About 2 1/2 years ago I wrote a post titled “California plans to kill the residential solar industry.” At the time, I had just had solar panels installed on my roof to save money and within months California announced a new plan (Net Metering 3.0) that would have taxed me and anyone else who owned […]
Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled that an 1864 law outlawing abortion is still enforceable. That could mean all abortion clinics in the state will be forced to shut down, though there is currently a hold on enforcing the law which means there will likely be lawsuits filed before anything else happens. Arizona’s highest court on […]
Image: The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure meeting on April 5. Image Credit: Tennessee Courts The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure listened to a proposal to keep alternate jurors on even after deliberations begin in a criminal case during its Friday […]
Image: The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules and Practice met virtually Dec. 8. Image Credit: TN Courts | YouTube The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure will livestream its 9 a.m. Friday quarterly meeting in compliance with a federal court order to make the meetings […]
As regular readers know, there is a case about to be argued before the Supreme Court which could have a major impact on homelessness on the west coast. At the moment, decisions issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals make it impossible for cities to force homeless people to move (off sidewalks or out […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its preliminary ruling in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel on January 26, 2024. It landed with a thud, the world shrugged its shoulders, and nothing changed. The ruling was provisional, and a final ruling on the merits may be years away. But this is […]
Alsu Kurmasheva is a Prague-based Russian-American journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir Service. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is funded by the United States government. Alsu has been detained in Kazan, Russia since October 18, 2023, while she visited her mother, who was ill, on the charge of failing to register as a foreign agent. […]
The Biden administration scored another victory in its fight against Texas SB 4 taking effect. The new immigration law would allow law enforcement to arrest suspected illegal aliens in Texas. Texas SB 4 was to go into effect on March 5 but it has been blocked from doing so as legal challenges play out. It’s […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is approaching the one-year mark of when he was arrested by Russia’s Federal Security Service, (FSB) while on a reporting trip. A Russian court extended his pre-trial detention by three months. A trial date has not been set. He is 32 years old now and was detained on March […]
Mexico filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Thursday which argues that Texas SB 4 could lead to harassment, arrest, and expulsion of Mexican citizens. It could also do the same to those who simply look Latino. This is the narrative that progressives are taking in talking about SB 4. The immigration law allows Texas law enforcement […]
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