Today, the RNLA recognized the new officers and members of the Board of Governors elected at its recent annual board meeting:

Carrie Severino wrote a lengthy summary of what Attorney General Jeff Sessions has done to restore the rule of law at the Department of Justice in less than a year:

During today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Michael Brennan, nominated for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Democrats objected to Chairman Grassley holding a hearing for Judge Brennan even though Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin did not return her blue slip.  There were even protesters in the gallery in blue shirts (part of an ongoing protest by the Center for American Progress and People for the American Way) and predictable gender-baiting by Democrats simply because Sen. Baldwin happens to be female.  

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania handed down a per curiam order regarding a recent redistricting lawsuit that worked its way up through the Pennsylvania Courts: League of Women Voters of PA v. Pennsylvania.

RNLA member Brad Smith wrote last week in the Washington Examiner to remind us about how the IRS under President Obama targeted conservative organizations, delaying their applications for tax-exempt status and asking harassing and illegal questions as part of the IRS' heightened review process for organizations with names containing such dangerous words as "Patriot":

Under President Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken steps to respect Americans' rights of religious liberty and conscience, which are protected under the First Amendment.  This is refreshing after, under President Obama, HHS was focused on advancing and defending regulations under Obamacare that infringed on Americans' important rights, including litigating several losing cases all the way to the Supreme Court.

Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina wrote an op-ed in The Hill, describing the Democrats' obstruction of the judicial confirmation process and attempted character assassination against one of President Trump's nominees, Thomas Farr, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina:

The past few weeks have been very busy for redistricting litigation.  Here is the status of some of the current cases:

Last Wednesday, January 10th, U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler of the Northern District of Alabama dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Alabama Secretary of State in an attempt to block a recently passed voter ID law.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case on voter registration list maintenance, Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute.  At issue is Ohio's procedure for removing voters from the voter registration list: