Judicial Watch joins WND, sues DOJ for documents linked to Miriam Carey shooting death
Judicial Watch announced it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of WorldNetDaily.com to obtain the release of documents regarding the October 2013 shooting of Miriam More...
Federal lawsuit filed against IRS for ‘targeting churches’ after FFRF deal
Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Internal Revenue Service for failing to produce records on its secret deal with an activist group to investigate churches. Federal law requires More...
Sen Bob Menendez pleads not guilty on criminal charges
Sen. Robert Menendez pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 14 criminal counts, which include eight counts of bribery. At the top of the questions is Menendez’s deals, arrangements with Salomon Melgen, a Florida More...
DOJ Ferguson Report: Witnesses scared to tell truth, threatened and scared
According to the 86-page report issued by the Department of Justice, six of the most credible witnesses to the shooting of Michael Brown were afraid to give testimony in support of Ferguson, MO, police officer More...
DOJ report highlights Ferguson racism, email jokes about President Obama
The Department of Justice report, set for full release today, highlights the Ferguson Police Department’s patterns of racial bias, a hot topic since the shooting of Michael Brown by Darren Wilson. The full More...
George Zimmerman free from federal civil rights lawsuit, ‘not enough evidence’
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that it found “insufficient evidence” to bring criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, the Hispanic man previously cleared by a Florida court in More...
Justice Fellowship backs Sen Mike Lee, Dick Durbin bill on ‘Smarter’ sentencing
Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Smarter Sentencing Act, which will advance more proportionate sentencing for non-violent federal drug offenses. The current federal prison system’s More...
Obama administration attacks states suing over immigration executive order
The Obama administration is speaking out against the ruling of a Texas judge who said the president exceeded his legal authority with his immigration orders of last year. “The Supreme Court and Congress have More...
New study: Mass incarceration not helping reduce crime, Congress stalled on reform
As lawmakers continue to push criminal justice reform, a new study claims the of role mass incarceration in the drastic drop in crime in the U.S. over the last two decades has not been the cause. “Incarceration More...
DOJ: Cleveland police investigated for using excessive force
From Michael Brown to Eric Garner, the police use of force is being called into question all over the country and a new report from the Justice Department raises questions in Ohio. A report released Thursday details More...
New York court: Vu Truong’s marriage to his neice, Huyen Nguyen is lawful
A ruling in the New York Court of Appeals reversed a marriage annullment between an uncle and his “half-niece” as Tuesday’s decision made their union lawful. Vietnamese citizen Huyen Nguyen’s More...
Minnesota town sued by Fed gov’t after refusing Abu Huraira Islamic Center
The small Minnesota town of St. Anthony Village is being sued by the U.S. government for refusing to allow a Muslim group the right to open a worship center. The Muslim group claims that they were denied permission More...
DOJ to end gay marriage bans through Supreme Court
The U.S. Department of Justice will be urging the Supreme Court to act quickly and uphold a lower-court decision to block states from gay gay marriage, according to Attorney General Eric Holder in comments on Sunday More...
Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA free from criminal investigation as DOJ ends ‘scandal’
The Department of Justice has officially ended its criminal probe into both the Senate Intelligence Committee staffers who reportedly stole classified documents from a secure location and the CIA who monitored those More...
Senate to approve David Barron for judge, the author who justified drone murders
The decision to release documents detailing the controversial legal logic behind the assassination of an American with a drone is imminent as the Senate votes to approve its author to judgeship. President Obama’s More...
Nicholas Knight, former Navy officer hacking government websites ‘did dumb things’
The former US sailor accused of infiltrating government networks using the Navy’s own computers and posting links to his group’s findings on Twitter says he and his associates “did dumb things.” Public domain More...
NAACP head in Los Angeles, Leon Jenkins, resigns after Donald Sterling scandal
NAACP interim President and CEO Lorraine Miller has accepted the resignation of the Los Angeles chapter president after questions surfaced as to why his branch honored L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling. In a letter More...
John Boehner says House will pressure DOJ for criminal charges against Lois Lerner
House Speaker John Boehner confirmed to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Monday that lawmakers plan to press the Justice Department to consider a criminal case against ex-IRS official Lois Lerner for “misleading the Congress.” photo More...
DOJ fights Notre Dame on Obamacare contraception mandate
The Obama administration is fighting the University of Notre Dame’s request for a reprieve from complying with Obamacare’s contraception coverage requirements. Photo donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.worpdress.com Justice More...
DOJ to Supreme Court on Obamacare mandate: Employer’s Religious beliefs are not legitimate reason to deny coverage
The Department of Justice filed its response to the US Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case. “In arguments filed late Friday, Justice Department lawyers told the court that an employer’s religious beliefs aren’t More...