Conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager’s plans to become a champion for conservative justice in a world plagued by liberal media bias are stalled for now. Prager, who founded Prager University (“PragerU”), sued YouTube and its parent company Google, claiming that YouTube illegally censors conservatives while giving preferential treatment to liberals. PragerU also claimed […]
Judge Restores Nationwide Block of New Asylum Rule…
Citing the need to “maintain uniform immigration policy,” a federal judge on Monday restored a nationwide block of a Justice Department rule that makes asylum seekers ineligible for refugee status unless they applied for and were denied asylum in Mexico or another country passed en route to the United States. “The court recognized there is […]
Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Imjunction and Restores Most of Travel Ban…
On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit restored the latest travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump. I previously criticized (here and here) the challenges to the travel ban and I believe that the Ninth Circuit is on solid ground in ruling the government can bar entry of people from […]
Ninth Circuit OKs FBI’s National Security Letter Gag Orders…
The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the FBI’s use of gag orders to muzzle companies about the number and content of national security letters they receive seeking records on their customers without a warrant. A three-judge panel found that because the gag orders serve a compelling government interest — protecting national security — and because […]
Ninth Circuit Halts Immigration Case, Waits for New Trump Executive Order…
Late Thursday night the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered that it was staying further proceedings in the appeal of the Seattle-based district court that blocked President Trump’s immigration executive order (EO). When the states of Washington and Minnesota sued, Judge James Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District […]