'This is a pretext to stop the next election'

'Wrong advice to their patient'

'Warner is choosing to stay silent'

'face reality'

His death is being investigated as a homicide

Legally barred from advocating for reality

In the little over 100 years since its founding, the American Bar Association has transformed from an organization designed to promote best practices in the legal profession to one promoting partisan political positions that are immoral, illegal, and unethical.  But despite its woke commitments, the ABA has remained the nation’s only nationally recognized law school accreditor. On top of that, many states specifically require that those who sit for their state’s bar exam must first have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school. The ABA long ago ceased to promote best practices for legal education—leading my colleague at The Heritage Foundation and me to call for federal and state actions to end the ABA’s accreditation monopoly. In April, President Donald Trump issued an executive order explicitly criticizing the ABA’s accrediting arm for its problematic DEI practices and ordering the Department of Education to “hold accountable [consistent with applicable law], including through denial, monitoring, suspension, or termination of accreditation recognition, accreditors who fail to meet the applicable recognition criteria or otherwise violate Federal law.”  Trump clarified that accreditors violate federal law by “requiring institutions seeking accreditation to engage in unlawful discrimination in accreditation-related activity under the guise of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ initiatives.” That’s after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi had already notified the ABA it was likely breaking the law by pushing its DEI policies. Last week, Texas became the first state to adopt our main state-level recommendation, with its supreme court eliminating the requirement that an individual has to have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school to sit for the bar in that state. “The Court is of the tentative opinion that the ABA should no longer have the final say on whether a law school’s graduates are eligible to sit for the Texas bar exam and become licensed to practice law in Texas,” the Texas Supreme Court wrote. Now, it falls to the Texas Supreme Court itself to decide whether a law school qualifies as an “approved law school” eligible to have its graduates sit for, and become members of, the Texas bar. The change won’t take effect until early in 2026—after a period for public comment—but this is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. Texas isn’t the only state considering such changes. Florida’s Supreme Court is considering a similar step, and other states will likely follow suit—as they should. After all, the ABA tried to bully George Mason University’s law school into discriminating against students based on race—even going so far as to threaten the school’s accreditation unless it applied different admissions standards based on race.  The ABA has pushed policies that likely violate the First Amendment by restricting what attorneys can—and cannot—say. And it even—absurdly—claimed the Equal Rights Amendment had become the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.  That position proved so radical, legally untenable, and dangerous that even President Joe Biden’s own archivist (the official responsible for formally recognizing new constitutional amendments) rejected it, as did the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Thankfully, Texas has taken a first and important step toward eliminating the ABA’s undue and unwarranted influence on legal education and the legal community more broadly. Stay tuned, because there’s likely more to come from other states and the federal government. The post Texas Ends ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly in the Lone Star State appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump has extended the decision on when to fire federal workers as a result of the Democrat government shutdown. Trump on Tuesday told reporters he will know which permanent jobs are being eliminating “in four or five days,” if the shutdown continues. “It’ll be substantial,” he said, “and a lot of those jobs will never come back.” On Oct. 1, presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt said layoffs would start to occur within two days. She described the cuts as being “imminent, very soon.” Trump said Sunday that firings are “taking place right now.” Leavitt clarified to The Daily Signal on Monday that he was referring to federal workers who have been furloughed. “The president was referring to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed as a result of this federal government shutdown, both here at the White House and across the entire federal government,” she said. “At agencies, across the board, there are federal workers who are staying home. Many of them work in the White House,” she said. “You know them, some of them sit just behind me at those desks. They are not unable to show up to work right now because the Democrats chose to shut the government down.” A White House Office of Management and Budget memo was leaked, hinting of no guaranteed back pay for furloughed workers. When asked whether furloughed workers deserve back pay, Trump said it depends which workers were being referenced. “But for the most part, we’re going to take care of our people,” he said. