COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
BREAKING NEWS: Court limits use of race in school admissions
From AP/MSNBC:WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school diversity plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts.The decision in cases affecting schools in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle could imperil similar plans in hundreds of districts nationwide, and it leaves public school systems with [...]
OneNewsNow.com: "Suggested limits on conservative talk radio labeled 'totalitarian'"
OneNewsNow.com features an article on the ACRU's opposition to the so-called Fairness Doctrine, being advanced by a liberal think tanks and in Congress by Democrats. The article - "Suggested limits on conservative talk radio labeled 'totalitarian'" - comes out of their recent radio interview with Horace Cooper, Senior Fellow at [...]
Will the Court Finally End Race Preferences in Education?
More than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education was decided by the Supreme Court, school districts are still struggling with whether or not race or skin color should influence the decision of where children attend school. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on an [...]
The 'Study' on Conservative Talk Radio
The Center for American Progress is a liberal organization in its pedigree and staff. It has now released a "study" on the imbalance between conservative and "progressive" content on talk radio. It wants the government to compel a "balance" between these two.Even assuming that the study rests on a legitimate [...]
John Armor: Georgia Supreme Court Throws Out Challenge to Voter ID Law
On Monday, June 11th, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision that a Georgia law requiring photo ID for all voters, was unconstitutional. The court's decision was unanimous, but not substantive. It was that the Plaintiff lacked standing to object to the law, and therefore the case was [...]
Are Michigan Muslims Cheap, and Biased?
The facts for this blog, but not the conclusions, come from an article in the Detroit News on 18 June. The University of Michigan at Dearborn proposed to spend $25,000 on footbaths at the local campus, for Muslim students to use before their five-times-daily prayers. The reason for that was [...]
John Armor: House and Senate Act Oppositely on 'Sanctuary Cities'
In the last week (as of 18 June), the US Senate and House have acted in opposite directions on the subject of "Sanctuary Cities." These are cities which take deliberate steps to protect illegal immigrants within their boundaries, who can and should be deported, and in some cases already have [...]
John Armor: City of Mamaroneck Succumbs to Pressure from ACLU to Give Special Benefits to Illegal Immigrants
Under pressure from a federal law suit of the type that has been filed by the ACLU against many small communities across the country, the City of Mamaroneck, NY, agreed that it will not enforce federal laws concerning citizens of Mexico and other nations who are in the town illegally. [...]
Monday's Pro-Al-Qaida Decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Monday's divided (2-1) decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is wrong in a number of serious ways (see "Federal appeals court rules against enemy combatant policy"). It refers to "enemy combatants" without knowing what that phrase means. It ignores a 1942 unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court [...]
The Day the Wall Came Down
Twenty years ago today, then-President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, West Germany. He bristled at the inclusion of “West” in the names of the city and nation, forced upon the world as they were by a wall, built by the communists in the East. More, [...]
John Armor: Come On In, The Benefits Are Free: New Haven's Response to Illegal Immigration
The Board of Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have by an astonishing vote of 25-1 approved special City-issued IDs for illegal aliens. The program is also strongly supported by Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., who said, "It's a practical response to a real problem of a large segment of the population [...]
Judge Tarred by Liberals
US District Judge Leslie Southwick comes before the Senate Judiciary Committee today on his nomination to move up to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. When Judge Southwick was nominated to the District Court, his approval was unanimous. But now, the Democrat left has attacked him for being "against" homosexuals [...]
The New York Times ignores the Constitution, again
Here's my latest op-ed, published in today's Washington Examiner (though they spelled my name incorrectly):WASHINGTON - A review by Adam Cohen of a new book, Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas, appeared earlier this week in The New York Times.The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors [...]
John Armor: The N.Y. Times ignores the Constitution, again
A review by Adam Cohen of a new book "Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" appeared earlier this week in The New York Times. The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors of the book, nor the editors of The Times have a clue about what it means to have a constitution and how such a document operates.
Walter Williams: 'Compassion Versus Reality'
ACRU Policy Board member, Walter Williams, writes about the importance of getting our terms right, and understanding what the Left's terms of compassion really mean:Dr. Thomas Sowell, a distinguished economist and longtime friend and colleague, recently wrote a series of columns under the title "A War of Words." He pointed [...]
John Armor: ID Cards for Illegals?
The Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have just approved ID cards for illegal immigrants in that City. The purpose is to allow them to open bank accounts and receive city services including welfare. Was anyone on the Board of Aldermen thinking when they adopted this measure?To put this in context, [...]
Guantanamo Prisoner Case Dismissed
Today, a US military judge dismissed charges against a 20-year-old prisoner. This decision was widely, but not competently, reported around the world. The Associated Press story in US papers was close to accurate.Canadian detainee, Omar Khadr, was accused of throwing a grenade in Afghanistan which killed U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher [...]
On the Lesbian – eHarmony Suit
A San Francisco lesbian, Linda Carlson, has filed suit in Los Angeles against a heterosexual dating service, eHarmony, for not accommodating her sexual category (see "eHarmony accused of discrimination," San Francisco Chronicle). She claims discrimination because eHarmony specializes in men meeting women, and has no category for women seeking women.She [...]
Border Security in Wonderland
Perhaps last week's top news story, not counting whatever Rosie O'Donnell and Lindsay Lohan were doing, was the story of Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta personal injury lawyer who decided it would be a good idea to fly a few thousand miles here and there notwithstanding his knowing that he had [...]
OneNewsNow.com: "John Edwards Criticized for 'Trashing' Troops on Memorial Day"
OneNewsNow.com features a story regarding the protests that John Edwards and his supporters staged on Memorial Day in protest of the Iraq War. (See "John Edwards Criticized for 'Trashing' Troops on Memorial Day") Edwards said that the "war on terror" was merely a bumper-sticker slogan used to justify failed policies. [...]