Written by Daniel Horowitz
Every Republican seems to agree that our country has been taken over by a post-constitutional junta that usurps power to achieve its insidious objectives rather than follows the rule of law. But when it comes to redressing those usurpations with the only tool James Madison gave us — federalism — our elected officials too often shirk their responsibilities. Worse, they declare that the egregious usurpations are, in fact, the law of the land.… Continue Reading
Tags: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chief Justice John Marshall, Cooper v. Aaron, Daniel Horowitz, Federalist 49, Jonathan Skrmetti, Judicial Branch, Kentucky Resolution of 1798, Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act, Roger Sherman, Supremacy Clause, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | March 16, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on What Too Many Republicans Get Wrong About The U.S. Constitution
Written by Robert Knight
If you live in a northern climate, you can’t help noticing that the groundhog was right; spring is coming early.
Warm winds are turning the land green again in many places. Along with those warm winds, we also see welcome breezes blowing wisdom through unlikely places.
Not in Washington, alas. President Biden, on Thursday night in his State of the Union address, emitted enough sulfur and brimstone to heat up the planet by several degrees.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Should a product that is completely funded, marketed, monopolized, and then mandated by government be less liable than Toyota is for its airbags?
Anyone with a modicum of common sense would understand that the more a product is favored with regulatory shortcuts and other benefits only government can provide, the more the product’s makers should be on the hook for liability if it causes damage. The fact is that the federal government required millions of people — including members of the armed services — to get the jab.… Continue Reading
Tags: Big Pharma, Chip Roy, COVID, COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Informed Consent Action Network, Josiah Magnuson, Moderna, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pfizer, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005, South Carolina, The LIABLE Act
COVID, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | March 9, 2024 8:00 AM | Comments Off on The LIABLE Act Would End Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Free Pass
Judicial Watch announced [on Wednesday] that it filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and its Executive Director, Bernadette Matthews, over their failure to clean Illinois’ voter rolls and to produce election-related records as required by federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) (Judicial Watch Inc. et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections et al.(No. 1:24-cv-01867)). The lawsuit requests the court to require Illinois to “develop and implement a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the registrations of ineligible registrants from the voter rolls.”… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Heck
The over-politicization of our culture has ruined so much. Among plenty of other things, our language has been one of the greatest casualties of our 24-hour “news” culture, our obsession over ideological purity and political scandal. Words don’t mean what they used to mean anymore.
People who aren’t bigots are called bigots because it’s easier to call names than make arguments.
Things that aren’t racism are deemed racist because shaming is easier than logically engaging.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
It’s March, and you know what that means — lots of change and celebration in the air.
Daylight saving time begins March 10. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. On that day, everyone’s Irish — even the English among us. The spring equinox is March 20. And there’s March madness.
I’m not talking about watching 68 colleges battle it out for the NCAA basketball titles. Or even the advent of baseball spring training, with opening day (March 28) only weeks away.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alejandro Mayorkas, border security, Donald Trump, Easter, immigration crisis, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Nikki Haley, Purim, Ramadan, Scarlett O’Hara, Super Tuesday, Transgender Day of Visibility
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | March 4, 2024 7:16 AM | Comments Off on March Madness And Its Antidote
Written by Annascott Cross
If you’ve driven anywhere in the last week or so, turned on a tv or radio, or gone to the mailbox, then you are probably well aware that the 2024 election season has officially begun. Campaign signs are on every street corner, political ads are airing on tv, debates are being held, and campaign mailers are hitting mailboxes. Over the last decade, politics have felt increasingly tense, so how should we navigate the election season as Christians?… Continue Reading
Written by Laura Hollis
In a paroxysm of panic about Americans’ rejection of the Biden administration’s policies of open borders, rampant crime, runaway inflation and profligate spending on foreign wars, the Left has decided that the real cause of the widespread dissatisfaction and demand for policies that place Americans first is “Christian nationalism.”
They’ve been tossing this term around for a while, but it has picked up steam in recent weeks. It attracted widespread attention last week when Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla appeared on MSNBC to expound upon the article she penned warning of the presence of “Christian nationalists” in America who are flexing their political muscles.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
When George Floyd died under disputed circumstances in 2020, a spontaneous, rapturous global movement emerged to lionize him and use his death to demand changes to our policing and criminal justice system. The movement succeeded, and it resulted in the worst crime wave in a generation.
Laken Riley, a young nursing student in Georgia, was brutally murdered last week, allegedly by an illegal alien from Venezuela. Where are the cries of “justice for Laken”?… Continue Reading
Tags: Biden Administration, Border Crisis, Border Patrol, border security, catch-and-release, CWB Chicago, Diego Ibarra, George Floyd, Homeland Security, illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, Jose Antonio Ibarra, Laken Riley, Tren de Aragua
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith | February 27, 2024 10:00 AM | Comments Off on Joe Biden’s ‘Sanctuary Nation’ Policies Made Laken Riley’s Death Possible
Written by Robert Knight
Recent events give new meaning to the term “trumped-up charges.”
A Democratic New York State Supreme Court justice, in cahoots with a Democratic state attorney general, has written a new chapter in the book of political lawfare.
With no victims, no client complaints and no evidence of fraud, Judge Arthur Engoron nonetheless levied a $354 million fine against former President Donald Trump for the crime of doing business in the Democratic jurisdiction of New York.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Alfred S. Irving, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Andrew Napolitano, Arthur Engoron, Climate Change, Climate Power, Competitive Enterprise Institute, COVID, Donald Trump, Election integrity, Environmental Protection Agency, Fani Willis, Jill Shesol, Kara Swisher, lawfare, Letitia James, Mark Steyn, PolitiFact, Rand Simberg, Sexuality, the border, The Washington Post, The Washington Times
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | February 26, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Conservatives Hit With Massive Legal Judgments for Exercising Free Speech