The White House may be busy promoting Donald Trump’s new executive order that temporarily suspends entry to nationals of six high-risk nations, but one of their opponents is busy doing a victory lap. Bob Ferguson, the Attorney General for Washington who partnered with …
Melania Trump has resubmitted her defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s website for wrongly reporting rumours that she worked as a high-end escort in the 1990s. But this time the paperwork has removed references to her plans to monetise her position as first lady. The former model is suing Mail Media Inc for $150 million (£120 million) in damages after The Mail Online alleged that her …
Do We Have the Right to Vote for President? The Supreme Court Says “No!” In Bush v Gore (2000) the Supreme Court said when the State Legislature vests the right to vote for President in its people, the State can take it back at any time. A lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, asserts in a new, straight-forward interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that Section 2 of the amendment grants the right to vote for President to all qualified citizens of the United States. In 1875 the Supreme Court ruled that Section 2 only exists to allow states to deny the right to vote to their “colored populations,” a ruling the court has never contradicted. …
We can all thank Melania Trump for giving us a clearer sense of what she and her family are looking for from their stay in the White House. In court papers Melania filed Monday as part of a libel lawsuit against the parent company of the Daily Mail, she said that the British tabloid and website, by falsely reporting that she had once worked as a prostitute, caused the first lady to miss “major …
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America have filed suit to overturn an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that directs federal agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every new regulation they add, “unless prohibited by law.” The so-called “2-for-1” order also mandates that the cost of any new regulation …
The executive order was announced on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump’s executive order to slash two federal regulations for each new policy introduced may arbitrarily cut regulations focused on health and safety, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit, filed by liberal groups the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and Communication Workers of America, claims the order fails …
Tesla and SpaceX — two companies owned by Elon Musk — have signed on to a legal brief in support of a lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. Musk has been on the defensive for the past week for remaining a member of the president’s advisory councils in the wake …
Gloria Allred , alongside her client, Summer Zervos , conducted today’s press conference with her signature confidence and measured poise. Allred declared: “Today’s the day. It’s time to face the consequences. Women are not a footnote to history. They matter. We value women who allege they have been the victims of injustice or treated unfairly by anyone. This is the time to proceed.” But does this lawsuit have …
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred has filed a defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump on behalf of Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice.” Zervos is one of several women who came forward with accusations of sexual harassment late last year. From NBC News : The suit, filed Tuesday morning, claims Trump …
Late last week, a Federal Judge rejected an ill-fated attempt to make an end-run around the Senate to find a way to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland’s last, long-shot chance at being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice has now vanished: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to force the Senate to take up his nomination. Garland, the chief judge of …