A photo-bombing suspect who posed with his feet up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the Capitol Hill attack was found and arrested by federal prosecutors. Richard Barnett, 60, from Gravette Arkansas, faces several criminal charges, said US Attorney Kenneth Kohl. Barnett is faced with federal charges, including unlawful... Read More »
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser launched a new probe into the death of unarmed, 23-year old Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019. The US Justice Department has also launched a civil rights probe into the death of the unarmed young man by police. With echoes of the infamous choking death... Read More »
Parler, the conservative-owned social media platform, is suing Amazon Web Services (AWS) for disabling its site. In the eighteen-page lawsuit, the company alleges hosting service Amazon violated antitrust law and breached their contractual agreement. Like dominoes, fellow giant social media platforms followed Amazon and banned Parler on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube,... Read More »
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US federal courts announced on January 6 they were both hacked by a prior, similar government breach into SolarWinds, a network security management firm that worked inside the systems of multiple US government agencies. The breach also includes a suspected hacking into the... Read More »
A world of trouble is swirling around President Donald Trump, but what got his attention most today is startling in itself. Twitter has permanently blocked him from their platform. In a tumultuous week for the nation, after Trump publicly incited a mob to violently attack the US Capitol, the president... Read More »
In a strong response to the domestic terrorists who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6, a steadily growing list of Republican and Democratic members of Congress shared a slew of recommendations to remove President Donald J. Trump from office yesterday. A public roar is being heard from both parties in... Read More »
Revisions to the Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act were signed into law by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer after a four-year-long process of revisions. The Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) now includes significant updates to the prior version of the Michigan law, with a long list of amendments that take effect... Read More »
Eleven US Republicans, including sitting senators and senators-elect, issued a joint statement regarding the Electoral College certification process. Though brief, their statement clearly indicated their plans to contest the legally-certified election of President-elect Joe Biden. Their mission is to substitute the electoral votes of certain states to keep Trump as... Read More »
A federal judge threw out the lawsuit late Saturday that challenged President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, days before Congress was set to officially confirm the presidential election results. Pence, as per the most recent decision by Judge Jeremy Kernodle in Texas, has no authority to tamper in any way with the... Read More »
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the US Department of Labor has published extensive information offering specific guidance for workers and employers regarding protections and relief provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA offers legal guidelines pertaining to paid sick leave, expanded family leave, and... Read More »
Last week, Congress did not act upon a new piece of legislation, the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2020, created to protect judges and their families from violence and murder. The proposed bill would significantly enhance the protection and privacy of justices across the US and was... Read More »
With a legal eye on the skies, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Monday they are finalizing the first-ever emissions guidelines for airplanes that regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The new airplane emissions standards will be mandatory for commercial aviation and any large business jets. Under the new emissions... Read More »
In an odd lawsuit that parallels the surreal 2020 presidential election, Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert and a group of Republican Electors from Arizona have filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence. Their argument, in part, is that the Electoral Count Act is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the all-Republican lawsuit include... Read More »
A Miami family that was allegedly known locally for popular though illegal cockfights were all sentenced to jail time after being convicted of ID theft, creating counterfeit checks, and bank fraud in a national scheme built inside the hiding places of the Dark Web. When the Miami police raided the... Read More »
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has reached out to President-elect Biden and the world with an urgent plea to retract the new Trump Administration Executive Order on Federal Buildings. President Trump wants to “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again” and has issued a directive to allow no new designs... Read More »
