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AP Photo/Paul Sancya Yesterday President Biden announced that he’d asked the CDC to look at extending the eviction moratorium which expired over the weekend. What was unusual about the statement was that Biden admitted the “bulk” of legal experts they had consulted agreed that a new extension would likely be struck down by the courts. That’s because the Supreme Court had narrowly allowed the previous extension to remain in place with Justice Kavanaugh writing that any additional extension would require “specific congressional authorization.” Biden went on to say that even though t...

VERIFY: Yes, federal mask mandates apply in airports regardless of state laws Some states have signed anti-mask mandate laws. But, the federal government still has a mandate in place for mass transit. In this case, federal rules stand. Author: Mia Salenetri (WUSA9) Updated: 2:58 PM EDT July 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — The number of Americans traveling by air is hitting levels we haven't seen since early March 2020. The Federal Transit Mask Mandate, which requires face masks on mass transit and in transportation hubs, has been in effect since last January. Meanwhile,...

It is unfocused, highhanded in its impositions on the states, careless of speech rights, and constitutionally dubious.

H.R. 1 imposes far too much on the states and on the free speech rights of groups and individuals.

By Hans Bader | June 3, 2021 | 10:55am EDT Lady Justice holds her scales. (Photo credit: LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images) Left-wing "reform" prosecutors want more criminal prosecutions of businesses for red-tape violations and so-called “wage theft,” and fewer felony prosecutions of criminals for stealing from businesses and homeowners (such as shoplifting, which some leftist prosecutors have essentially stopped prosecuting, resulting in an explosion of shoplifting). Prosecuting "wage theft" was one of the campaign planks of Arlington, Va. Comm...