Day: May 9, 2025

Ignoring their oath to the Constitution

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – This piece examines elected officials’ oath to the Constitution and the alarming gaps in civic education that leave many unaware of their duties. It explores recent examples of oath violations, questions accountability measures, and proposes practical steps to ensure public servants firmly uphold the fundamental law they pledged to support.

Shelby County Health Department Admits COVID-19 Funding Pulled by Trump Admin Used for ‘Mpox,’ ‘Other Infectious Diseases’

The Director of Health in Shelby County, Tennessee, acknowledged on Thursday that pandemic-era grant money, pulled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and the Trump administration, was being used to treat diseases other than COVID-19.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informed the public that more than $11 billion in COVID-19 grant money was scheduled to recalled by the agency in March, when HHS Director of Communications Andrew Nixon declaring the "pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago."

Arizona Legislature Files Amicus Curiae Brief at Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Supporting Idaho’s Voter ID Law

The Arizona Legislature, along with 19 other states, submitted an amicus curiae brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week supporting Idaho’s voter ID law, which prohibits student ID cards as an acceptable form of identification for voting. A lower court judge appointed by former President Joe Biden, Amanda K. Brailsford, already ruled in favor of the law, stating that the plaintiffs in March for Our Lives Idaho v. McGrane, which included both March For Our Lives Idaho and the Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans, failed to show proof of discrimination against youth voters.

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Asks Lawyers to ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Fight’

With ‘uncertainty’ in the country, ‘being here with you is an act of solidarity,’ the justice told an American Bar Association conference.

Trump Signs Order Targeting ‘Overcriminalization’ in Federal Regulation

‘The purpose of this order is to ease the regulatory burden on everyday Americans,’ the order states.

Judge Allows CIA To Fire Official Who Played Role In Biden’s Military COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A federal district judge is allowing the CIA to fire the agency’s director of the Center for Global Health Services Dr. Terry Adirim. Adirim filed a lawsuit against the CIA on May 2 after she was fired by the agency and accused it of denying her due process and also caving to criticism over her role in mandating COVID-19 […]

Judge Warns Trump’s Order May Violate Previous Ruling on Sanctuary Cities

The Trump administration argued that the issue was premature since no funding had been withdrawn.

Feds Investigating Wash. State Bill Requiring Priests to Break Seal of Confessional

Washington’s new law requires priests to violate the seal of the confessional by reporting penitents who seek absolution for child abuse. …

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