Federal law does not force immigration officials to either give aliens held in federal custody periodic court hearings or release those aliens into the general U.S. population, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Tuesday. “Every day, immigration officials must determine whether to admit or remove the many aliens who have arrived at an official port […]
Jeff Sessions Focused in 2017 on Restoring Rule of Law and Constitutional Rights…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had a busy first year as one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and most committed supporters, one who now leads one of the most powerful departments in the federal government. “We inherited from our Founders—and have advanced—an unsurpassed legal heritage, which is the foundation of our freedom, safety, and prosperity,” […]
SCOTUS Throws Cold Water Early on Obama’s Partisan Gerrymandering Project…
The U.S. Supreme Court made headlines Monday with its acceptance of a case that argues whether legislative maps can be ruled unconstitutional simply due to the partisan advantages that may be gained from their designs. Some election law experts contend the matter is a means to an end in transferring redistricting powers—commonly held in legislative […]
Challenge to Trump’s Sanctuary Cities Policy Supreme Court-Bound…
A federal court in California dealt President Donald Trump another legal setback on Tuesday in his efforts to combat illegal aliens, blocking an executive order (EO) that denies federal funds to sanctuary cities. This issue appears eventually destined for a Supreme Court showdown. The president issued Executive Order 13,768 on January 25, 2017. The order […]
Nuclear Option Restores Constitutional Balance…
On April 6, the U.S. Senate voted 52-48 to extend Senate Democrats’ own precedent to guarantee that Supreme Court nominees can be confirmed with a simple-majority vote of 51 out of 100 senators. As an immediate result, Gorsuch was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice Friday morning by a bipartisan vote of 54-45, but the […]
Up Next for the Newly Confirmed Justice Gorsuch? Contentious Hearings and Some Hazing…
Two Court Decisions Further Destroy Fourth Amendment Protections…
Two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal court in Virginia continue the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections…