Today in History: Preparations Begin for Impeachment Trial of Justice Samuel Chase
Today in 1804, the Jeffersonian Republican-controlled United States Senate appointed a committee to plan the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chase had been impeached by the House of Representatives...
Texas Bill Would Ban “No-Knock” Warrants
AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 30, 2022) โ A bill prefiled in the Texas House would ban โno-knockโ warrants and set the foundation to nullify several Supreme Court opinions in practice and effect. On Nov. 18, Rep. Ron Reynolds (D) prefiled House Bill 762 (HB762) for introduction...
Supreme Court Upholds Bump Stock Ban. Again.
The โfederal courts will protect our rights!โ crowd just got another pie in the face with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision refusing to hear a lawsuit involving President Donald Trumpโs unconstitutional 2018 bump stock ban. The lawsuit in question concerned whether...