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Democrat AGs Push Back After SCOTUS Ruling, Say They Will Support Corporate DEI Efforts

July 20, 2023
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A group of Democrat attorneys general are pushing back on the behalf of corporations, stating on Wednesday they would not be prosecuting companies for their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling against the use of race in the consideration of college applicants had a quick ripple effect, bringing on a…

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ANALYSIS: Courts, Lawmakers Struggle to Restore Americans’ Fourth Amendment Rights

July 19, 2023
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News Analysis In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that police officers had acted illegally in collecting months of cell phone data from a private company, without a warrant, to track the movements of a robbery suspect.  The Court majority opinion stated that “in light of the deeply revealing nature of…

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Democrats’ Supreme Court Ethics Bill Would Destroy Court, Sen. Graham Says

July 19, 2023
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Republicans will vigorously fight a Democrat-backed bill that would regulate the Supreme Court when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the measure on July 20. “Tomorrow will be one hell of a fight,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said at a late afternoon press conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 19. “The effort by the…

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Trump Vows to Fight ‘All Politically Charged Indictments’ as Potential Third Case Looms

July 19, 2023
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An Iowa audience cheered enthusiastically for former President Donald Trump and his pledge to “fight any and all politically charged indictments,” as Fox News host Sean Hannity said during a July 18 town hall. “And, if elected, he is also planning to completely reform America’s two-tiered system of justice and weaponized justice system,” Mr. Hannity…

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Sen. Graham and GOP Congressional Members Speaks on Supreme Court Integrity

July 19, 2023
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and GOP congressional members speak on Supreme Court integrity at 4:00 p.m. ET on July 19. …

Judge Refuses DOJ Request to Restrict Trump Lawyers’ Handling of Classified Info in Documents Case

July 19, 2023
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A federal judge in former president Donald Trump’s presidential records case has denied prosecutors’ request for a highly restrictive order governing how defense lawyers can share classified information with their clients in this case. In a comment posted to the federal courts records system on July 19, a day after a pretrial conference in the…

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Judge Turns Down Trump Prosecutors’ Initial Request for ‘Protective Order’

July 19, 2023
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A federal judge in former president Donald Trump’s presidential records case has denied prosecutors’ request for a highly restrictive order governing how defense lawyers can share classified information with their clients in this case. In a comment posted to the federal courts records system on July 19, a day after a pretrial conference in the…

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J&J Sues Biden Administration to Block Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

July 19, 2023
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Johnson & Johnson sued to stop the U.S. government from empowering Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate lower drug prices for Medicare recipients. The major drugmaker became the third player in the industry attempting to halt the Medicare drug-price negotiations established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), in a claim filed in the U.S. District…

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Christian Photographers Ask Appeals Courts to Allow Them Not to Create Content for Same-Sex Weddings

July 19, 2023
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Lawyers for two photographers are asking federal appeals courts to affirm their clients’ First Amendment rights and allow them to “create freely,” citing a Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed a Christian web designer to decline requests to create sites for same-sex weddings. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group, are defending the…

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Pennsylvania Parents Sue School District Over Discrimination

July 18, 2023
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Parents of parochial school students in Pennsylvania are suing a public school district, alleging officials violated their rights by not allowing their children to participate in the district’s extracurricular programs. Their legal complaint claims the State College Area School District (SCASD) and its board discriminated against Centre County students who attend religiously affiliated institutions by…

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