Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is filing six lawsuits against six school districts that have defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on mask mandates. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38 (pdf) issued in July served as a reiteration of an earlier order issued in May that prohibits local governments and schools from requiring masks indoors. Richardson, Round…
Texas AG Sues 6 School Districts Over Mask Mandates
Pennsylvania Businesses Give Mixed Reaction to Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Pennsylvania businesses have mixed opinions about President Joe Biden’s mandate that employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or submit to a weekly COVID-19 test. Sam Denisob, vice president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, was in meetings much of Friday discussing the mandate. “We are carefully reviewing the details of…
19 Governors, 2 AGs Immediately Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
More than a dozen governors and two attorney generals late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…
19 Governors, 2 AGs Resist Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
More than a dozen governors and two attorneys general late Thursday issued statements defying the Biden administration’s impending vaccine mandates for federal workers and private-sector workers. President Joe Biden earlier in the day signed an executive order to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…
Google Reveals Exponential Growth of New Surveillance Method
A recent transparency report from Google shows that U.S. law enforcers are increasingly relying on geofence warrants, a new surveillance tactic that civil libertarians say violates the Fourth Amendment. Unlike typical warrants that authorize the surveillance of specific targets, geofence warrants allow police to collect vast troves of geolocation data from devices within a given…
Vowing to Protect Rights, NY County Goes ‘Constitutional’
Lawmakers in a conservative western New York county voted unanimously late last month to become a “constitutional sanctuary” where the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights will be protected. Even the lone Democrat legislator voted in favor of the measure. Under the legislation, Cattaraugus County declared itself to be a “Constitutional County,…
Rally to Demand Justice for Jan. 6 ‘Political Prisoners’ Planned for US Capitol
A group seeking the release of hundreds of people accused of committing crimes in Washington on Jan. 6 is planning to hold a rally at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 18. The rally is being organized by Look Ahead America, a nonprofit that says it advocates for disaffected Americans who are ignored by both political parties…
Supreme Court’s Ruling in Favor of Texas Abortion Law Prompts Senate Judiciary Committee to Examine ‘Shadow Docket’
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Friday that the panel will hold a hearing to investigate if the Supreme Court is abusing its authority when it hands down a decision without full court procedures, a process dubbed “shadow-docket.” “This anti-choice law is a devastating blow to Americans’ constitutional rights—and…
Virginia Supreme Court Backs to Reinstatement of Teacher Who Opposed Transgender Pronouns
The Virginia Supreme Court on Aug. 30 upheld a lower court decision to reinstate a gym teacher who spoke at a school board meeting against a proposal to require calling transgender students by their preferred pronouns. On June 6, a county circuit court judge had ordered that teacher Tanner Cross be reinstated after he was…
Virginia Supreme Court Sides With Teacher Who Opposes Transgender Pronouns
The Virginia Supreme Court on Aug. 30 upheld a lower court decision to reinstate a gym teacher who spoke at a school board meeting against a proposal to require calling transgender students by their preferred pronouns. On June 6, a county circuit court judge had ordered that teacher Tanner Cross be reinstated after he was…
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