The Florida medical marijuana mess continues, a Nebraska medical marijuana initiative has submitted proposed language, and more. Florida Second Florida Bill to End Ban on Smoking Medical Marijuana Filed. State Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) has filed SB 182, which would end the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana. A similar bill, SB 372, was filed earlier […]
FDA begins to move on allowing hemp-based CBD products, Florida’s legal battle over medical marijuana takes another twist, and more. National FDA Begins Process of Allowing Hemp-Based CBD Products. After President Trump signed the 2018 farm bill into law late last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release pledging to pursue […]
White House Writing Up ‘New Rules’ for Press President Donald Trump says the White House is “writing up rules and regulations” for reporters after a judge ordered the administration to restore credentials for CNN reporter Jim Acosta. President Trump told reporters Friday that “people have to behave.” He added that if journalists “do not listen […]
Medical Marijuana Update It’s been a whipsaw week for Michigan’s unlicensed dispensaries, Oklahoma sees its 1st legal medical marijuana sales, and more. Michigan Michigan Regulators Say More Than 200 Unlicensed Michigan Dispensaries Must Close Down By Wednesday. The state’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Board has approved 14 more dispensary licenses, but some 215 pot businesses that […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk Mocks SEC in Tweet $TSLA Thursday, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk mocked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) referencing a settlement deal with the commission. “The Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!” Mr. Musk said in a Tweet where he was likely […]
GOP is Investigating the Ford Allegations Against Kavanaugh, No FBI Probe Needed The FBI has no jurisdiction in such a case, no federal crime was committed Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says the FBI does not need to look into the sexual-assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh because Republicans are […]
FBI Does Not Want to Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the FBI does not want to investigate an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. “I do not think the FBI should be involved because they do not want to be involved,” President Trump told reporters […]
Judge Kavanaugh’s Accuser Has Not Agreed to Testify Senator Chuck Grassley, (R-Iowa), said Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her, has yet to accept an invitation to testify Monday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “We have reached out to her in the last 36 hours 3 […]
Judge Kavanaugh says Sexual Misconduct Accusation ‘Completely False’ Monday, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s US Supreme Court pick, called a woman’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago “completely false,” while a lawyer said the accuser is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel that is scheduled to vote this week […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Briefing, Cryptocurrencies Making Gains Across Industries $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD, $USD, $MS In the market The talk in the cryptocurrency industry last surrounded Ethereum (ETH) as participants stand by and await the next stage of the digital coin’s development. The protocol also served as the starting point for a new fully regulated USD based stable-coin. […]
Manafort Jury Cannot Reach Consensus on All Counts The jury in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort indicated in a note Tuesday that it is struggling to reach a unanimous verdict on all 18 tax- and bank-fraud charges. The note asked what to do if the jury of 6 men […]
No Verdict, Manafort Jury Adjourns for a 3rd Day Running The jury in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort ended its 3rd day of deliberations on Monday without reaching a verdict. The judge said the jury would reconvene on Tuesday morning. The case is the 1st to go […]
Confirmation Hearings for Brett Kavanaugh Begin September 4th Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, 53 anni, will begin on 4 September Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced Friday. Opening statements by committee members will take place on 4 September and the questioning of Judge Kavanaugh will start the following day, the […]
Support Flowing into Senate for Judge Kavanaugh And overwhelming flow of support for President Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court, Circuit Court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, is coming into the Senate Judiciary Committee. Over 400 signatories, men and women from every walk of life who have encountered or worked with Judge Kavanaugh. They include lawyers, […]
US Judge Rules 100’d of Lawsuits Alleging ‘Roundup’ Caused Cancer Go Froward Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle Tuesday when a US judge ruled that cancer victims and their families could present expert testimony linking the herbicide to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. US District Judge Vince Chhabria said evidence that […]
President Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court Monday, US President Donald Trump has chosen conservative federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for US Supreme Court Justice. Judge Kavanaugh would replaced retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy when confirmed by the US Senate. More to come
