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Ken Blackwell: Obama's Dawn Johnsen Appointment

By |2010-01-27T09:44:30-05:00January 27th, 2010|

Dawn Johnsen is President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). It's arguably the most important office at DoJ. OLC sets policy for the entire federal government.

Ken Klukowski: McDonald Gun-Rights Case: Round One Goes to the NRA

By |2020-04-23T21:57:15-04:00January 25th, 2010|

There is growing tension between the pro-gun parties to the upcoming Supreme Court gun-rights case. Perhaps concerned about the direction this case was going, the Court has taken the unusual step of granting the NRA's motion to be given separate time to speak during oral arguments. Round One in this historic fight for the right to bear arms goes to the NRA.

Peter Ferrara: We Really CAN Throw the Bums Out!

By |2010-01-25T09:36:44-05:00January 25th, 2010|

There is a way to fight back against a runaway Congress. Here's how it works. Over the past year, Congress has seemed to be out of control. From health care to global warming to stimulus spending, corporate bailouts, deficits, federal debt and beyond, Congressional leaders have been dismissive of alternative views, insisting that they know best. They have responded to critics with name-calling, calling them everything from "yahoos," to "Nazis," and "tea baggers."

Jan LaRue: Do You Trust Obamacare Analysts to Connect Your Medical 'Dots'?

By |2010-01-14T00:00:04-05:00January 14th, 2010|

Think of the Christmas "just wait 'til I get my Hanes on you" bomber as a deadly disease in your body next time the topic of Obamacare is raised. Despite having all the information needed, the U.S. government failed to catch the al Qaeda-trained terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, before he boarded the Detroit-bound plane with a high explosive hidden in his underwear.

ACLU Loses Big on a War-Fighting Decision

By |2010-01-11T13:08:41-05:00January 11th, 2010|

Over the objections of the ACLU and allied lawyers, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Yemini man who joined the Taliban and Al-Qeada to fight against US-led opponents could be detained at Gitmo prison indefinitely. This decision is binding on all federal courts unless altered by that whole Court, or reversed by the US Supreme Court.

Some of the facts for this article, but not all of the legal conclusions, come from a website called Leagle, reporting on recent decisions. One concerning detainees at Gitmo was just handed down by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears the cases challenging detentions […]

Ken Klukowski: Our President Is Not Protecting Us

By |2010-01-06T11:00:54-05:00January 6th, 2010|

President Obama's team has scared the nation over the past week with pronouncements so crazy they leave you breathless. But worse still are the decisions they've made, decisions that show America is in danger, and that those charged with protecting us are failing to treat this life-and-death struggle as the war that it really is.

Ken Blackwell: The Left Goes to War Against Science, Surrenders on Terror

By |2010-01-06T10:50:27-05:00January 6th, 2010|

Two ongoing trends I chronicled during 2009 highlight an ironic situation: Leftists remain tough on their domestic political opponents, while lax when it comes to our real common enemies. As we recently saw with the Christmas airplane-bombing attempt, leftists seem bent on treating terrorists with kid gloves, insisting they receive rights normally reserved for U.S. citizens (even when this means failing to extract timely information that might save lives).

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