The following article, Oregon’s “Judicial Jailbreak”, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Oregon’s judicial jailbreak comes as no surprise, considering the track record of its blue leadership. But now that the Ninth Circuit Court has weighed in on their lack of following the Constitution, the state could experience a huge inmate problem. All because the state has failed to provide attorneys for its indigent inmates. The Sixth … Continue reading Oregon’s “Judicial Jailbreak” ...

A new poll conducted immediately following former President Trump's criminal conviction in New York found a significant number of Republicans say they are less likely to vote for him in November. One in 10 registered GOP voters said Trump's felony conviction for falsifying business records would make them less likely to support him for president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Friday. The two-day poll was conducted hours after a jury in Manhattan on Thursday found Trump...

Black voters are turning away from Donald Trump after he made history as the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime, according to a new poll. Trump's campaign has stepped up its outreach to Black voters since he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, claiming that Black Americans can relate to being targeted by an unfair justice system. But a poll conducted late last month suggests Black voters are not being swayed by Trump, who has...

Donald Trump is finally facing punishment for his crimes—34 of them, to be exact. But virtually no one foresaw his guilty verdict, including the public. In May, the progressive pollster Navigator Research found that, while 57% of voters believed Trump had committed a crime at some point during his presidency, a 47% plurality of voters didn't think Trump would be convicted for any of his crimes. Conviction doubters included a 46% plurality of independents (just 30% believed Trump would be...

When Trillium offered to buy Getty Images for $4 billion in April 2023, the Boston-based investment firm wouldn't disclose how it planned to finance the deal or how much money it managed. That's because Trillium didn't plan to actually buy Getty, and its brokerage account had a balance of just $17.32. The latest: The SEC and DOJ on Friday both charged Trillium and its CEO Scott Murray with securities fraud, essentially claiming that the Getty episode was a pump-and-dump scheme. Murray...

The Israel Defense Forces says its representatives have informed the families of four hostages being held in Gaza “that they are no longer alive.” The IDF said it had told the families of Chaim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Amiram Cooper, and Nadav Popplewell “who were brutally abducted to the Gaza Strip on October 7, that they are no longer alive and that their bodies are held by the Hamas terrorist organization.” The IDF said the decision to pronounce the four hostages dead was based on...