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
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
Written by Kassie Dulin
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court released an order list taking action on several cases we’ve been watching.
Most notably, the Court declined to review Missouri Department of Corrections vs. Finney. Justice Samuel Alito issued a five-page statement about the Court’s denial. This includes a direct reference to First Liberty’s Supreme Court victory in Carson v. Makin.
In this case, multiple conservative Christians were excluded from a jury in an employment discrimination case brought by a lesbian plaintiff.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Six of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices have been appointed by Republicans, yet red states are now being prevented by federal courts from keeping boys out of girls’ bathrooms. What was the point of the generation-long battle for control of the high court?
A three-judge panel for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in August upheld a lower court ruling forcing the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, Indiana, to allow people to enter the school bathrooms of their choice, not the one that matches their sex.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bostock v. Clayton County, Brett Kavanaugh, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, COVID–19, Dianne Wood, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Donald Trump, Education Amendments Act of 1972, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | January 24, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on How Conservatives Misjudge the U.S. Supreme Court
Written by David E. Smith
Last Friday afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he had named Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel to continue the investigation into Hunter Biden “as well as any matters that arose from that investigation or may arise from the Special Counsel’s investigation.” This appointment has been criticized as illegal by many, including liberal Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz.
George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley is also on record in a column for The Hill pointing out significant problems with the appointment:
This is, after all, the same Weiss who headed an investigation that was trashed by whistleblowers, who alleged that his investigation had been fixed from the outset.
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Tags: Alan Dershowitz, China, David Weiss, Department of Justice, Joe Biden, Jonathan Turley, Kazakhstan, Maryellen Noreika, Merrick Garland, Russia, special counsel, Ted Cruz, The Federalist, The Hill, The Verdict with Ted Cruz, Ukraine
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | August 17, 2023 7:34 AM | Comments Off on Biden Administration Provides Cover for Hunter Investigation
Written by David Harsanyi
If recklessly lying to voters were a crime, most everyone in D.C. would be serving life in solitary confinement at Supermax. But in a liberal democracy, as frustrating as it often is, political misconduct is settled by voters and elections, not partisan prosecutors or rioters.
Feel free to campaign and vote against Donald Trump if you like. I’m certainly no fan. If Trump wins in 2024, Congress can impeach and remove him if they choose.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Schiff, Al Gore, Barbara Lee, Bennie Thompson, Black Lives Matter, Bob McDonnell, David Harsanyi, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Ed Markey, First Amendment, Hillary Clinton, Jack Smith, James Clyburn, January 6th Riots, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Mar-a-Lago, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Raul Grijalva, Ron Klain, SCOTUS, Stacey Abrams, U.S. Supreme Court
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | August 7, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Indictments Are an Attack on Political Speech
Written by David E. Smith
As you know, yet another federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has been filed. This time for his efforts to protest the results of the 2020 election. Many legal experts and political pundits are saying this will be an extremely challenging case to prove, as it involves questions about freedom of speech, election interference, and whether the specific charges brought against him hold water legally.
In an interview with Morning Wire, attorney Andy McCarthy speculates that “a good 90 percent of it, is politically protected speech.… Continue Reading
Written by Jorge Gomez
The U.S. Supreme Court is under all-out attack. Recent headlines reveal a concerted effort to manufacture an “ethics” scandal about Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court’s leading conservative and one of the foremost defenders of religious liberty. Justice Neil Gorsuch has also been the target of this smear campaign.
Democrats in Congress, along with their allies in left-wing radical groups and the media, are bringing back calls for radical court “reform.” A constitutionally suspect “judicial ethics” bill was introduced and the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, court packing, Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, First Liberty, Hank Johnson, Michael Mukasey, Mike Berry, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Thomas Jipping, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | May 12, 2023 10:00 AM | Comments Off on Exposing the Radical Effort to Destabilize the Supreme Court
Written by David Harsanyi
As with ProPublica’s recent smear of Clarence Thomas, there’s a lot of excitement across the left-wing Twittersphere over a Politico hit on Neil Gorsuch. But even as a transparent piece of partisan propaganda, it is poorly conceived.
Politico kicks off the piece, “Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property,” with a purposefully deceptive claim: “For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Brian Duffy, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, David Harsanyi, Dick Durbin, Elena Kagan, Greenberg Traurig, Harlan Crow, Heidi Przybyla, Hillary Clinton, LLC, Neil Gorsuch, New York Times, Obamacare, Philip Anschutz, Politico, ProPublica, Raphael Warnock, U.S. Supreme Court, Walden Group
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch, Media Watch | David E. Smith | April 29, 2023 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Media’s Hits Continues To Delegitimize SCOTUS