In court filings March 7, Special Counsel Jack Smith pushed back on claims that he lacked the authority to prosecute former President Donald Trump, an argument that has been pushed by Reagan-era U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III (pdf) and picked up by Trump attorneys in a motion to dismiss the case Mr. Smith is
Attorneys with special counsel Jack Smith’s office argued that former President Donald Trump had no authorization to retain classified information after leaving office, even if all of those documents had been categorized as “personal” under the Presidential Records Act (PRA). “The authorization for a former President to possess classified information comes from the applicable executive
A New York appeals court has dismissed a GOP-led legal challenge to the state’s absentee ballot law that lets all voters cast mail ballots with no conditions. An appeals court has dismissed a Republican-led legal challenge that sought to declare New York’s Early Mail Voter Act, which expands absentee voting, as unconstitutional. A panel of
‘TikTok’s access to 170 million American users makes it a valuable propaganda tool for the CCP,’ Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 7 unanimously approved two bills to secure Americans’ data and compel social media giant TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership. The committee’s 50–0 decision
House Republicans and Democrats debated over the Laken Riley Act before it was passed on Thursday. It will “require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody” illegal immigrants who have been charged with theft and a series of other offenses. The bill passed by a margin of 251–170 and will head to the
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) questioned what he called “Orwellian” practices by university diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees, accusing many of curtailing free speech on campuses and using their social media accounts to “promote antisemitism” while speaking at a House Higher Education Subcommittee meeting on Thursda… Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office?
One Nevada judge has upheld a ballot initiative to require voters to show ID, while another judge rejected a plan to establish an independent redistricting commission. In a March 6 order, state District Judge William Maddox ruled that Nevada residents can vote on whether the state will enact voter ID requirements. The order was in