COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Attacks Against Ken Blackwell and Trump’s Voting Commission Debunked by the Facts
Under any level of responsible scrutiny, the attacks on Secretary Blackwell fall apart.
Klukowski: Justices Gorsuch's and Scalia’s Legacy on Independence Day
President Donald Trump set a high bar when he promised to nominate a successor to Justice Antonin Scalia who would fill the shoes of the conservative lion.
Colleges: Islands of Intolerance
Is there no limit to the level of disgusting behavior on college campuses that parents, taxpayers, donors and legislators will accept?
Statement from Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
On June 28, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity issued a letter requesting that states provide publicly available voter data as permitted under their state laws.
Where Are The Decent Liberals?
President Donald Trump’s critics fixate on his tweets and then wonder why he spends so much time responding to their attacks.
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Force Microsoft to Release Emails
The United States this week petitioned the Supreme Court to take a case to order Microsoft to turn over email records of one of its email customers, in a case pitting new technology that is global in reach against domestic law enforcement priorities.
The Spirit of 1776
The fight for freedom is a never-ending battle, with threats from within and from abroad.
Were Confederate Generals Traitors?
Confederate generals were fighting for independence from the Union just as George Washington and other generals fought for independence from Great Britain.
Supreme Court Orders Hearing on Fatal Border Shooting of Mexican Teenager
The Supreme Court set aside an appeals court decision involving the fatal border shooting of a Mexican national by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Energy Week: The Importance of Unrestricted Energy
During this energy week, I applaud the president for taking a stand and supporting access to affordable energy.
Justices Thomas and Gorsuch: Supreme Court Should Take More Second Amendment Cases
The Supreme Court has only decided two cases on the right to keep and bear arms: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago.
Supreme Court: Drug-Dealing Immigrant Can Stay Because of Bad Lawyering
Criminal aliens have another route to avoid deportation if they have incompetent lawyers during a plea bargain, after a Supreme Court decision handed down last Friday.
Regime Change in Iran Appears Increasingly Attainable
Thirty years after President Reagan seized upon an historic opportunity to bring down the Iron Curtain, there are growing indications that President Trump can make similarly historic strides in the conflict between the US and the new Evil of our time: Islamic extremism.
Supreme Court: Immigrants Who Lie to Feds to Become Citizens May Lose Citizenship
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that federal law authorizes courts to strip immigrant citizens of their U.S. citizenship if they obtained it as a result of making false statements to the federal government.
ACRU Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling to Hear ‘Travel Ban’ Case
The lower courts had misapplied the First Amendment and interfered with the president’s constitutional executive power.
The ACLU Goes Hunting in Montana
Hoping to bag a popular victims’ rights law, the ACLU shows its bias.
A New Twist on Teaching Economics
High schoolers are not the only people who can benefit from the lessons of HipHoponomics. I'd recommend it to our political leadership on both sides of the aisle, media people and teachers.
The ACLU, from Paris to Broadway
From Broadway to Missouri to the salons of Paris, it was business as usual last week in the lives of America's most persistent legal pests.
Supreme Court Rules for Federal Agents in 9/11 Lawsuits
The Court noted that allowing individual lawsuits in a case like this would lead to intrusions into confidential national-security discussions within the executive branch.
Big Cases Still Waiting for Supreme Court Decisions in 2017
Seventeen cases from this year’s Supreme Court term are still pending, with decisions expected in the next eight days.