Alex Murdaugh "thinks he is special" but is not, prosecutors blasted Thursday as they opposed his bid to appear in court in civilian clothes and without shackles despite.
President Donald Trump 's former national security adviser John Bolton walked into federal court with a very stern expression before admitting to stealing national security secrets.
Scrutiny of Black’s association with Epstein has intensified after DoJ released millions of files last year and this yearThe billionaire financier Leon Black is scheduled to appear before the House committee on oversight and reform on Friday morning as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The interview will be conducted behind closed doors, though the committee is expected to release a transcript at a later date, as it has done with previous interviews. Continue reading...
Hopefully, this will speed up the process to remove millions of migrants who were previously shielded by “Temporary Protected Status.” {Ruling Here} In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the Supreme Court said the administration can strip temporary protected status (TPS) from migrants who arrived from Islamist Syria and the ‘sh!thole‘ nation of Haiti. Given the ridiculous […] The post Supreme Court TPS Decision Paves Way for Trump Administration to Send Migrants Back to Haiti, Syria and Beyond appeared first on The Last Refuge.
After the Supreme Court struck down Hawai'i's gun law Thursday, lawmakers and gun-control advocates are reassessing which firearm restrictions they can enact that this court will let stand.Why it matters: The ruling shows how hard it has become to design modern gun laws under the court's exacting standard, which asks whether any new restrictions fit within the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.Hawaiʻi crafted its law specifically to survive that test — and still lost, 6-3.Driving the news: The court's ruling in Wolford v. Lopez determined that the state can't force private businesses open to the public to be gun-free zones.The justices effectively shifted the burden of keeping guns out of private businesses from state legislatures to business owners themselves.Yes, but: States can still set a default ban on private property that is not open to the public — such as office buildings and private homes, Jacob Charles, a law professor at Pepperdine University, tells Axios."Under the terms of the Wolford decision, it does not invalidate that part of Hawaiʻi's law," Charles says.He suggested states could adopt "forced choice" laws requiring businesses to explicitly state whether guns are allowed inside and post corresponding signs at their entrances.Zoom in: Hawaiʻi's case relied on a law enacted during the post-Civil War era, and the court rejected that. However, the court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen left the door open for objective safety requirements, helping lead to the workarounds some states are now implementing. Some are pivoting to stricter licensing rules and targeted hardware bans.Californians seeking concealed carry permits must complete a 16-hour training course from an authorized instructor. A separate bill would require prospective gun buyers to complete a four-hour training course, adding at least $400 in fees.And a federal appeals court upheld Illinois' ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines in 2023, recognizing that these have historically been used by the military and, therefore, are not protected by the Second Amendment for civilian self-defense. Zoom out: Courts have regularly upheld gun restrictions on "sensitive" places where firearms are generally not expected, including schools, government buildings and public parks, Hayley Lawrence of the Duke Center for Firearms Law tells Axios.Some states are even expanding what counts as a sensitive place. In Maryland, a judge ruled in January that a law classifying state parks, casinos, museums, health care facilities, stadiums, racetracks, and amusement parks as sensitive places could stand.Courts have also generally upheld laws banning firearms in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Although the Bruen decision was struck down, the state was still allowed to prohibit guns in those establishments, in part because there's a heightened worry of violence when alcohol is involved.Individuals who've been deemed dangerous, such as someone previously committed to a mental institution or a convicted felon, may be prohibited from acquiring firearms, a principle SCOTUS itself upheld in 2024.The bottom line: "We didn't have like big population centers in the way that we think of them today, we didn't have people living in very crowded spaces, gun carrying and gun culture to a large extent looked very different, as did the technology," Lawrence says. "That's one of the big problems with history and tradition as a constitutional methodology ... it really inhibits legislative experimentation or creative thinking or problem solving for today's legislatures dealing with today's problems."Go deeper: Trump admin's 2A "tsunami" rolls back gun regulations
Happy 250th birthday, America. The Golden Door is officially closed.
Tuesday’s sweep of the New York City primaries by Marxist-inspired Democrats backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, widely seen as a full-fledged communist himself, resulted […]
Both opinions garnered scathing dissents by the Supreme Court’s three liberal justices, and for good reason.
Congress is making yet another attempt to install cameras in the high court and in federal courtrooms.