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 | Comments Off on The Left-Wing “Threat to Democracy”
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
Written by Jorge Gomez
President Joe Biden plans to propose sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to recent reports. This includes legislation to impose term limits for justices, which would have the most immediate impact on the longest-serving members of the court, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. He is also expected to push for an enforceable code of ethics.
Due to recent decisions that haven’t gone his way, Biden is now joining the radical Left to attack the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Clarence Thomas, Declaration of Judicial Independence, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kelly Shackelford, Laurence Tribe, Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | July 18, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Biden Plans to Support Sweeping Changes to the SCOTUS
Written by Robert Knight
The U.S. Supreme Court works in strange and mysterious ways.
It can enrage the progressive left with a solidly constitutional ruling like Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion to the states.
But it can also amaze and frustrate conservatives, as when it refused before and after the 2020 election to review Pennsylvania officials’ unconstitutional changes to election procedures.
“We failed to settle this dispute before the election and thus provide clear rules.… Continue Reading
Tags: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Amy Coney Barrett, Bostock v. Clayton County, Clarence Thomas, COVID–19, cross-sex hormones, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Environmental Protection Agency, Facebook, gender reassignment surgery, Great Barrington Declaration, Hans von Spakovsky, hydroxychloroquine, Instagram, Ivermectin, Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, Murthy v. Missouri, Neil Gorsuch, Obergefell v. Hodges, puberty blockers, Roe v. Wade, Samuel Alito, Twitter, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | July 1, 2024 6:15 AM | Comments Off on SCOTUS Missed Opportunity to Uphold Freedom of Speech
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Have you ever wondered what our jails and prisons would look like had the Black Lives Matter rioters of 2020 been given the “January 6 treatment”? Well, it’s hard to envision such a parallel universe. We don’t have enough jail cells to house the tens of thousands — if not hundreds of thousands — of individuals who would be languishing in prison for years based on the January 6 standard of justice.… Continue Reading
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Bryce Williams, Cindy Young, Enrique Tarrio, George Floyd, J6 Riots, January 6th Riots, Jonathan Gross, Martin Luther King, Michael Harvey, Montez Terriel Lee Jr., Oscar Stewart, Patrick Schiltz, Proud Boys
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | June 22, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Grandma’s J6 Case Highlights Justice Double Standard
Written by Robert Knight
“Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret — it only causes harm.”
(Psalm 37:7-8)
The Scriptures are the best place to go when something makes no sense — like the unanimous jury conviction of former President Donald Trump.
A friend of mine who is wired into international intelligence added some perspective to the stunning 34-count guilty verdict against Mr.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alvin Bragg, Donald Trump, First Liberty Institute, Glenn Youngkin, Jason Miyares, Joe Biden, Juan Merchan, Knights of Columbus, Merrick Garland, National Transgender Visibility Day, Obama-Biden, U.S. Supreme Court
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | June 3, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats Show Contempt For The Constitution With Trump Conviction
Written by Mia Gradick
As Election Day approaches, the far Left, politicians and some of the most radical groups in America continue their attacks on the U.S. Supreme Court and our judicial system.
U.S. House Democrats recently announced a new “Court Reform Now” task force that will work to advance legislation that would supposedly fix “political activism” at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The representatives say the U.S. Supreme Court has usurped “legislative and executive authority with activist decisions that disregard established precedent in order to achieve political results.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Appeal to Heaven flag, Court Reform Now, Dobbs, Hank Johnson, Heritage Foundation, J. B. Pritzker, Jamie Raskin, Mia Gradick, National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Planned Parenthood Vote, Stephen Breyer, Stop the Steal, The Federalist, The New York Times, Thomas Jipping, Tristian Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | June 1, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on U.S. House Democrats Launch ‘Court Reform Now’ Task Force
Written by Daniel Horowitz
During his 2005 confirmation hearings, Chief Justice John Roberts compared the role of the U.S. Supreme Court to that of an umpire calling balls and strikes. But what happens when the umpire allows one team more at-bats than the other? Once again, the much-vaunted conservative U.S. Supreme Court is a one-way ratchet for left-wing litigation. Some things never change.
When Donald Trump was president, not a single major administrative policy went unchallenged by the officiously litigious left-wing legal movement.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alliance Hippocratic Medicine, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, FDA, FDA v. Alliance Hippocratic Medicine, John Roberts, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Matthew Kacsmaryk, mifepristone, Neil Gorsuch, Population Council, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | April 5, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on SCOTUS Waffles on Abortion Drugs
Written by Robert Knight
In the name of “saving democracy,” a former presidential aide is now in a federal prison in Miami.
Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months for ignoring a congressional subpoena ordering him to appear before the U.S. House Jan. 6 Select Committee.
That’s the kangaroo court that permitted no pro-Trump witnesses or pro-Trump committee members, and staged a Stalinist-style show trial that outranks the most disgraceful congressional abuses of power ever seen.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amit Mehta, Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Fani Willis, FBI, Jeff Clark, Jeffrey Clark, New York Supreme Court, Peter Navarro, Roger Stone, Russ Vought, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | March 26, 2024 7:16 AM | Comments Off on SCOTUS Must Weigh in on Unprecedented Political Persecution
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