The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to immediately take up a petition of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, claiming that corruption charges against him are pre-empted by the speech or debate clause of the Constitution. The court’s Monday order denying certiorari, clears the way for U.S. District Judge William Walls of the District of New Jersey to resume pretrial proceedings, which have been on hold since Menendez filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in November 2015.
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N.J. lawmakers demand federal action after anti-Semitic incidents
The Katz Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat earlier this week. Numerous Jewish community centers across the country reported receiving similar threats at the same time Monday.
Democrats Attack Trump For Enforcing Their Own Immigration Law
Immigration: The deportation rules announced this week by Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly were greeted with the expected outrage from the usual suspects. But since when is enforcing the law a crime? In this case, the law that Kelly plans to enforce is the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which was approved by 52 Democrats in the Senate and 202 Democrats in the House in a Democrat-controlled Congress and was signed into law by President Johnson, a Democrat.
Trump pick for ed secretary a ‘slap in the face,’ N.J. teachers say
Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of education, had advocated for school choice and voucher programs. Both of New Jersey’s senators said they plan to vote against her confirmation.
Trump must prove Putin’s assessment wrong
The declassified report from our intelligence agencies confirmed that Russia hacked and used other techniques to try to undermine confidence in our election system, denigrate Hillary Clinton and help elect President-elect Donald Trump. Russia “developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump,” the report states.