Author: Freedom Watch
By Valerie Richardson The Washington Times January 12, 2018 It’s hard to imagine how the 2014 federal effort to impound Cliven Bundy’s cattle could have gone any worse, but environmentalists are demanding that the Bureau of Land Management go back and try it again. Days after a federal judge threw out the case against Mr. Bundy and two of his sons, environmental groups urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to remove the family’s cattle from the property near Bunkerville, Nevada. Continue Reading…..
By Larry Klayman Newsmax January 11, 2018 A federal judge ruled on January 9 that it is illegal for the President of the United States to stop an illegal government program. Judge William Alsup issued the order in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Alsup ordered President Donald Trump to continue President Obama’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program. Trump had ordered DACA to end on March 5, 2018. Judge Alsup was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Judge Alsup focused on policy values and not much on legal principles. Such political court opinions,…
Tulsa World January 10, 2018 LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of federal charges against the Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff against U.S. land management agents (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The Nevada rancher and states’ rights figure who was freed after federal charges were dismissed in an armed standoff with government agents says the county sheriff and the governor are the only authorities he recognizes. Continue Reading…..
LasVegasSun.com January 10, 2018 Two days after being freed from federal custody, rancher Cliven Bundy arrived at the entrance of Metro Police’s headquarters, trying to speak to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, asking him to protect civilians’ “life, liberty and property.” The meeting did not take place, so Bundy, 71, went on with the scheduled news conference, which was in part a gathering of supporters who cheered the rancher’s remarks. “Sheriff Lombardo,” said Bundy, appearing in front of his family, allies and reporters, “are you going to represent we the people, or are you going to represent the federal…
Analysis | Trump vs. Trump, again: Judge cites presidential tweets as he blocks DACA phaseout By Derek Hawkins Washington Post January 10, 2018 It’s not just the “Fake News Media” that parses President Trump’s tweets in microscopic detail and uses them against him. Federal judges do it too. The White House yet again learned that the hard way when, on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco blocked the administration’s attempt to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Continue Reading…..
Catherine Deneuve Among French Artists Defending Men’s Right To Hit On Women By Nancy Tartaglione Deadline January 10, 2018 A collective of about 100 women has signed an open letter published in Le Monde today rejecting what it sees as a new puritanism in the wake of the sexual harassment and assault scandals. “Rape is a crime,” the women write. “Insistently or awkwardly hitting on someone is not.” Lamenting that the #MeToo campaign has led to “expeditious justice” for men who “may have touched a knee, tried to steal a kiss” or “spoken of ‘intimate’ things during a…
How The Fusion GPS Founder’s Testimony Fits In The Russia Saga By Philip Ewing NPR.org January 10, 2018 The infamous Russia dossier was not the sole basis for the FBI’s investigation into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, according to a newly public document that notched a tactical win for Democrats inside Washington, D.C. That detail and a few others in a nearly 300-page transcript released on Tuesday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., blunts charges by Republicans that the FBI and Justice Department used politically funded agitprop to launch an investigation into Trump’s potential Russia connections — one that…
Cliven Bundy may sue federal government for malicious prosecution, civil-rights abuses By Valerie Richardson The Washington Times January 10, 2018 Rancher Cliven Bundy no longer faces federal charges in the 2014 Nevada standoff, but that doesn’t mean his legal fight with the Justice Department is over. Attorney Larry Klayman said Mr. Bundy is considering filing lawsuits for malicious prosecution and civil-rights violations stemming from the court battle that ended Monday with a federal judge dismissing all charges against him over “flagrant prosecutorial misconduct.” Mr. Klayman, a conservative activist and former Justice Department lawyer who has represented Mr. Bundy…
By Todd Beamon Newsmax January 10, 2018 President Donald Trump “should refuse to talk” to Russia special counsel Robert Mueller, Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman told Newsmax TV on Tuesday. “There’s executive privilege here, separation of powers,” he told “Newsmax Now” host Bill Tucker in an interview. “Number two, anything that the president says will be used against him. “They’ll distort everything. Continue Reading…..
Judge blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA dreamer program The Washington Times January 10, 2018 A federal judge in California blocked President Trump’s planned phaseout of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty in a ruling late Tuesday that could upend the negotiations on Capitol Hill over “Dreamers” future. Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee to the bench, ruled the DACA program legal — the first court to do so — and said the administration illegally cut corners in canceling it. Continue Reading…..