Who is Melissa Isaak? Trump's New Immigration Lawyer Made 'Disgusting' Remarks About Women as a 'Warm, Wet Hole' Melissa Isaak, Trump's new immigration lawyer, faces backlash for past controversial comments about women, sparking debate over her appointment. International Business Times UK · Apr 27
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Vigilantes, less-lethal munitions, and a bananas ID theft case. Reason · Apr 24
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Roy Moore's Libel Suit Over "Banned from … Mall … for Soliciting Sex from Young Girls" / "One He Approached Was 14" Ad From the long opinion in Moore v. Cecil, decided today by Judge Elizabeth Branch, joined by Judges Jill Pryor and… The post Eleventh Circuit Rejects Roy Moore's Libel Suit Over "Banned from … Mall … for Soliciting Sex from Young Girls" / "One He Approached Was 14" Ad appeared first… Reason · Apr 24
51 Years Later, The Perfect Christmas Slasher Just Got A Huge Upgrade A new Blu-ray release of 'Black Christmas' in 4K proves that it still provides the perfect slasher template. Inverse · Dec 16, 2025
Pastor linked to Lutheran church group also linked to neo-Confederate movement John Eidsmoe, associated with Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, has history with public defenses of Confederacy The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2025
Senate Democrats need to break some streaks to win the majority - Roll Call Why would Democrats have any chance of winning the Senate in 2026? Because streaks are made to be broken, writes analyst Nathan L. Gonzales. Roll Call · May 7, 2025
GOP senators on 2026 ballot walk a fine line on Trump loyalty - Roll Call Some Republican senators will walk a careful path to satisfy Donald Trump's demands for loyalty and navigate threats of a primary challenge. Roll Call · Dec 18, 2024
Louisiana's new law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms churns old political conflicts A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2024
Roy Moore Is (Still) Constitutionally Illiterate A lesson in how to ensure you lose a case in court. Reason · Jun 1, 2023
Court records show political pressure behind Fox programming Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox News' top executives sometimes were actively involved in politics rather than simply reporting or offering opinions on it The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023
Revival sought for pastor's lawsuit over COVID restrictions An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama wants a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor's damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Former Ala. Senate Candidate Roy Moore Wins $8.2M Libel Verdict The court allowed the case to go forward in an opinion on June 2: Press accounts, on which defendant political organization (the Senate Majority PAC) was generally entitled to rely, had said that (1) Moore "had been banned from the mall because he repeatedly badgered teen-age girls" and that (2)… Reason · Aug 15, 2022
A Democratic-aligned super PAC is ordered to pay Roy Moore $8.2M in a defamation suit A federal jury found that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed the Alabama Republican in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid. WEKU · Aug 13, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022 Jury: Democratic PAC defamed Roy Moore, awards him $8.2M Republican Roy Moore of Alabama has won a defamation lawsuit against a Democratic-aligned super PAC over campaign ads dating to his failed 2017 Senate bid
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022 Court rejects Roy Moore’s defamation case against Sacha Baron Cohen The court said the segment was ‘clearly comedy’
Reason · Jul 7, 2022 Roy Moore Loses Libel Suit Against Sacha Baron Cohen in Second Circuit From today's opinion in Moore v. Baron Cohen, by Judges Rosemary S. Pooler, Gerard E. Lynch, Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.: Baron Cohen created, co-produced, and co-wrote Who Is America?, a television program that aired on Showtime. As part of the show, Baron Cohen and his team convinced Roy Moore ("Judge…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022 Arrest that joke! A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops Standup Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, our writer looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide
Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022 Six-term Rep. Mo Brooks loses Senate bid in Alabama WASHINGTON — An early favorite who had Donald Trump’s endorsement until the former president took it back, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks lost a turbulent campaign for the Republican nomination for Senate on Tuesday.
Roll Call · Jun 21, 2022 Six-term Rep. Mo Brooks loses Senate bid in Alabama - Roll Call Rep. Mo Brooks’ loss means his 12-year career on Capitol Hill will end when the current Congress adjourns in January.
Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022 Man arrested and found guilty of littering after planting flowers on fiancée's grave Winston "Winchester" Hagans’ fiancée Hannah Ford was killed in a three-car crash in January 2021, around a month after the pair got engaged
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022 Roy Moore seeks to revive lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen A lawyer for Roy Moore is trying to persuade three federal judges to revive a $95 million lawsuit the former Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate brought against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
Reason · Jun 2, 2022 Roy Moore Can Proceed with Libel Suit Over Allegation That He Had Solicited Sex at Mall from 14-Year-Old Press accounts had said he “had been banned from the mall because he repeatedly badgered teen-age girls” and that he had told a 14-year-old girl at the mall “she looked pretty.” "But viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Moore, the court finds that telling viewers that Moore…
The Guardian - US · Mar 30, 2022 The Republican party is obsessed with children – in the creepiest of ways For all their posturing about defending children from abuse, their record tells another story
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 17, 2022 White House defends Jackson against GOP attacks on sex offense sentencing, Guantanamo work WASHINGTON — The White House sought Thursday to combat a sharp attack against President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee by the same Republican senator who led the unsuccessful effort in the Senate to overturn Biden’s election.