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of,” he said, adding they’d be taken care of “in a different way.” The post Trump Extends Deadline for Determining Which Federal Workers to Fire appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A former sixth-grade teacher in Ohio recently pleaded guilty to sex crimes against an underage female.As Blaze News reported in August, 41-year-old Stefanie Erin Kellenberger pleaded guilty to four counts of third-degree felony sexual battery and 17 counts of third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.'I know that during this time, you were just a child, and I was an adult in a position of trust.'Kellenberger on Monday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having an illicit sexual relationship with a minor, the Richland Source reported. Kellenberger may be granted a judicial release after a decade if she doesn't commit any other offenses. Judge Brent Robinson delivered a stern warning to Kellenberger."Don't let anybody be confused, this is a 15-year prison sentence with the hope that you come back in 10 years, and you've been a model inmate — you’ve done everything you were supposed to do, you haven’t got in any trouble at all," Robinson stated during the sentencing hearing.Kellenberger must register as a Tier-3 sex offender. She also was ordered to have no contact with the victim or any other minors. The former middle school teacher also must forever forfeit her teaching license.During the sentencing hearing, Kellenberger apologized to her victim — who was her daughter's underage babysitter."I know that during this time, you were just a child, and I was an adult in a position of trust," Kellenberger said, according to the Source. "I'm responsible for everything that happened between us."Kellenberger continued, "I'm so sorry for all of the emotional pain and hurt that I’ve caused you.""I hope that my guilty pleas and this sentence will provide some degree of closure for you as you move on with your life," Kellenberger stated. "I fully accept the consequences of my actions and the sentence that I will be receiving today."RELATED: Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex with 11-year-old at 'play dates,' blamed boy for advances, sent him hundreds of dollars: Cops Photo by halbergman via iStock / Getty ImagesKellenberger formerly was a sixth-grade English teacher at Shelby Middle School.According to the Mansfield News Journal, Robinson told Kellenberger during her trial that "you had been a teacher. She had been a student. But at the time these occurred, you were not her teacher, and she was not your student."Bryan Dove, an assistant prosecutor for Richland County, alleged that Kellenberger began grooming the girl when she was just 13 years old and that the child sex abuse began when the victim turned 14."The relationship continued until the age of consent,” Dove told the judge.Ohio law declares that 16 years old is the age of consent.Prosecutors noted that there was "no use of force" by Kellenberger.James Mayer III, Kellenberger's defense attorney, stressed that "consent was never an issue in this case. It's an age thing."The sexual abuse allegations surfaced in February 2024, and school officials placed Kellenberger on paid administrative leave.Shelby City Schools Superintendent Michael Browning sent a letter to parents in October 2024 regarding the eye-opening allegations against Kellenberger."As a follow-up to the communication sent on March 4, 2024, I have been informed that the staff member placed on administrative leave following serious allegations has been arrested, and criminal charges have been brought against them,” Browning stated, according to a separate story by the Source. "This news may be unsettling, especially for families with children in our schools."The Mansfield News Journal reported that Kellenberger resigned in October 2024 "due to personal reasons."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Daniel Keene did not expect a post on X to derail his life. The small-business owner posted a video of an Indian block party taking over an entire street of his North Texas suburb and expressed his frustration at the rapid demographic and cultural changes sweeping through large swaths of the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. “We have to cancel the H-1Bs. I want my kids to grow up in America. Not India," he wrote in the since-deleted post.'We feel your public stance doesn’t align with our core values of inclusivity and respect.'The post went viral on X, and all hell broke loose. As previously reported by Blaze News, Keene and his family were subjected to doxxing and threats, his business was review-bombed, and someone claiming to have access to millions of Indian-American contacts apparently tried to extort him for $20,000. Keene’s business, Boundaries Coffee, continues to weather the storm, and Google has shut down reviews for the business, putting a stop to the lies, threats, and insults that had flooded in. The