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The Federalist Hit With Labor Complaint Over Founder's Tweets

September 27, 2019
The federal government wants the publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist to delete his apparently anti-union June 6 tweet.Ben Domenech tagged the magazine’s handle and relayed a thought about the first person who might want to organize their co-workers and form a union in The Federalist’s workplace: “I swear I’ll send you back to…
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Calif. Donor Info Law Unnecessary, 14 States Tell High Court

September 25, 2019
California’s law requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor information is unnecessary to regulate such organizations and should be blocked, 14 states supporting a conservative advocacy group affiliated with billionaire activist Charles Koch told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. California’s required “blanket and preemptive” disclosures are not sufficiently related to state Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s…
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Group Asks Supreme Court to Weaken Legal Authority of Administrative State

September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON—A civil rights group filed papers with the Supreme Court on Sept. 23 urging it to tear away at the legal underpinnings of the modern administrative state. The Washington-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a petition for certiorari, or review, with the court in hopes of overturning the so-called Brand X doctrine that the Supreme…
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Orlando police seek access to massive database of license plates, concerning privacy advocates

September 16, 2019
The Orlando Police Department could soon have access to a massive database of license plate numbers of cars collected by privately owned cameras across the country. City council members on Monday approved a request by OPD to purchase access to a commercial database operated by Vigilant Solutions, a company that sells license plate reader hardware,…
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SEC Judges' Due Process An 'Empty Promise,' 5th Circ. Told

September 4, 2019
An accountant alleging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house judges are unconstitutionally protected from removal has told the Fifth Circuit that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling suggests a lower court was wrong…  Read the full article here.  TweetShareShare0 Shares
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DC Group Sues to Stop Arizona Agency Chiefs From Overruling Administrative Law Judges

September 2, 2019
A Washington, D.C., organization is challenging the ability of the heads of state agencies in Arizona to discard the conclusions of independent hearing officers. The new lawsuit filed Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court contends that a caregiver at a group home was denied his rights when Greg McKay, director of the Department of Child…
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