The Backpage trial nearly jumped the tracks on Thursday in Phoenix’s federal court after the defense called twice for a mistrial, only to be denied each time by U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa. Both motions involved material concerning children…
A recent article in Forbes by the magazine’s associate editor, Thomas Brewster, accuses the popular money-transfer giant Cash App of being the “payment tool of choice” for sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), aka, child pornography. However, Brewster’s…
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an attempt by veteran newspapermen and former Backpage owners Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin to reverse a lower court’s decision not to dismiss the…
In the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision forbidding New York state from enforcing certain COVID restrictions on houses of worship, Justice Neil Gorsuch comes off as the judicial embodiment of that notorious line from U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater: “Extremism…
Since its founding in 2012, the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, has proved an endless font of hero-worship and hypocrisy, spewing forth a never-ending stream of bilge about the legacy of the politician whose name it…
The Arizona Republic recently published a report of an April 23 hearing in the federal Backpage prosecution in Phoenix, claiming prosecutors had revealed “new evidence,” which demonstrated that Michael Lacey, a former owner of the now defunct classified ad website…
The cheeky rebels at the Satanic Temple are on a First Amendment winning streak this holiday season, having scored victories in Illinois, Arkansas, and New York, to name just three. Founded in 2012 and based in Salem, Massachusetts, the Satanic Temple…
Wedding cakes are in this season — in court, that is. As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to contemplate whether the First Amendment protects the religious rights of a Colorado baker whose Christian faith led him to refuse to bake a custom wedding…
If you were of a mind to compile an index of government decisions regarding when and where in the United States people are allowed to exercise their constitutional right to freedom of speech and religious expression, you’d want to file…
As part of a White House push to protect religious rights, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently drew up a proposal that would allow healthcare practitioners to decline to perform certain procedures owing to religious objections. The procedures…
