Tag: Rules

Court dings Nancy Pelosi’s pandemic vote-by-proxy scheme, rules spending bill was illegally passed

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stretched the Constitution beyond its breaking point with her pandemic-era voting rules that allowed lawmakers to vote on bills without even being present. Judge James Wesley Hendrix, in his groundbreaking ruling, also said a spending bill passed using the proxy-voting system was passed illegally, since […]

Judge Roger Benitez reverses himself, rules that California’s ban on billy clubs is unconstitutional

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three years ago that upheld the prohibition on billy clubs, batons and similar blunt objects. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled last week that the prohibition “unconstitutionally infringes the Second Amendment rights of American […]

Alexander Smirnov charged with lying about Bidens, will remain jailed awaiting trial, judge rules

LOS ANGELES — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles ordered Alexander Smirnov’s detention after prosecutors raised concerns […]