COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Educational Sabotage
Since most of the school violence and discipline problems rest with black students, there are a few questions that black parents, politicians, academics and civil rights advocates should ponder.
Lindsey Graham Ready to Go Nuclear for Gorsuch
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that if Democrats tried to filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, he would vote for the “constitutional option” to permanently end filibusters of nominees to the nation’s highest court.
Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch
Senate Democrats will attempt to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday during a speech on the Senate floor.
Transgender Challenges
Determining one's own sex or that of another used to be a simple matter.
Judge Neil Gorsuch Promises Senators He Will Uphold the Constitution as Written
Judge Neil Gorsuch gave his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday on the first day of hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Appeals Court Judges Explain Why Donald Trump’s Immigration Order Is Legal
It is unlikely that the Trump administration will petition the Supreme Court to review this particular decision, which concerned only the first policy, Executive Order 13769.
U.S. Should Favor the Most Vulnerable Religious Refugees
The purpose is not to discriminate against Islam, but to recognize the unique situation of non-Muslims in the Middle East.
Liberty Is Not for Wimps
The bottom line is that it takes a bold person to be for personal liberty, because you have to be able to cope with people saying things and engaging in voluntary acts that you deem offensive.
‘No Conclusive Evidence of Wrongdoing’
Spooks, leaks and the media’s selective memory.
Federal Court Blocks Trump Admin’s Immigration Executive Order
A second federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s new executive order (EO) on immigration travel, while the federal judge who blocked the first EO is reserving judgment on the revised EO.
The ACLU's Radical Roots
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) purports to uphold First Amendment freedoms for all Americans, but its seminal doctrines and selective choice of cases reveal something else altogether.
Sitting on Their Hands
The first Republican president in eight years, who enjoys a GOP-controlled Congress which George W. Bush lost, provided an optimistic blueprint for governing.
Top Legal Experts Analyze Gorsuch Judicial Record
National legal experts analyzed Judge Neil Gorsuch’s judicial record at a Heritage Foundation forum on Wednesday, predicting a conservative intellectual to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia.
Courts Must Dismiss All Current Immigration Executive Order Lawsuits
If any federal court refuses to dismiss a lawsuit based on the old executive order, then that may be the first issue on this controversy to reach the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Throws Out Transgender Case
On Monday the Supreme Court threw out a major transgender lawsuit, sending the case back to a lower federal court in light of the Trump administration’s rescinding of an Obama policy implicated by the lawsuit.
Florida Judge Rules Another Trump Immigration Order Unconstitutional
A county judge in Florida has ruled unconstitutional on Tenth Amendment grounds another of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, this one concerning federal funding for sanctuary cities.
President Trump Must Make Sure Foreign Governments Play by the Rules
In his first ever address to a joint-session of Congress, President Donald Trump took a firm stand on the side of the American people.
Graham’s 2020 Tax Law for POTUS Candidates Unconstitutional
Several Supreme Court cases involving Congress buttress the idea that Graham’s idea would not pass constitutional muster.
Klukowski: Sessions Recusal an Act of Statesmanship
Democrats’ overcaffeinated cries over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ statements on Russian contacts is an attempt to obfuscate the plain truth.
Why the Democrats Sit on Their Hands
President Donald Trump has spoken to Congress and the nation. He provided Americans with a positive vision and offered realistic solutions, with an overriding theme to bring people together to make America great again.