Mexico held elections for its judiciary at every level on June 1. These, the first such elections since reforms making the judiciary elected were passed last fall, saw a sweep by Mexico’s dominant party. The political party Morena, or the…
Recent rulings by two federal judges in the District of Columbia illustrate how politically biased its entire judiciary has become. Former Chief Judge Beryl Howell concluded that Donald Trump had not been sufficiently forthcoming in producing documents sought in a…
Jury duty gets a bad rap and for good reason: It’s time consuming, disruptive, and often means being away from seemingly more important things. But juries are critical to the American legal system and to the concept of justice in…
In 2020, a small group of Montana minors filed a lawsuit to force Montana officials to consider climate change when they approve fossil fuel projects. Their lawsuit, Held v. Montana, argued that children are “uniquely vulnerable” to climate change; hence…
A devoted follower and defender of Louis Farrakhan manages outreach for the district attorney responsible for prosecuting criminals in Boston, Massachusetts, and several communities north of the city. Farrakhan is the leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black-supremacist…
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called the January 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” It would be easy to dismiss this hyperbolic comparison as just…
This past Tuesday, Judicial Watch released a trove of emails about the settlement agreement between the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Robert Gordon, who was the department director, that show the lengths to which department officials fumbled…
Our night begins with Kerry Washington, a cousin of Colin Powell and an actress who played a make-believe person in politics, Olivia Pope. She tells us that she has never forgotten the Preamble to the Constitution. Maybe she should be…
Public servants operating in secret to reveal the secrets of others often find their whispers put on blast. Bruce Ohr, as a result of the tenacity of Judicial Watch, finds himself in this situation. The 339 pages of heavily-redacted material…
