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Merrick Garland, nominee for attorney general, is tepid on questions of illegal immigration though his past actions as judge speak volumes.

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite On Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “For the People” Act, which federalizes state election law and undermines key safeguards such as voter ID. The bill passed 220-210, with every Republican voting against it (and two not voting) and every Democrat but one voting for it. This kind of rank partisanship on an elections bill should worry Americans, and so should the specifics of what the bill does. H.R. 1 requires states to allow an...

By Terence P. Jeffrey | March 4, 2021 | 6:50am EST Merrick Garland is President Bidens nominee for U.S. Attorney General. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has blocked Garlands expedited confirmation because Garland has refused to "answer basic questions." (Photo by Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images) Three-and-a-half years ago, two alien children were caught illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States. One of these children decided she wanted to termi...

W. Mark Lanier | lanierlawfirm.com WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Frustrated by the courts system in Missouri, Johnson & Johnson is asking for relief from the nation’s highest court. The company on March 2 made its plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the $2 billion verdict that originated in St. Louis and would be awarded to 22 women who blame the company’s Baby Powder for their ovarian cancer. Jurors originally awarded $4.7 billion in a battle of the expe...

Mar 3rd, 2021 9 min read COMMENTARY BY Director, Center for Data Analysis Norbert Michel studies and writes about financial markets and monetary policy, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In November, the Washington Post reported that President Biden’s transition team included “a number of fierce advocates for Wall Street regulation.” ANGELA WEISS / Contributor / Getty Images Key Takeaways The group’s website makes it very...

The Supreme Court Case That Lays Bare Puerto Ricans’ “Second-Class Citizenship” Why are residents of the island commonwealth denied certain federal benefits that are given to U.S. citizens nearly everywhere else? The justices have decided to take up that question. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images In 2013, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero moved back to Puerto Rico. He had lived and worked in New York since 1985. His wife had already moved back to the island for medical reasons; now he would join h...

The Maryland state legislature voted on February 12 to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto and thus enacted the Digital Advertising Act, the first tax of its kind in the United States....

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: United States v. Vaello-Madero, No. 20-303: Whether Congress violated the equal-protection...

A federal appellate court in April 2020 struck down a federal law denying residents of the island eligibility for the Social Security Supplemental Income program for the severely disabled.

On February 12, 2021, Maryland legislators voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R) veto of H.B. 732, making Maryland the first state in the nation to impose a digital advertising tax....