Medical Marijuana Update Philly, the City of Brotherly Love gets its 1st dispensary A Florida judge has blocked a state ban on patients smoking medical marijuana Colorado’s governor signs a medical marijuana in school bill, but vetoes a medical marijuana for autism. Colorado Colorado Governor Signs Medical Marijuana at School Bill. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) […]
Elite Republicans Engaged Stormy’s Lawyer to Heckle President Trump The Republican Establishment Vs President Friday, the attorney for XXXXStormy Daniels revealed on that anti-Trump elite Republicans offered him hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations in a bid to hurt the Commander-in-Chief, offers the lawyer says he has firmly rejected. “We have turned down over […]
Ellis Delivered the Message to Mueller, Giuliani Delivered the Order to Sessions Saturday, Rudy Giuliani, President Trumps personal lawyer, declared that USAG Jeff Sessions “should step up and dismiss” the Russia investigation because special counsel Robert Mueller has overstepped his mandate. “This plays into what my client, the President of the United States, has been […]
Robert Mueller & Company Treating President Trump Like a ‘Mafia Boss’ Saturday, retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz applauded a federal judge in Virginia for calling the case against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort a ploy for information for impeachment, and complained that special counsel Robert Mueller and federal investigators are treating the […]
Robert Mueller ‘Cited’ for Prosecutorial Over Reach Friday, the sitting federal judge in open court challenged special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecution of Paul Manafort, scolding prosecutors for squeezing the former campaign manager to get information that would help impeach President Donald Trump. “The vernacular is, ‘to Sing,’” Judge T.S. Ellis III, a Ronald Reagan appointee, […]
US Federal Court Now Looking into Monsanto’s Roundup $MON Claims that the active ingredient St. Louis, MO-based Monsanto (NYSE:MON) widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer have been evaluated by international agencies, US and foreign regulators and the product’s manufacturer agribusiness giant Monsanto. Now, a federal judge in San Francisco is conducting his own […]
Stepson of Roy Moore Accuser Calls Story a Lie, “I know this woman” Alabama senatorial candidate Judge Roy Moore has suffered a barrage of attacks from Democrats, including sexual assault accusations. Last Monday, Beverly Young Nelson, 56, claimed Moore assaulted her when she was 16-years-old Beverly Young Nelson’s stepson, Darrel Nelson, posted a video on Facebook Wednesday […]
Mother of Activist Democrat Accuser of Judge Roy Moore Disputes Daughter’s Claims The mother of Leigh Corfman, who says that Alabama Senatorial Candidate Judge Roy Moore tried to engage in a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 anni, has contradicted a Key detail of Ms. Corfman’s story. Speaking by phone to Breitbart […]
Judge Orders Clinton’s Lawyers to Face Bar Investigation in Maryland Monday, a Maryland judge ordered the state bar to open an investigation Monday into the 3 lawyers who helped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to delete her private e-Mails. Circuit Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against David E. Kendall, Cheryl […]
President Trump’s Travel Ban Gets a Boost in Federal Court US District Court Judge Derrick Watson cut back the injunction he issued against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban order. Judge Watson’s move comes after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his injunction, but noted portions that blocked The Trump Administration from reviewing vetting […]
The Trump Travel Ban is Religiously “Neutral” US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban does not discriminate on the basis of religion and was wrongly 2nd-guessed by a federal judge in Hawaii, the Trump Administration said in court documents filed with an appeals court Friday seeking to reinstate the Presidential ban. Last month in Hawaii, […]
Expect US Appeals Court to Reverse Obama’s “Hack judge” on Travel Ban The Ninth Circuit Court will toss Wednesday’s decision by a federal judge extending the order that blocks President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the founder of Freedom Watch said in a TV interview Thursday. US District Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii “is so way […]
Dakota Access Pipeline Into Operation This Week Crude Oil will start flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline “this week,” the company said. It was reported late Monday, that a 2-page filing in the DC Circuit Court, a weekly update on the project’s status ordered by a judge in February, the filing was heavily redacted due […]
Legal Scholars Back President Trump’s Supreme Court Pick President Donald Trump’s selection of 10th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia as a very smart appointment. Just after President Donald Trump announced his selection Tuesday evening Alan Dershowitz said, “I think Trump was smart […]
Federal Judge Blocks Barack Obamacare Abortion and Transgender Protections Saturday, a federal judge in Texas issued a court order barring enforcement of an Obama Administration policy seeking to extend anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Barack Obamacare to transgender health and abortion-related services. The decision sides with Texas, 7 other states and […]
FBI Recovers Hillary Clinton’s “Erased” Benghazi e-Mails The US State Department says 30 e-Mails involving the Y 2012 attack on US diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, are among the thousands of Hillary Clinton e-Mails recovered during the FBI’s recently closed investigation into the former Secretary of State’s use of a private server. Government lawyers told […]