Written by David E. Smith
Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
Illinois billionaire Governor JB Pritzker appeared on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier on Thursday, where he blasted the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in Chicago while downplaying the city’s spiraling crime problem. The two-term Democratic governor also dodged questions about his presidential ambitions, took shots at Trump’s tariff policies, and doubled down on his paranoid claim that U.S. troops could be used to “steal” the next election.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bret Baier, FBI, Fox News, JB Pritzker, murder rate, Special Report, Trump Administration
Crime Culture, Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Immigration, Judicial Branch, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith |
October 25, 2025 5:00 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
Republicans might finally take me seriously after years of warning: America suffers not from mass incarceration, but from mass under-incarceration. The system needs tougher sentences, not softer ones.
The brutal murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, allegedly at the hands of career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. on a Charlotte commuter train, didn’t reveal anything new. It shocked the nation precisely because it put on camera what has become routine in our cities since the bipartisan “criminal justice reform” wave dismantled Reagan-era tough-on-crime policies.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
In a case that could have national implications for election integrity, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Judicial Watch, Inc. et al. v. The Illinois State Board of Elections, a lawsuit brought on behalf of U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and two presidential electors. At the heart of the case is whether Illinois acted unlawfully by allowing mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after the federally established Election Day.… Continue Reading
Tags: Election Day, Judicial Watch, Mike Bost, National Voter Registration Act, Tom Fitton, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Judicial Branch, Political, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith |
July 25, 2025 6:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
If you still doubt whether elections have consequences, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a Tennessee statute last week should clarify things.
In a 6-3 ruling, the high court upheld a state law protecting minors from transgender experimentation that includes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and, in some cases, surgical removal of healthy body parts. In other words, permanent child abuse.
All six of the Republican-appointed justices voted in United States v. Skrmetti to protect children and reject radical transgender ideology.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abigail Spanberger, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony M. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Dobbs v. Jackson, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Elena Kagan, Elissa Slotkin, Jack Ciattarelli, Joe Biden, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Mikie Sherrill, Newt Gingrich, Obergefell, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Sonia Sotomayor, The Washington Post, U.S. Supreme Court, United States v. Skrmetti, Winsome Earle-Sears
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
June 23, 2025 6:30 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
President Donald Trump is in a public wrestling match with Chief Justice John Roberts and some of the federal judiciary.
Along with congressional lawmakers, Mr. Trump has called for impeaching several U.S. district judges who have issued orders blocking his administration from carrying out key policies.
Mr. Roberts says this imperils the independence of the judiciary, without which abuses of power could become routine.
Mr. Trump says that this is nonsense, that these judges have gone well beyond their authority to hear cases and are trying to dictate national policy.… Continue Reading
Tags: ACLU, Arabella Advisors, Biden Administration, Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation, illegal immigration, Inflation Reduction Act, Jahi Wise, John Roberts, Lee Zeldin, Power Forward Communities, President Donald J. Trump, Richard Young, The Babylon Bee, Tren de Aragua, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Supreme Court, USAID, Wall Street Journal
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
March 25, 2025 6:53 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
When Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 78 that the U.S. Supreme Court would wield “neither force nor will” over politics, he never envisioned the judiciary having the final say on every political decision in the country. Now imagine his reaction if he were told during the American Revolution that, in the future, a single lower-court judge could unilaterally grant citizenship to illegal immigrants’ children, override the will of elected branches, and even force the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to maintain information about transgenderism on its website.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Brett Kavanaugh, Cooper v. Aaron, Courts of Appeals, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Earl Warren, Federalist No. 78, James Madison, Roger Sherman, Sheldon v. Sill, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Immigration, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
February 24, 2025 8:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
About half of America’s 50 states seem to care more about children’s well-being than about being sufficiently “woke.”
That’s why they don’t embrace gender insanity and instead ban puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones and irreversible surgery for minors.
The U.S. Supreme Court this past week heard arguments on Tennessee’s law barring trans treatments for minors.
Some justices blew wide holes in the case for creating trans kids. But it’s by no means a lock that this allegedly conservative court will restore sanity on this issue.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Anthropological Association, American Family Association, Amy Coney Barrett, Bostock v. Clayton County, cross-sex hormones, Dr. Patrick Hunter, gender affirming care, Gender Identity, Georgia Purdom, hormone therapy, Josef Mengele, Matthew 19:4-5, Neil Gorsuch, sexual orientation, The Stand, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith |
December 9, 2024 4:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
I know it sounds crazy to say in our modern era, but the federal judiciary was little more than an afterthought to the Founding Fathers who designed our constitutional system.
Thomas Jefferson, the same guy who penned a fairly scorching list of grievances against unaccountable, tyrannical government, entitled the Declaration of Independence, called the federal judiciary the “least dangerous” branch.
Well, Thomas Jefferson never met Ketanji Brown Jackson or Sonia Sotomayor.
I’m assured that if he had, the third president might rethink his comfort level with unelected, black-robed lawyers, being able to operate as an oligarchy, legislating, vetoing, and dictating from the bench.… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Heck
Something really started bothering me as I read the news that our sister site, The Babylon Bee, was forced into a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom and the absurd California legislature for passing an anti-free speech law in their state.
I read that news the same day I saw a “thread” post from mega-minister Ray Ortlund that stated, “Never Trump, this time Harris, always Jesus.” The post was endorsed by Christian writer David French who affirmed, “This is the way.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Brett Kavanaugh, David French, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Fran Lebowitz, Gavin Newsom, Harry Reid, John Kerry, Kamala Harris, MAGA movement, Neil Gorsuch, Ray Ortlund, The Babylon Bee, threat to democracy
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
October 3, 2024 7:00 AM |
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Written by James M. Odom, Senior Counsel
All Americans should be in favor of term limits for the U.S. Supreme Court.
“How long is the term of a Supreme Court Justice?
The Constitution [Article III, Section 1] states that Justices “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.” This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment.”
The term of a Supreme Court Justice is life, and one life term is enough!… Continue Reading