by Jim Heath | Jan 2, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
A federal judge has thrown out a loony lawsuit that had sought to give Mike Pence the power to overturn the presidential election during a formal count of the votes next week. Texas US District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, on Friday dismissed the suit,...
by Jim Heath | Dec 29, 2020 | Headlines, Religion
The Mormon church has been hit with seven lawsuits accusing it of covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scouts troops in Arizona. It marks the latest litigation before the state’s end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue. The Church of Jesus Christ...
by Jim Heath | Dec 27, 2020 | Headlines
The Girl Scouts are in a “highly damaging” recruitment war with the Boy Scouts after the latter opened its core services to girls, leading to marketplace confusion and some girls unwittingly joining the Boy Scouts, lawyers for the century-old Girl Scouts...
by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2020 | 2020, Headlines
A Dominion Voting Systems employee is suing the Trump campaign, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell as well as news networks OANN and Newsmax over alleged defamation. Eric Coomer, director of product strategy and security for the company, filed the lawsuit in Denver,...
by Jim Heath | Dec 20, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines, Trump
Undeterred by dismissals and admonitions from judges, Donald Trump’s campaign continued with its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election today, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court. The petition seeks to reverse a trio...
