Written by Terence P. Jeffrey
When lawyer Sarah Weddington stood up in the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 11, 1972, to present the pro-abortion argument in the case of Roe v. Wade, she was legalistically careful in the language she used to describe whom exactly an abortion aborted.
She avoided normal human terms like “unborn child” or “baby” — and, most importantly, “person.” She preferred “fetus.”
Presumably, this was because the Fourteenth Amendment states,
“nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
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Tags: Byron White, Clarence Thomas, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Due Process Clause, Elizabeth Prelogar, Fourteenth Amendment, Joe Biden, Roe v. Wade, Sarah Weddington, U.S. Supreme Court
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
March 9, 2022 6:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar is hosting a temporary program pompously titled “Democracy In Peril.” On Jan. 18, Keilar huffed: “We can’t discuss the tsunami of disinformation, jeopardizing American democracy, without talking about the mothership, Fox.”
On the very same day, NPR U.S. Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg aired a story claiming that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was callously ignoring requests from Chief Justice John Roberts to wear a mask during oral arguments in deference to diabetes-suffering colleague Justice Sonia Sotomayor.… Continue Reading
Tags: Ariane de Vogue, Bret Baier, Brian Fallon, Brian Stelter, Brianna Keilar, Clarence Thomas, David Gura, Drew Holden, Eddie Glaude, John Roberts, MSNBC, Neil Gorsuch, Nina Totenberg, NPR, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shannon Bream, Sonia Sotomayor, Twitter
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
January 21, 2022 11:00 AM |
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Written by Terence P. Jeffrey
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, both nominated by Republican presidents, have both written absurd opinions on abortion laws.
The case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this year, could give them an opportunity to redeem themselves.
At issue in this case is a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after a baby’s 15th gestational week. The question: Can a state prohibit doctors from killing unborn babies who are not yet old enough to survive outside the womb?… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Brett Kavanaug, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Donald Trump, Elena Kagan, Garza v. Hargan, John Roberts, June Medical Services v. Russo, Karen Henderson, Neil Gorsuch, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
May 19, 2021 7:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
Given the level of insanity erupting at all levels in America, it wasn’t really a shock when the huge, multinational corporation Unilever announced in early March that it was pulling the word “normal” from at least half of its products.
No more soap for “normal skin care,” or shampoo for “normal hair.” It’s offensive.
A global study by Unilever found that the word “normal” made 56 percent of the respondents feel excluded and that 70 percent felt that using the word on packaging has a negative impact on people.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anita Hill, Aristocats, Aviance, Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Big Brother, Breyers, Bruce Tinsley, Brut, Clarence Thomas, Continental, Disney-Plus, Dove, Dr. Seuss, Drag Queen Story Hour, Dumbo, Gannett newspaper chain, Gina Carano, Hellmann’s, Jason L. Riley, Joe Biden, Knorr and Pure Leaf Tea. Also, Lifebuoy, Lipton, Loudoun County School Board, Mallard Fillmore, Marxism, Michael Pack, Ministry of Trut, Ministry of Truth, Newspeak, Orwellian times, Peter Pan, Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden, Read Across America Day, Star Wars, Swiss Family Robinson, The Jungle Book, The Lady and the Tramp, The Mandalorian, The Washington Times, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Unilever, Wall Street Journal
LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith |
March 15, 2021 4:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
Just when you thought Leftists couldn’t be more cynical, hypocritical, dishonest, tyrannical, and cruel, they step up to prove you wrong. When Democrats, by whatever janky standards they’ve made up, think Republicans have gone “low,” they–that is, Democrats–dive headlong into the abyss of hypocrisy and nastiness.
