Seattle’s ‘democracy voucher’ under fire: ‘Clear violation of 1st Amendment rights,’ critics say

Seattle's 'democracy voucher' under fire: 'Clear violation of 1st Amendment rights,' critics say The City of Seattle is experimenting with a first-in-the nation program that potentially makes every adult a campaign donor. Under the democracy voucher program, every resident who is a registered voter has been mailed four $25 vouchers.

Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge expands list of relatives exempted from order

A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday expanded the list of "bona fide" family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six majority Muslim countries to avoid President Trump's travel ban. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ordered the U.S. not to enforce the travel ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the U.S. "Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents," Watson said in his ruling.

Right to curse out one’s boss on Facebook

"It's been two years since the NLRB determined that section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act protected an employee's profanity laced Facebook rant simply because he ended it with a pro union message. I held out hope that the court of appeals would see the folly in the decision and send a clear message to employees and employers that such misconduct remains a terminable offense.

Dem Rep Floats Conspiracy Theory About GOP Operative’s Suicide – Without Any Evidence

Republican donor and operative Peter Smith committed suicide days after talking to The Wall Street Journal about his attempts to obtain Hillary Clinton's emails from Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential campaign. The day before his death, Smith told a man at the Rochester hotel where he committed suicide, "Tomorrow is my last day," the Chicago Tribune reported .