Fifth Time’s a Charm? Government Wants Another Bundy Trial
After four defeats in cases in Nevada and Oregon, federal prosecutors want another try at prosecuting the ranching family at the core of two armed standoffs with the government.
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Judge Dismisses Free Speech Suit Brought by ‘Unite the Right’ Organizer
A federal judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit brought against the city of Charlottesville by a “Unite the Right” organizer who claimed city officials violated his First Amendment rights.
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CNN Settles Lawsuit With Kentucky Teen in Demonstration
CNN has settled a lawsuit with a Kentucky teen who claimed media organizations falsely labeled him as a racist following a well-publicized encounter with a Native American last year at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
Read moreAbortion Foes Play Down Privacy Concerns in Criminal Hearing
Wednesday was the second day of a nine-day preliminary hearing that will determine whether two anti-abortion activists charged with recording people without their consent as part of a heavily edited video meant to embarrass abortion providers will be put on trial.
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Judge Orders White House to Reinstate Reporter’s Pass
The White House is bristling Wednesday after a federal judge reinstate press access to a Playboy reporter whose clash with a former adviser to the president went viral this summer.
Read moreReporter Pushes Judge to Reinstate White House Press Pass
A federal judge said Tuesday he hopes to rule within the next week on the press-pass challenge brought by a Playboy reporter whose confrontation with a former Trump administration official at the White House went viral.
Read moreFar-Right Groups Leave Portland Rally Early, Claim Victory
The expected melee between extreme right wing protesters and antifascist counter-demonstrators didn’t fully materialize Saturday, resolving with a handful of scattered arrests as far right organizers in town from Utah and Florida called the rally “a success” while retreating to drink beer at a barbecue.
Read moreCharlottesville Lawyers Seek Order to Stop White Nationalist Threats
Lawyers for the victims of a violent rally two years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, have asked a federal judge to stop a high-profile white nationalist from threatening them or their clients online.
Read moreInfowars Settles ‘Pepe the Frog’ Spat for $15,000
Right-wing conspiracy website Infowars agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday by turning over profits it made from selling an alt-right poster featuring artist Matt Furie’s cartoon “Pepe the Frog” design.
Read moreTussle Over Pepe the Frog Likely Headed to Trial
A federal judge indicated Monday that a jury should decide whether the right-wing conspiracy website Infowars’ use of the Pepe the Frog cartoon on a 2017 alt-right poster infringed the artist’s copyright or amounted to political free speech.
Read moreNeo-Nazi Website Founder Forfeits Defense in ‘Troll Storm’ Suit
The publisher of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website who unleashed a “troll storm” on a Jewish family in Montana failed to show up for a deposition in New York, leading to an entry of default against him Tuesday.
Read moreInfowars’ Alex Jones Can’t Duck Charlottesville Defamation Suit
Infowars creator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who is facing multiple defamation lawsuits over false comments made about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, will have to face another defamation lawsuit, this time over the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies that ended in the death of counter protester Heather Heyer.
Read moreJudge Rules Against Alt-Right Lecturer Who Praised Hitler
A New Jersey college lecturer who lost his job after he touted Adolph Hitler as “a great European leader” does not have a case for defamation, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreNot a Quiet Riot
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed with prejudice claims against the University of California, Berkeley, stemming from riots that erupted after the school canceled a speech by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos in 2017, but allowed claims against two UC Berkeley police officers handling the crowd to continue.
Read moreInfowars & Alex Jones Sued by Conspiracy Theorist Corsi
Escalating a feud among conspiracy theorists, Jerome Corsi and lawyer Larry Klayman brought a federal defamation complaint late Thursday against Alex Jones and his Infowars website.
Read moreCoast Guard Officer Accused of Terror Plot Kept in Jail
The Coast Guard lieutenant who prosecutors say was plotting a mass killing of lawmakers and media members must remain in detention while he awaits trial on drug and gun charges, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreFeds Say Right-Wing Coast Guard Officer Planned Terrorist Attack
A U.S. Coast Guard officer and self-proclaimed white nationalist was arrested last week after investigators discovered a cache of weapons in his Maryland home, as well as a hit list of journalists and Democratic politicians and activists, according to court documents.
Read moreCharlottesville Judge Keeps Subpoena Efforts in Place
Advancing a bid for evidence that participants in the fatal 2017 Unite the Right rally had geared up for racially motivated violence, a federal judge rejected a motion to quash Tuesday by a white supremacist blogger.
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