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Biden Admin Has Cemented $1 Trillion Worth Of Rules And Regs In 2024, Analysis Finds

The Daily CallerApril 30, 20240

The Biden administration has saddled the U.S. economy with more than $1 trillion worth of final rules and regulations thus far in 2024, according to analysis conducted by the American Action Forum (AAF). The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final emissions regulations for light- and medium-duty vehicles, which some have characterized as an electric vehicle (EV) mandate, pushed the costs of the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda over the $1 trillion threshold for 2024, alone, according to AAF’s analysis. Across all agencies and regulatory actions last week, the federal government published regulations imposing $103 billion worth of total costs and 11.6 million

Kiribati court rules suspended Australian judge cannot be deported

ReutersApril 15, 20240

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – A Kiribati court has ruled that a High Court judge in the Pacific Island nation who has been suspended by the president cannot be deported to Australia where he was born until parliament considers the findings of a tribunal examining a complaint against him. The attempted deportation two years ago of David Lambourne, a judge who is married to Kiribati’s opposition party leader, sparked a judicial crisis in the Pacific Island nation in a case closely watched by the United Nations and international legal groups. A resident of Kiribati for 30 years, Lambourne has been

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Near-Total Abortion Ban Can Go Into Effect

The Daily CallerApril 10, 20240

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a law from 1864 banning nearly all abortions can take effect in a landmark decision. The law makes abortions illegal and punishable by a felony charge of up to five years in prison for anyone who either performs the procedures or helps procure one, with a limited exception to save the life of the mother. Planned Parenthood challenged the law in court, but state Supreme Court justices ordered in a 4-2 decision that the law be allowed to take effect. “We conclude that [the law] does not create a right to, or otherwise

National Collegiate Athletics Org Rules Male Athletes Can’t Compete In Women’s Sports

The Daily CallerApril 9, 20240

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced Monday that only biological females would be allowed to play in women’s sports. The organization’s Council of Presidents voted to approve a policy allowing “only students whose biological sex is female” in its women’s sports competitions, according to The Washington Post. The policy will go into effect on Aug. 1 in time for the 2024-2025 season. “We are unwavering in our support of fair competition for our student-athletes,” Jim Carr, president and CEO of the NAIA, said, according to the Washington Post. “It is crucial that NAIA member institutions, conferences, and student-athletes

China criticises US tightening of chip export rules

ReutersMarch 31, 20240

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has criticised the tightening of U.S. rules on semiconductor exports, saying they have created more hurdles to trade and more uncertainty in the chip industry. The Biden administration last week revised rules aimed at making it harder for China to access U.S. artificial intelligence chips and chipmaking tools, part of a larger effort to hobble Beijing’s chipmaking industry over national security concerns. “The U.S. has broadened the concept of national security, arbitrarily revised the rules, and tightened control measures. That has not only set up more obstacles and imposed a heavier compliance burden on Chinese and

Federal Judge Rules Against Toms River Blocking 4,680 Square Foot Synagogue

Breaking Local News ReportMarch 31, 20240

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Bais Brucha congregation in Toms River celebrated a significant legal victory, concluding a three-year battle with the township. A federal judge found that Toms River engaged in discriminatory practices against the Orthodox Jewish community, obstructing the shul’s expansion efforts. This landmark decision paves the way for Bais Brucha to construct a 4,680-square-foot synagogue in the North Dover section, catering to its increasing membership. Attorney Roman P. Storzer, representing Bais Brucha, emphasized the ruling as an affirmation of religious freedom and equality under the law. The dispute began when Toms River denied Bais Brucha’s zoning permit,

Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules

ReutersMarch 27, 20240

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the state to discard mail-in ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes with missing or incorrect dates written on them by voters. Voting rights advocates said the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 ruling in favor of Republicans could allow for thousands of ballots to be discarded that are cast by voters in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state in the upcoming November presidential election. Several advocacy groups including the Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP had sued

‘The Batman,’ a 2022 blockbuster, wasn’t plagiarized, US judge rules

ReutersMarch 27, 20240

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warner Bros Entertainment didn’t steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster “The Batman” from a writer who created a story about the caped crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer also said the writer Christopher Wozniak infringed copyrights belonging to DC Comics, which employed him as a freelance artist in 1990 when he wrote “The Ultimate Riddle,” later retitled “The Blind Man’s Hat.” “We respectfully disagree with the court’s decision and are considering our next steps,” Wozniak’s lawyer, Terry Parker, said in an

Trump’s Stormy Daniels hush money trial to start on April 15, judge rules

ReutersMarch 25, 20240

By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a [censored] star will begin on April 15, a judge said on Monday, paving the way for the Republican presidential candidate to either be convicted or cleared before the Nov. 5 election. The date all but ensures that Trump will become the first-ever former U.S. president to go on trial for criminal charges. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche said it was unfair for Trump, who held the office from 2017 to 2021, to stand trial while he runs for president.

