Southern Poverty Law Center pleading not guilty in federal case that alleges organization secretly funded hate groups

Southern Poverty Law Centers pleads not guilty in federal fraud case

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for monitoring hate groups, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some of the money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations. Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the not guilty plea on behalf of the [] The post Southern Poverty Law Centers pleads not guilty in federal fraud case appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Playwrights Horizons Over Race-Based Ticket Pricing for “BIPOC Night”

American Alliance for Equal Rights Files Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Grants by Fearless Fund Management LLC (Austin, Texas) Today, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, a 501(c)(3) membership organization, filed a lawsuit against Fearless Fund Management, LLC and affiliated companies for operating a racially discriminatory grant program that violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866. 42 U.S.C. §1981. The post Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Playwrights Horizons Over Race-Based Ticket Pricing for “BIPOC Night” first appeared on The American Alliance for Equal Rights.

Clock Ticks: Lawsuit Demands Todd Blanche Records On Epstein, Jack Smith Before AG Vote

A nonpartisan government watchdog group filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday, seeking a court order to compel the Department of Justice to fast-track the release of internal records regarding Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche. The plaintiff, American Oversight, is requesting the expedited processing of Freedom of [] Clock Ticks: Lawsuit Demands Todd Blanche Records On Epstein, Jack Smith Before AG Vote

Trump-Appointed Judge Reluctantly Grants Dismissal of Proud Boys Case

A federal judge has reluctantly granted a request by the Justice Department to formally dismiss a criminal case accusing five members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group, of seditious conspiracy in connection with the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In an order filed on Friday night, the judge, Timothy J. Kelly []

DOJ Sues Virginia Over Laws Restricting ICE

AI News Desk (The Washington Times) The Justice Department filed suit against Virginia last week over two state laws that federal officials say uncons...

Judge grants DOJ’s motion to dismiss case against Proud Boys over Jan. 6

A federal judge granted the Department of Justice‘s request to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys members, tossing the most serious criminal judgments stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dismissed with prejudice the indictment against former Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph []

Judge sides with DOJ, dismisses case against Proud Boys over Jan. 6

A federal judge granted the Department of Justice‘s request to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys members, tossing the most serious criminal judgments stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dismissed with prejudice the indictment against former Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, []...Click to read more

The Federal Case Putting SPLC Under Scrutiny

A recent episode takes a deeper look at the federal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center. | Image by DX A recent episode from Forgotten Histor...

Kansas joins DOJ in effort to end in-state tuition for undocumented students

The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.

The SPLC, Still Hanging On

The Southern Poverty Law Center has long been known as a far-left hate group, and now that it is under indictment for mail fraud and has been exposed as perhaps the largest funder of racist organizations in the U.S., one might expect its influence to wane. But left-wing organizations, like the teachers’ unions that control most public schools, won’t give up their allegiance to the SPLC without a fight. Thus

Judge OKs DOJ request to toss remaining Proud Boys Jan. 6 convictions

A federal judge on Friday agreed to drop the remaining cases against four leaders of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys who were convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted the Justice Department’s (DOJ) motion to dismiss the convictions against Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary...

Hispanics-only program draws civil rights complaint against USC, Loyola Marymount University

'Open discrimination, they don’t try to hide it.'

Chicago court keeps block on Fla. AG suit over kids transgender medicine – Legal Newsline

Despite warnings from their colleague that they are ripping a hole in the U.S. Constitution and the concept of federalism, two Democrat-appointed federal appeals court judges have refused to put a hold on a Chicago federal judge's order blocking Florida's Republican state attorney general from using Florida state courts to enforce a Florida law against the Chicago-based American Academy of Pediatrics for allegedly misleading the public about the safety of child gender transitions.

US judge scraps Trump's IRS settlement deal, says lawsuit sought to 'manipulate judicial process'

A federal judge voided President Trump's settlement with the IRS. The lawsuit was deemed an improper attempt to manipulate the judicial process. Sanctions and disciplinary actions were recommended against involved lawyers. The judge found the parties were not truly opposing each other. The Justice Department was criticized for its role in the settlement.

DOJ Joins Lawsuit Against Evanston, Illinois' Racist 'Reparations' Program

The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston, Illinois, over its racially discriminatory reparations program that pays 25,000 to black residents or their descendants while excluding everyone else.

Report: SPLC pleads not guilty to criminal counts alleging fraud, again * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

Source link SPLC headquarters The Southern Poverty Law Center again has entered not guilty pleas to criminal charges it defrauded donors who wanted to fight racism and violence by sending

What’s Really Replacing Religion In America’s Schools?

A federal appeals court struck down a key part of Florida’s law restricting race and gender discussions in public colleges and universities on Tuesday. The same people celebrating the ruling are also decrying a recent decision by the Texas State Board of Education that allowed biblical passages to appear on a secondary school reading list. ...

South Carolina Republican Party sues in federal court in move to allow for closed primaries

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An effort to close the state’s primaries is now headed to a federal court. The South Carolina Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit late Tuesday against the South Carolina Election Commission for not registerng people by ...

Justice Department sues California and Virginia for weapons bans

The government filed the suits the same day California’s so-called Glock ban and Virginia’s assault weapons ban were slated to take effect. The post Justice Department sues California and Virginia for weapons bans appeared first on MS NOW.

The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []

Supreme Court Weighs in on 2 Cases Involving Religious Freedom

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided on two religious freedom cases, in a pair of 6-3 rulings. In a victory for tech giant Cisco, the Supreme Court held Tuesday that a company or entity cannot be held liable for aiding and abetting a violation of an anti-torture law. Members of China’s Falun Gong movement claimed...

SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild

That a court with six Republican-appointed justices could hand down such a patently un-American decision is an indictment of America's rogue legal system.

Trump administration panned for New York Times subpoenas

Groups that advocate for reporters and Democratic senators roundly criticized the Justice Department’s move.

Republican Meltdowns Over Birthright Citizenship Decision, Ranked in Order of Sanity

The right is incandescent with rage over the Supreme Court’s (closer than expected) rejection of the Trump administration’s bid to...

DeSantis's 'Stop WOKE' Law Struck Down — By A Judge Trump Appointed Himself

A federal appeals panel took a red pen to Ron DeSantis's Stop WOKE Act on Tuesday, handing the governor yet another lesson in constitutional law he apparently didn't attend. The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the law's higher-ed provisions — which tried to muzzle professors from so much as discussing race and gender in class — violate the First Amendment, because it turns out the government doesn't get to script what college professors say. Bold concept, we know. The judges didn't mince words either, accusing Florida of puppeteering educators — turning them into state-approved mouthpieces rather than, you know, teachers. Judge Britt Grant — a Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion — rejected Florida's argument that professors' speech belongs to the state simply because taxpayers fund their salaries, calling the theory Emphatically no, The Guardian reports. read more

The Litigation Lobby: Civil Justice Reform and the Future of the Texas-Florida Economic Advantage

Executive Summary Civil litigation policy in the U.S. is no longer just a debate over legal philosophy; it... The post The Litigation Lobby: Civil Justice Reform and the Future of the Texas-Florida Economic Advantage appeared first on James Madison Institute.