Charter-fishing operators in the Gulf of Mexico will now have more time to install tracking systems meant to help with fisheries management. NOAA Fisheries published the extension regarding the Southeast For-Hire Integrated Electric Reporting Program in the Federal...
Philip Hamburger & Restrictions on Charity’s Free Speech
Today Jeremy speaks with Philip Hamburger about the surprising origins of the IRS's restrictions on a charity's political speech, and why those restrictions ought to be regarded as unconstitutional... Read the full article and listen to the podcast
6th Circuit Urged To Uphold Ruling To Allow State Tax Cuts
Congress ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution when it included a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 prohibiting states from cutting taxes if they receive funds under the plan to assist in their economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Civil...
SEC’s Board Diversity Drive Runs Risk of More Legal Challenges
The SEC faces a legal fight over its efforts to encourage diversity on corporate boards, but an agency focus on disclosure over quotas would complicate conservative activists’ arguments. The Securities and Exchange Commission already is facing two cases over...
Policy Groups, 20 States Back Ohio’s ARPA Fight In 6th Circ.
Three limited-government advocacy organizations and 20 states urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold an injunction barring the federal government from enforcing a law against Ohio that requires states to return coronavirus... Read the full article
More Lawsuits a Likely Result of SEC Shift on No-Admit, No-Deny Settlements
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to make it harder for companies and individually charged officers to settle allegations of wrongdoing without first admitting guilt. SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said last week the agency wants to move away...
Judge Again Sides With MSU in Lawsuit From Employee Over COVID Vaccine Mandate
A federal court has again sided with Michigan State University in a lawsuit from an employee challenging the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Judge Paul Maloney declined this month to grant Jeanna Norris a preliminary injunction that would have blocked MSU from...
Fight Against ‘Bump Stock Ban’ Reaches Fifth Circuit Court
Late last week the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, covering most of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, took up “Michael Cargill v. Garland, et al,” a case challenging the 2017 Trump-issued Executive Order prompting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
MSU Vaccine Mandate Stands After Judge Again Denies Challenger
COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be required at Michigan State University after a judge denied an employee’s attempt to block the mandate. MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. announced July 30 that all students, faculty and staff would be required to get vaccinated...
Moms Fighting Back Over Masking Kids and CRT, with Maud Maron, Natalya Murakhver, and Jenin Younes
Megyn Kelly is joined by Maud Maron, a public defender and candidate for NYC City Council, Natalya Murakhver, founder of the "Mask Like A Kid" campaign, and Jenin Younes, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who are three liberals, to talk about...