Federal judge rules on NYC congestion pricing; interpretation differs between parties
A federal judge on Monday issued a partial ruling in a dispute between New York and New Jersey over New York City's controversial congestion pricing, allowing the Empire State to charge drivers entering the city center. It found that it had taken most of the steps necessary to impose the plan. Manhattan. U.S. District Judge […]
Military Appeals Court rules Defense Sec Austin cannot rescind 9/11 plea deals
The Court of Military Appeals ruled Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot revoke plea deals for Guantanamo Bay detainees, including suspected 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. Fox News reported that. Although the court's opinion has not yet been formally released, the plea agreement between military prosecutors and defense attorneys is valid and enforceable, and […]
Wokeness is in retreat, but Nasdaq’s ‘diversity rules’ show its awful stench will be hard to eliminate
Awakening is receding, but the stench will be difficult to remove. Consider the strange case of the laborious “Nasdaq diversity rule''. A stock market giant that forces all companies “listed” on the Nasdaq to elect boards that emphasize intersectionality, or racial, sexual, and gender diversity, rather than racial, sexual, and gender diversity. It is a […]
South Carolina AG leads legal battle over gender pronoun rules in school districts
South Carolina's attorney general is leading a legal battle over gender pronoun rules in U.S. public school districts. AG Alan Wilson appeared on “The Faulkner Focus” on Friday to explain how some gender pronoun rules in school districts threaten free speech. The case began in a school district outside Columbus, Ohio, that adopted a policy […]
Georgia judge rules state lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis in misconduct probe
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must comply with subpoenas for testimony and documents related to alleged fraud in the handling of the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump, a Georgia judge ruled this week. The verdict was given. Earlier this year, a special Georgia Senate committee investigated the 53-year-old prosecutor's alleged misuse […]
Georgia Senate can subpoena Fani Willis, court rules
A Georgia judge has ruled that the state Legislature can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of an investigation into whether there was any misconduct during the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. In a Dec. 23 order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukla Ingram ordered Willis to submit a list of claimed […]
Missing congresswoman's case shows Congress needs new rules on attendance
Have you heard of Kay Granger? Probably not. She is a Republican congresswoman from Texas who has been in office for nearly 30 years. But that's not why I'm writing about her. I'm writing about her because not only has she not been in the office for six months, I haven't even seen her. She’s […]
NYC comptroller asks feds to decide whether Cuomo violated health rules during deadly COVID pandemic
As Andrew Cuomo seeks a return to politics, one of his Democratic rivals is now asking federal officials to review a controversial edict the former governor imposed on nursing homes at the height of the pandemic. City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander said Cuomo's infamous March 25, 2020 order requiring nursing homes to accept […]
Hungary’s Orbán Slams Brussels’ ‘Idiotic Rules’ on Immigration
ROME — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday highlighted “irreconcilable differences” with the European Union, particularly on issues of migration and gender theory. The state of the nation at the end of the year interview “We will not allow them to turn Hungary into Magdeburg by imposing stupid rules on us. That means accepting […]
Judge Rules DFL Candidate Ineligible, Giving GOP Majority in Minnesota House
A Minnesota judge has ruled that Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) candidates are not eligible to take the oath because they do not meet residency requirements, giving Republicans a majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In a ruling issued Friday, Ramsey County District Court Judge Leonardo Castro said DFL candidate Curtis Johnson, who won the election to […]