DAVID BLACKMON: New EPA Auto Emission Rules Reflect The Madness Of King Biden

The Daily CallerMarch 24, 20240

DAVID BLACKMON: New EPA Auto Emission Rules Reflect The Madness Of King Biden David Blackmon on March 23, 2024 In a move that is certain to be challenged in the courts, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency enacted a de facto ban on many gas-powered cars this week in the form of a final regulation on allowable tailpipe emissions. The regulation is designed to force two-thirds of new light-duty cars and 46% of medium duty autos sold in the United States to be electric vehicles by 2032, one of the more hare-brained schemes that make up the Biden Green New Deal

Publishing Photos of Judges in New Jersey Could Soon Be Illegal Under New Rules

Conservative TimesMarch 21, 20240

TRENTON, NJ – A new bill has been introduced aimed at safeguarding the personal identifying information of judicial officers and their immediate family members from unauthorized disclosure. This legislation targets the posting or publishing of such information on the internet, criminalizing actions done with the intent to harm or expose these individuals to harassment. The bill delineates “personal identifying information” broadly, encompassing names, home addresses, photographic images, and other identifiable data. Judicial officers include members of the judiciary across federal, state, and municipal levels. Immediate family members, defined expansively, are also protected under this bill, recognizing the potential risks they

US Supreme Court justices, judges face new rules for disclosing free trips

ReutersMarch 18, 20240

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges can no longer avoid disclosing the value of travel-related gifts they receive by classifying such free trips as “reimbursements” on their financial disclosure forms under new regulations now in effect. The regulations, announced by the federal judiciary late on Friday, follow revelations that conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by a wealthy benefactor. Following media reports on those trips, Thomas in August filed a delayed 2022 financial disclosure report listing private jet trips provided by Texas businessman Harlan Crow to

NYC Mayor To Kick Out Migrants Under New, Tighter Rules

Adam DevineMarch 16, 20240

NYC Implements Stricter Regulations on Migrants in City Shelters NEW YORK – In response to New York City’s escalating immigration crisis, Mayor Eric Adams has announced a decree to enforce tighter regulations on migrants seeking shelter within the city. The decree, announced on Friday, entails an agreement between the city and the Legal Aid Society to limit the duration of stay for adult migrants in the shelter system to approximately one month, deviating from the previous allowances under the 1981 right-to-shelter law. Mayor Adams highlighted the city’s burden in managing a national humanitarian crisis, accommodating approximately 183,000 new arrivals over

FTC can reopen Meta privacy case despite $5 billion fine, court rules

ReutersMarch 13, 20240

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Meta cannot stop the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening a probe into its Facebook unit’s privacy practices for now, a U.S. appeals court ruled, despite Meta’s objections that it already paid a $5 billion fine and agreed to a range of safeguards. The FTC wants to tighten an existing 2020 Facebook privacy settlement to ban profiting from minors’ data and expand curbs on facial recognition technology. The agency has accused Meta of misleading parents about protections for children. The decision late on Tuesday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was

Court Rules Biden Admin Can’t Force Christian Health Care Workers To Perform Trans Surgeries

The Daily CallerMarch 5, 20240

Court Rules Biden Admin Can’t Force Christian Health Care Workers To Perform Trans Surgeries Kate Anderson on March 4, 2024 A district court ruled Monday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) violated the First Amendment by attempting to force religious health care workers to provide gender transition procedures. In 2021, the Christian Employers Alliance (CEA) filed a lawsuit against the EEOC over two mandates requiring religious employers to provide health insurance that covered gender transitions as well as forcing religious physicians to perform sex-change procedures or face charges of discrimination based on gender identity. The District Court of North

Federal Court Rules Major Biden Spending Bill Was Passed Unconstitutionally

The Daily CallerFebruary 28, 20240

Federal Court Rules Major Biden Spending Bill Was Passed Unconstitutionally Harold Hutchison on February 27, 2024 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a $1.7 trillion spending bill was unconstitutionally passed in December 2022 due to the lack of a quorum, blocking enforcement of a law about pregnant women in the workplace. United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas said that the House of Representatives improperly passed the spending package because a quorum of members was not physically present. The then-Democrat-controlled body allowed proxy voting for the measure, which 215 Democrats and nine Republicans supported.

Asbury Park Man to Stay Jailed Before Murder Trial Ocean County Judge Rules

Charlie DwyerFebruary 23, 20240

Asbury Park, NJ – Eric Manzanares, 24, from Asbury Park, has been ordered to remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending his trial for a series of charges including Murder and Attempted Murder, as announced by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Following his extradition from Prince William County, Virginia, on January 24, 2024, Manzanares faced a detention hearing where the decision was made by the Honorable Wendel E. Daniels, J.S.C. (retired and temporarily assigned on recall). The charges against him also encompass Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.