They’ve been doing their theatrical performative best to argue that the attack on the Capitol is particularly heinous because of the building’s symbolic significance—which, of course, it has.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, AOC, Barack Obama, BLM, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, Cori Bush, Democrats, Dick Durbin, DOJ, Hitler, Hunter Biden, Jack Dorsey, James O’Keefe, Jan Schakowsky, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Kristen Clarke, Leftists, Mario Diaz-Balart, Mary Miller, Nancy Pelosi, Parler, Patrick Lahey, President Trump, Project Veritas, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Ted Kennedy, the Capitol, Twitter, Uganda
Media Watch, Political, Religious Liberty | Benjamin D. Smith |
January 15, 2021 4:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
Listen to this article:
Never-Trumpers in a de facto alliance with leftist Trump-loathers of various stripes have apparently succeeded in their effort to elect a cognitively impaired man who claims to be Catholic while heartily endorsing a legal right to slaughter the unborn and making the public pay for their deaths.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Amy Coney Barrett, Antifa, Antonin Scalia, Big Tech, BLM, Brett Kavanaugh, Catholic, Christ, Christians, Clarence Thomas, CNN, COVID, Equality Act, First Amendment, George Bush, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Leftists, MSNBC, Neil Gorsuch, Never-Trumpers, New York Times, Planned Parenthood, Samuel Alito, Scripture, Trump, United States Supreme Court, Washington Post, Women
Faith & Religion, Federal Elections, Political | Benjamin D. Smith |
December 2, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Laurie Higgins
Every day, “progressives” provide evidence for their unfitness for any positions of leadership, power, or influence. Senate minority leader and master of hyperbole and prevarication Chuck Schumer (D-NY) provides a case in point. In response to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, Schumer made this comment on the U.S. Senate floor:
It will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate.
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Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bernie Sanders, Brett Kavanaugh, Charles Sumner, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, Cory Booker, Diane Feinstein, Frank Lautenberg, Mazie Hirono, Neomi Rao, Preston Brooks, Rick Santorum, Robert Bork, Russ Feingold, SCOTUS, Ted Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
October 28, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Written by Peter Heck
As the American political world gears up for what promises to be one of the most acrimonious, bitter, and embarrassing confirmation hearings in the history of the federal judiciary, I’m curious if anyone has picked up on a common theme when it comes to these reputation desecrations we call senatorial “advise and consent.”
Out of sheer curiosity I conducted an informal, and extraordinarily unscientific survey of a small group of 5 politically aware colleagues and friends.… Continue Reading
Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neil Gorsuch, Robert Bork, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer
Uncategorized | David E. Smith |
September 28, 2020 10:00 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
Democrats never have any doubts about their court nominees. They know with certainty that once their picks are on the court, they will be willing to do anything in a real case to interpret the U.S. Constitution the way they see it. They will rule with the party’s preferred political outcomes regardless of past precedent or the plain meaning of the Constitution. There is no reason why conservatives cannot have that same confidence that GOP nominees will rule on the side of the original meaning of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: 14th Amendment, Antonin Scalia, Arizona v. United States, Bill of RIghts, Bladensburg cross case, Bostock v. Clayton County, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, Due Process, Education Amendments Act of 1972, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection, Establishment Clause, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., illegal aliens, John Marshall, Judicial Nominations, Neil Gorsuch, Obergefell, Patchak v. Zinke, Plyler v. Doe, Privileges and Immunities Clause, SCOTUS, Supremacy Clause, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act, Zadvydas v. Davis
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
September 24, 2020 7:17 AM |
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Written by John A. Sparks
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies.
Kendra Espinoza, a hard working (three jobs) and determined single mom, decided to take her two daughters out of the local public schools and enroll them in Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell, Montana. She explained that she “wanted them to be able to read the Bible and be taught how to pray, and taught from that faith-based perspective.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Anti Christian Hate, Brett Kavanaugh, Christian school, Christian schools, Clarence Thomas, Constitution, Espinoza v. Montana, First Amendment, government mandated religion, John Roberts, Kendra Espinoza, Montana, Neil Gorsuch, religious liberty, Samuel Alito, School vouchers, SCOTUS, Stillwater Christian School, the Bible, Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, U.S. Supreme Court
Judicial Branch, Religious Liberty | Benjamin D. Smith |
July 11, 2020 4:00 AM |
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