backlash was not contained to Keene’s professional life. In the midst of dealing with the attacks on his business, the owner of his gym decided to weigh in on the issue by revoking his membership.Keene received a text from Ken Williams, the owner of CrossFit Prosper, telling him, “We feel your public stance doesn’t align with our core values of inclusivity and respect,” and “We’ll be ending your membership effective immediately,” according to a screenshot reviewed by Blaze News.The text took Keene by surprise since Williams did not raise the issue when he visited the gym. “He didn’t say anything to me in person," Keene told Blaze News. "… Not even a peep of conflict.”In canceling the membership, Williams explained that “a large part of our community is Indian and inclusivity is central to who we are, we can’t overlook how this impacts our members and staff, and the culture we work hard to protect,” the screenshot showed. CrossFit Prosper advertises itself as LGBTQ+-owned and LGBTQ+-friendly, according to its Google Maps profile. The gym did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Things continued to get worse when Keene’s church decided to interrogate him on his immigration stance. The elders at the Trails Church called him about his initial post, telling him to repent and that the post was “uncharitable.” Keene, who deleted the post shortly after it went viral due to the stress it was causing his family, did not disavow his position on immigration and the H-1B visa in particular. He said that’s when problems with the church really escalated.RELATED: Trump to impose $100K fee on H-1B visa applications Photo by Andrew Harnik / Contributor via Getty ImagesKeene and his wife — who was eight months pregnant at the time — were called in for a meeting with “all the elders and staff who could be there,” he recalled. This time, they weren’t just concerned about one post. “They just hammered me for ... hours,” he said. The elders had apparently gone through the last three years of Keene’s X account, looking for problematic posts. Keene said they brought up two posts that they found “concerning.” Keene described the meeting as confusing. “The goalposts got shifted significantly," he said.Keene claimed he was unable to get a straight answer from the elders on the actual substance of his offense. “On one hand, they are saying that the issue is not the position itself; it’s how I expressed it," he said. "… But then we’ve had three hours of phone calls, and they’re just hammering me on the position itself."Keene requested that the elders put his offenses in writing to eliminate uncertainty, but they refused, he said. Keene expressed his confusion to the elders about the nature of his supposed offense and what he was supposed to do about it. He offered to post clarifying messages on X and talk to anyone at the church who had found his posts offensive. The elders apparently were not satisfied with an offer to clarify things. According to Keene, they wanted him to apologize for his original post showing the Indian block party on his street and abandon his position on Indian immigration. While he respected their right to disagree with him, Keene told Blaze News he did not think apologizing for the post was appropriate. “As far as the content, I stand behind it. That’s the policy position I stand behind.”When asked how serious this offense was, the elders told Keene he was on “the path of discipline,” meaning he would be removed from membership if he continued on his present course, he explained. Keene described the removal process as a very serious step in a Baptist church.They are “basically saying, ‘We don't think you’re a Christian any more because you haven't repented of a sin,'” he said.'Why would you need to meet with my wife? What does my wife have to do with this?'Keene left the meeting still confused. Shortly after, a friend sent him an episode of "The King’s Hall" podcast discussing immigration and H-1B visas. Keene found the episode insightful and posted a clip of it along with the following questions: “What would get you in more trouble at your church? Significant doctrinal error on the Trinity? Or opposing immigration to the harm of your neighbor?”Keen said he knew the post would "upset" the church elders. He did try to reach out privately at first just to say, "Hey, hear me out on this." After he posted the clip, the elders asked him to come in with his wife for another meeting, he claimed. Keene said declined to bring his wife. “Why would you need to meet with my wife? What does my wife have to do with this?” he wondered.When he went into the meeting, the elders formally asked Keene to leave the church. Keene suspected he would be asked to leave and that posting the podcast clip almost guaranteed it. “I knew I was poking the bear a little bit,” he acknowledged.Still, Keene said he does not regret posting the clip or maintaining his position on immigration. “I’ve been trying to draw out what the real issue is here," he said. "… What are the values of your church? Are they doctrinal? Scriptural? Or is it public policy with regard to immigration?” The Trails Church did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Like Blaze News? 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