Home Depot ban on worker’s Black Lives Matter apron was illegal, US agency rules

ReutersFebruary 21, 20240

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Home Depot violated U.S. labor law by barring a retail worker from wearing an apron that said “BLM” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, a federal labor board ruled on Wednesday. The National Labor Relations Board in a 3-1 decision said the worker’s refusal to remove the writing from the apron was protected by federal law because it came amid complaints about racial discrimination by employees at the New Brighton, Minnesota store. The worker, Antonio Morales, who uses they/them pronouns, in 2021 was told not to return to work with the altered apron

Italian judge rules U.N. staffers cannot be tried over Congo deaths

ReutersFebruary 14, 20240

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian judge has ruled that two employees of a U.N. agency cannot be tried over the deaths of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver in 2021 because they have diplomatic immunity. Luca Attanasio, bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed during a botched kidnapping on a road in eastern Congo as they were heading toward a World Food Programme (WFP) project. Rome prosecutors had requested a trial for Rocco Leone and Mansour Luguru Rwagaza, who at the time of the attack were respectively the deputy

‘He Didn’t Follow His Own Rules’: Jillian Michaels Bashes Gavin Newsom After Move To Florida

The Daily CallerFebruary 13, 20240

‘He Didn’t Follow His Own Rules’: Jillian Michaels Bashes Gavin Newsom After Move To Florida Harold Hutchison on February 12, 2024 Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels blasted Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California during an interview with Bill Maher, saying the potential presidential candidate was why she moved to Florida. The former “Biggest Loser” star reacted with disbelief when Maher told her he had been trying to get Newsom to seek the presidency “for a long time” during the interview on “Club Random.” Newsom has come under fire over crime in California and the exodus of citizens from that state

Dutch centrist party rules out joining coalition with Wilders

ReutersFebruary 12, 20240

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch political party NSC said on Monday it would not join a new coalition government with the nationalist Freedom Party (PVV) led by anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders, citing irreconcilable differences. The move by NSC, a centrist upstart that took 20 seats in the Nov. 22 election won by Wilders, effectively blocks the formation of a rightwing government that would have a majority in parliament. Coalition talks were already thrown in disarray last week, when the NSC unexpectedly stepped away, leaving the three other prospective coalition partners to puzzle over their next moves. A

Farmers in Europe step up protests against rising costs, green rules

ReutersJanuary 31, 20240

By Marco Trujillo and Philip Blenkinsop PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French and Belgian farmers set up dozens of blockades on highways and on access roads to a major container port on Wednesday to press governments to ease environmental rules and protect them from rising costs and cheap imports. Protests have spread across Europe. Spanish farmers said they would join the movement, while 1,000 Italian farmers were planning to take part in rallies in Brussels on Thursday, to press EU leaders meeting in the capital to act. German and Romanian farmers with similar grievances have also taken action. Farmers say they are

BoE says ‘ring fencing’ capital rules for retail banks need no big overhaul

ReutersJanuary 25, 20240

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said on Thursday that its rules requiring banks to “ring fence” their retail arms with bespoke buffers of capital have worked satisfactorily with no major overhaul needed. Banks have lobbied for the rules, which Britain introduced after the global financial crisis of 2007-09, when taxpayers had to bail out several lenders, to be scrapped. The finance ministry has already proposed that the threshold at which ring fencing applies to banks should increase from 25 billion pounds ($31.83 billion) of deposits to 35 billion pounds, part of an easing in regulation post-Brexit

China regulator removes draft video game rules from website; shares jump

ReutersJanuary 22, 20240

By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s gaming regulator has removed from its website rules it proposed last month aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage playing video games, checks by Reuters on Tuesday showed, in a move that boosted gaming company shares. The link to the draft rules on the National Press and Publication Administration’s (NPPA) website was inaccessible as of Tuesday morning, after having worked on Monday. The consultation period on the rules, which sparked market turmoil when they were first announced, expired on Monday. The removal was described by analysts as unusual, with some saying a

Peru PM rules out financial support for struggling state oil firm

ReutersJanuary 21, 20240

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru will not grant new financial support for indebted state oil firm Petroperu, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said on Sunday, just days after the firm said it needed funds of more than $2.5 billion. The firm is grappling with a liquidity crisis after expenditure to modernize its Talara refinery, financed with bonds, private bank loans and state contributions, surged to a larger-than-expected $6.5 billion. Last week, the firm said it needed a state “capital contribution” of $1.15 billion, as well as capitalization of a previous support pledge of $750 million and a guarantee for a $650-million loan.