaching…


Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Polling-Place Dress Code

A federal court struck down as unconstitutional infringements of free speech two Texas state laws that forced voters to refrain from wearing clothing with political messages on them in or near polling places. According to Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a national public interest law firm based in Sacramento, California, that represented plaintiff Jillian Ostrewich, the…


Trump Asks Judge to Force Twitter to Reinstate His Account

Former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to force Twitter to reinstate his account in a civil lawsuit filed in Florida on Friday. Trump, along with several other plaintiffs, says that Twitter’s ban of his account violated the First Amendment and likely violated Florida’s newly-enacted Stop Social Media Censorship Act. The former president filed…