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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide how difficult it should be for employers to prove in court that their workers qualify for exemptions from overtime pay and other legal protections under U.S. wage laws. The justices granted a petition by grocery distributor EMD Sales Inc to review a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill on Wednesday that mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, making Louisiana the only state with such a requirement. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately announced plans to sue to block the law, citing violations of the constitutional separation of church and state and a…
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it referred a complaint against the social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Justice Department over potential violations of children’s privacy. In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices…
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An Iowa federal judge has temporarily blocked the Republican-led state’s law that allows the arrest and prosecution of people who are in the U.S. illegally. This decision marks a win for the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher in Des Moines, Iowa, stated in a written decision late Monday that the law, which was…
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The U.S. Justice Department informed Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday that it would not pursue criminal contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland, according to a letter. This decision followed the Republican-controlled House’s party-line vote to hold Garland in contempt for refusing to turn over audio recordings of a special counsel…
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Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, litigation over abortion has surged dramatically. In 2022, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the court’s longstanding precedent had intensified debate and deepened division. He stated it was time to remove the abortion issue from the court’s…
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Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face trial on U.S. antitrust enforcers’ claim that it illegally dominates the online advertising technology market, a federal judge ruled on Friday. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, denied Google’s motion to avoid a trial, according to court records. Google had argued for a summary judgment, asserting that antitrust laws…
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A U.S. bankruptcy judge ordered the court-supervised liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets but dismissed the bankruptcy of his company, Free Speech Systems, without ordering its liquidation. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez appointed a Chapter 7 trustee to sell Jones’ assets, including his ownership stake in Free Speech Systems, the parent company of his…
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected President Joe Biden’s administration’s bid to revive its directive requiring schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms and join sports teams that align with their gender. This directive has faced blocking in 20 Republican-led states. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Cincinnati,…
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declared a federal ban on “bump stock” devices unlawful. These devices enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, upheld a lower court’s decision favoring Michael Cargill, a gun shop owner and gun rights advocate from…
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