Category: Government Updates
D.C. Drops Mask & Vaccine Mandate for Bars and Strip Clubs, But Not for Students
On Monday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an end to many of the city’s stringent COVID-19 protocols in the coming weeks. Starting yesterday, our...
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Who Will Be the Next Supreme Court Justice?
When Justice Stephen Breyer officially ends his service on the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of June, there will undoubtedly be a nominee already...
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Federal Worker Vaccine Mandate Still Blocked for Now; Federal Appeals Court Won’t Grant Government’s Emergency Request
Does the President of the United States have the authority to order 3.5 million non-military federal employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or lose their...
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Families Shouldn’t Count on a Large Tax Refund This Year
The federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic left millions of Americans with a list of federal agencies they no longer trust or like, including...
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Proposed HHS Rule Would Require Insurers to Pay for ‘Transgender’ Surgeries
A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require insurers to cover transgender surgeries, cross sex hormones and puberty blockers...
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Saddling Future Generations with $30 Trillion in Debt is Immoral and Unjust
On Tuesday this week, the U.S. national debt exceeded $30 trillion for the first time ever. The meteoric rise in our nation’s debt comes after...
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire
Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, NBC News reported today. CNN reports that he is expected to formally announce his...
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School Choice Resolution Introduced in U.S. Senate
Senator James Lankford has introduced a resolution advocating for school choice along with several other senators, just in time for National School Choice Week. The...
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California Senator Proposes Bill Allowing Minors to Get Vaccinated Without Parental Consent
A proposed bill in California will permit minors to choose to receive vaccines without the consent of their parents. On Jan. 20, California state Senator...
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NPR ‘Mask’ Story Accusing Justice Gorsuch of Disrespect for Justice Sotomayor Turns Out to Be Completely False
On January 18 NPR’s Nina Totenberg published a story based on “court sources” that all but accused Justice Neil Gorsuch of intentionally refusing to wear...
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Senate Democrats’ Attempt to Change Filibuster Fails
An attempt by Senate Democrats to change the filibuster failed last night, right after a so-called voting rights bill also failed to pass in the...
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Supreme Court Liberals Form Predictable Voting Bloc, Defying Framers’ Intent
If you don’t regularly pay attention to the U.S. Supreme Court, its oral arguments and decisions, you can’t be faulted for not noticing something that...
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Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine Mandate; Allows Healthcare Worker Mandate to Go Forward
The U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings in two important cases on January 13 involving vaccination mandates from two different government agencies. In one case, the...
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Changing the Filibuster is a Bad Idea. Here’s Why.
There has been a growing push by Senate Democrats to do away with the filibuster, a decades-old rule that requires pieces of legislation to have...
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Regarding Federal Government’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Friday, January 7, in a pair of cases involving two federal mandates regarding COVID-19 vaccination requirements. The...
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Challenging Vaccine Mandates on January 7
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up two cases challenging two of the federal government’s vaccine mandates – one of which requires companies...
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‘Build Back Better’ Bill Fails in Senate After Joe Manchin Says He’s a ‘No’ Vote
Over the weekend, Senator Joe Manchin said that he was a “no” vote on President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better bill. For...
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Sixth Circuit Declines to Put Lawsuits Against Vaccine Mandate Before Full Court
In an update to the ongoing legal saga involving the lawsuits against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) employer vaccine mandate, the 6th U.S....
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Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court Issues Final Report, Sidesteps Court-Packing and Term Limits
Last April, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14023 establishing a Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, whose purpose was to review various proposals for...
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In ‘Stunning Turnaround,’ Proposal to Draft Women Removed from Defense Bill
A proposal to require women to register for the draft has been removed from the defense bill currently being considered by the U.S. Senate. The...
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OSHA Asks Federal Court to Immediately Reinstate Company Vaccine Mandate
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is asking a federal appeals court to immediately reinstate the agency’s vaccine mandate, imposed on companies employing 100...
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House Passes ‘Build Back Better Act’ to Force American Taxpayers to Fund Abortions
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a nearly $2 trillion social spending package that will force Americans to directly fund abortions. The Build Back...
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OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate After Court Ruling
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has suspended enforcement of its national vaccine mandate imposed on individuals working at companies with 100 people...
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North Dakota Governor Signs Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has signed a bill banning the teaching of critical race theory (CRT). According to the text of the bill, HB...
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