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Three Major Virginia Universities Scrap COVID Booster Mandate After AG Calls Them Unlawful

January 31, 2022
Three major Virginia universities have scrapped their COVID booster mandates — and COVID vaccine mandates in general — after the state’s attorney general advised that the public institutions cannot mandate them under current law… Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Gag Orders, Part II: When the SEC Silences Critics

January 31, 2022
…Any consent judgment with the SEC includes what is often called a “gag clause.” These clauses prohibit the defendant from challenging the truth of any allegation in the SEC’s complaint or making any statement that might be construed as saying that the complaint lacked a factual basis. This prevents defendants and their counsel from informing…
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What Happens Next After Justice Breyer's Sudden Exit from SCOTUS

January 26, 2022
NCLA Executive Director Mark Chenoweth joins Real America’s Voice to comment on Justice Breyer’s sudden exit from the Supreme Court and the future nominee’s potential impact on cases related to administrative power. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Don't Believe OSHA When It Threatens To Turn Its Rescinded Vaccine Mandate Into a Permanent Rule

January 26, 2022
…Since general public health measures are beyond OSHA’s legal purview, the majority concluded, the businesses, employees, and states that challenged the ETS were likely to prevail in arguing that the agency had exceeded its statutory authority. Under the same reasoning, that would also be true of a permanent standard that resembled the ETS in its…
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Djokovic Case Will Perpetuate the Worst Aspects of the Pandemic

January 15, 2022
…Civil liberties organisations are becoming increasingly concerned that this club will be brought out every flu season on the pretext of protecting society from an infection. The US-based New Civil Liberties Alliance has been running cases to challenge the health edicts imposed by government agencies. Litigation counsel at the alliance Jenin Younes (fully vaccinated) argues…
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Lesh Sentenced to $10,000 Fine, 160 Hours of Public Service

January 12, 2022
A federal judge sentenced self-styled bad boy David Lesh to $10,000 in fines and 160 hours of useful public service Wednesday for his conviction on two petty offenses for illegally riding a snowmobile at a Keystone terrain park in April 2020… Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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