Dem Housing Civil War Comes To Head After San Francisco Forced To Allow More Construction
Pro-housing Democrats won a victory in San Francisco Friday after state authorities declared the city had not met its housing permitting goals in 2023, triggering a law some city Democrats opposed that will expedite the approval of new builds, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The city’s sluggish approval of new projects triggered SB423, a state […]
A Noted Physician Advocates COVID Civil Disobedience
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Famously, at the start of his 1849 essay, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau observed, “That government is best which governs least.” Few policymakers or politicians during COVID were influenced by Thoreau, who also pointed out that “government never furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with […]
Civil liberties groups challenge Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law
The state of Louisiana is facing a lawsuit from civil rights groups over a new law that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of children attending Louisiana public schools, the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Separation of Church and State and […]
Andrew Cuomo Says Trump Civil Fraud Case ‘Should Have Never Been Brought’
Former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York said on Friday that Democratic Attorney General Letitia James of New York never should have brought the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump. New York Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a fine of $354 million in February, after ruling that Trump was liable […]
Guardia Civil reject offer of help from Lancashire police in search for Jay Slater | Spain
Spanish police have rejected an offer of help from Lancashire Police as the search continues for British teenager Jay Slater, who went missing from Tenerife. Lancashire Police said they had offered support to security forces to “consider whether additional resources are required” for the police operation. The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, was last in […]
Trump demands recusal of NY civil fraud judge over chat with outside lawyer
Lawyers for former President Trump on Thursday requested that the judge presiding over his civil fraud trial recuse himself from the case, citing allegations that he improperly discussed the case with outside parties. “Allegations have arisen that this Supreme Court may have acted in a manner fundamentally incompatible with its responsibilities to sit in black […]
Trump motions to have judge in New York civil fraud case recused
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have filed new motions in a New York civil fraud lawsuit alleging that the judge engaged in “prohibited communications” and should recuse himself. In a motion filed with the New York Supreme Court, Trump’s lawyers accused Judge Arthur Engoron of acting in a manner “fundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities […]
New Jersey city cops to cite parents for kids’ unruly behavior after spate of violence, ‘civil unrest’ in neighboring areas
Towns along the line South Jersey Shore The government took the precautionary measures after young people in the surrounding area reportedly engaged in “civil unrest” and even violence in recent weeks. Last Wednesday, Margate Police said officers Parental Responsibility Act The law will allow police to prosecute parents if their unsupervised children disturb the peace […]
Bowman primary reignites civil war among Democrats
Eight years after the 2016 election, Democrats are experiencing the infamous Clinton vs. Sanders battle again, this time in the race for New York’s 16th Congressional District. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a member of the “Squad” endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), faces an uphill road to reelection against centrist Westchester County Mayor George Latimer, […]
UC Irvine Jewish student gets big win as civil rights lawsuit looms
EXCLUSIVE — A University of California, Irvine Jewish student will be allowed to graduate after the school initially withheld his diploma following a run-in with an antisemitic poster on campus. The Washington Examiner reported on Thursday that Alex Minn was punished with a required 1,250-word essay in which he had to admit to and apologize […]