The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is withholding monthly disability payments from veterans until they repay any separation pay they have received. This action is based on 38 U.S.C. 5304(a), which prohibits veterans from receiving both disability payments and separation pay simultaneously. According to 38 CFR 3.700, the VA must... Read More »
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (PCUCPA) is a bill in Congress that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation. The bill says that fetuses in the womb are able to react “to stimuli that would be recognized as painful if applied to an adult human, for example, by recoiling.”... Read More »
The United States Supreme Court has decided to take up a case on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care. Currently, the states are split on whether this care should be allowed for minors under the age of 18. Gender-affirming care is used to treat gender dysmorphia, which occurs... Read More »
Last Thursday, the House passed a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to vote on whether to become the 51st state, become independent, or go independent while keeping some U.S. affiliations. The bill also includes procedures for each outcome of the vote along with resources for a voter education campaign.... Read More »
Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who had been detained for months in Russia, was released last Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner exchange with international arms dealer Viktor Bout. Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, tweeted, "So happy to have Brittney back on U.S. soil. Welcome home BG!"... Read More »
Todd and Julie Chrisley of the USA Network reality series “Chrisley Knows Best” were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud banks out of about $30 million in fraudulent loans. Also, according to CNN, they were found guilty of “several tax crimes, including attempting to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.” Todd... Read More »
The Senate has passed historic legislation recognizing same-sex marriage at both the federal and state levels. This measure passed with the vote of 62 Senators, including 12 Republicans. The vote to finalize the bill is set to be done the week of November 28, the week after the Thanksgiving holiday.... Read More »
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had made a request to the Supreme Court that he would not have to testify to a Georgia grand jury about an investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. An order of the court refused... Read More »
The Try Guys is a channel on YouTube that features four people: Keith, Ned, Zach, and Eugene. They started making videos in 2014 on BuzzFeed and then broke out on their own to form their own channel and start their own company, 2nd Try LLC, while still having BuzzFeed be... Read More »
Nelli Parisenkova, a teacher in California, has allegedly been fired from her job at Bright Horizons Children's Center in Studio City because she refused to read books that featured LGBT themes. She worked at Bright Horizons Childcare Center for four years with students who were five years and younger. The... Read More »
Gov. DeSantis of Florida has eased voter restrictions via emergency executive order in Charlotte, Lee, and Sarasota Counties, which were hit hardest during Hurricane Ian. DeSantis is being called a hypocrite by some for easing restrictions now when he was against easing them and wanted tougher restrictions for the 2020... Read More »
To date, California has experienced 3.72 million COVID-19 infections, leading to 61,083 deaths. Only a fraction of those who got sick – around 90,000 in 2020 – filed claims for workers’ compensation based on contracting the illness through employment. More than a quarter of those claims were denied, however, leading... Read More »
In the field of personal injury law (negligence), there are different ways to determine how responsible each party is and how damages should be distributed, and every state is different. This article describes the types of contributory or comparative negligence found in jurisdictions around the country. When more than one... Read More »
In 2020, Black TikTok users Jalaiah Harmon and Keara Wilson created dances for K Camp’s “Renegade” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage Remix” that went viral. However, after Megan Thee Stallion’s recent release of “Thot S---”, many Black creators on the app have said that they are not going to create... Read More »
There has been an increase in the amount of shoplifting in major California cities like Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco, which have the highest rates of shoplifting in the country. This is leading to stores closing early or closing completely. For example, in San Francisco, Target stores are open... Read More »
