Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.





CAIR Files Lawsuit After Texas Gov. Abbott Declares It A Terror Outfit

“The idea that Governor Abbott’s going to claim that CAIR — an American Muslim civil rights group — is somehow a foreign terrorist group, it’s patently ludicrous,” Mitchell said on Thursday. “And it’s the clearest example of bigotry that you call a Muslim that you disagree with a terrorist.”




Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against New York Sanctuary Law

In court documents, the U.S. Department of Justice claimed that New York’s policy was illegal because it interferes with the execution of immigration enforcement operations. However, in her Monday ruling, D’Agostino found that, under the 10th Amendment, states have a right to refuse to participate in federal immigration enforcement activities.



Georgia Supreme Court OKs Hair Product Lawsuit

In court filings, Burroughs told the Georgia Supreme Court that she started using chemical hair relaxing products to straighten her hair in or around 1995. Many of these products were manufactured by either Strength of Nature or L’Oreal, both of which are named as defendants in the lawsuit.


Texas AG Sues State Agency for Suppressing Religious Speech

“This amounts to a wholesale exclusion of certain people—no matter how needy—from state benefits under the program based solely on the religious character of their course of study,” the lawsuit claims. “Banning religious instruction, worship, and proselytization directly burdens religious expression and conditions the receipt of State benefits on nonreligious use.”