A growing number of Americans are in favor of a national divorce. According to a Bright Line/YouGov poll, 37% of respondents expressed a willingness for their state to secede. Some Texans have been threatening secession for years, but states like California and New Hampshire also have growing secessionist groups. But could a state actually legally…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday American women are no longer required to pick up abortion pills. Under the change, women will be able to get a prescription via an online consultation and receive the pills through the mail. The FDA stopped enforcing the in-person requirement earlier due to the pandemic. Thursday’s decision…

The Supreme Court has turned to its ‘shadow docket’ more frequently and for bigger decisions. Between November 2020 and  September 2021, the Supreme Court used its shadow docket for emergency injunctions seven times. Steve Vladeck, the Charles Alan Wright Chair In Federal Courts at the University of Texas Law School testified as much to a…

The Supreme Court granted wins to both sides of the legal battle over the Texas abortion law Friday, allowing a lawsuit against the law to proceed while leaving the law in effect. The court heard arguments on whether abortion providers could sue over the law last month. The vote was 8-1 to allow the lawsuit…

A day after former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was convicted on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic attack, a British appeals court overturned a lower court ruling Friday that could lead to WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange being extradited to the United States.…

Did you see the scene outside the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments about abortion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization? Our nation is clearly deeply divided on this issue. Polling demonstrates it as well. For those who say abortion is morally acceptable, there are an equal number who say it’s…

In what may be the biggest Supreme Court abortion case since Roe V. Wade, the court heard arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Wednesday. The case directly challenges Roe V. Wade, as well as the 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. According to the decisions in both those cases, states can…

Update (Dec. 9, 2021): A day after former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows sued the House committee investigating January’s Capitol riots, a federal appeals court ruled against former President Donald Trump Thursday. Former President Trump was trying to shield documents from the committee. In its ruling, the court said there was a “unique legislative need”…

In a Twitter video posted Monday, Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced he will be running for governor of Texas. This will be his third run for a major office in as many election cycles. He narrowly lost the election for one of Texas’ Senate seats to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018 and was in the…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas addressed the bitter divisions afflicting the United States of America during a recent appearance at the University of Notre Dame. Using personal stories of his own troubles at a young age, Thomas offered up his vision of what America stands for. In his eyes, the Declaration of Independence remains a…