Republicans Rebuke Democrat Senators for Threatening the Supreme Court (Constitution news round-up)

Separation of Powers: All 53 Republican senators rebuke 5 Democrat senators for threatening the Supreme Court and assaulting judicial independence in gun case
https://www.theepochtimes.com/all-gop-senators-rebuke-5-dems-for-assault-on-judicial-independence_3067363.html

1A Press: The government deciding what is fake news? FEC chairwoman and Defense Department moving in this direction. This is trouble.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/election-meddling-far-left-federal-election-commission-chairwoman-targets-conservative-online-news-outlets-video/
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https://news.yahoo.com/u-unleashes-military-fight-fake-134326896.html

Discrimination: Supreme Court is asked to take 3 cases presenting question of whether ‘sex’ in the Civil Rights Act includes sexual orientation and gender identity; do agencies really have that power or should it be left to Congress to decide?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/3/civil-rights-act-supreme-court-cases-decide-sexual/

1A: unions fighting Janus mandatory dues decision at the state level; 100 bills to skirt Supreme Court ruling introduced
https://freebeacon.com/issues/union-leaders-launch-janus-counterattack/
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https://freebeacon.com/issues/suit-pa-unions-continue-to-charge-fees-ruled-unconstitutional/

1A Religion: Peace cross case to figure prominently in suit against New Hampshire VA hospital for Bible display
https://freebeacon.com/issues/veterans-face-off-in-court-over-bible-display-in-v-a-hospital/

2A: 4th Circuit rules Charleston church shooting victims can sue U.S. over lapses in vetting gun purchasers
https://bwcentral.org/2019/08/charleston-mass-shooting-victims-can-sue-u-s-over-gun-purchase-court/

1A Free Press: court restores press pass of punk reporter who swore at President Trump in the Rose Garden
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/obama-appointed-judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-playboy-reporter-brian-karems-press-credential/

1A Religion: 3rd Circuit rules Pennsylvania House need not give nontheists opportunity to offer the invocation
https://reason.com/2019/08/30/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-17/

4A: 11th Circuit becomes 11th court of appeals to uphold nationwide remote-access computer search in child pornography cases; this warrant exceeded magistrate’s authority but officers relied on it in good faith
http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201714915.pdf

4A: 1st Circuit upholds search of package believed to contain methamphetamine even though warrant application mistakenly included wrong attachment describing a different package
https://reason.com/2019/08/30/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-17/

Discrimination: a church cannot take control of an entire town and discriminate against nonmembers or use the town’s resources to advance the church’s interests (the infamous Warren Jeffs again)
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/08/26/17-16472(3).pdf

1A: proposed Alaska Bar Association rule to combat discrimination by lawyers threatens free speech and religious liberty
http://www.law.state.ak.us/pdf/press/190809-Letter.pdf
 
2A: 7th Circuit again upholds Chicago’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/755551838/u-s-appeals-court-in-chicago-again-upholds-laws-banning-assault-weapons

5A Self-Incrimination: panel discusses compelled decryption of smartphones
https://fedsoc.org/events/compelled-decryption

14A Due Process: a criminal court that depends on fines for a substantial portion of its budget is acting unconstitutionally in not providing a neutral forum
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2019/08/30/federal-court-declares-new-orleans-debtors-prison-unconstitutional/#733dcf79221f

Electoral College: opponents of the National Popular Vote Compact in Colorado gathered enough signatures to place a referendum on the 2020 ballot to repeal enabling state legislation
https://www.theepochtimes.com/colorado-voters-may-exit-from-national-popular-vote-compact_3065783.html

Federal prosecutor in Ohio files anti-Semitism charges, warns white nationalists they don’t have a constitutional right to have people listen to their garbage, but others do have the right to live and worship in peace
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/08/29/Prosecutor-warns-white-supremacists-while-announcing-charges-over-anti-Semitic-threats/8841567132605/?ts_=6

Shame! on the woman who destroyed several U.S. flags in Virginia neighborhoods
https://fraudscrookscriminals.com/2019/08/30/virginia-woman-arrested-for-destroying-american-flags-in-several-neighborhoods/

Kudos! To Nexstar television for starting the broadcast day on its 171 stations with the National Anthem
https://commonsensepost.com/2019/09/01/nexstar-tv-stations-to-begin-playing-national-anthem-every-day-starting-labor-day/