Written by Tim Graham
Associated Press reporters were blunt about their latest poll:
“Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term.”
In the poll, fully 77% said Biden is too old to be effective for four more years, as he would turn 86 in the White House. Naturally, 89% of Republicans agreed — but so did 69% of Democrats and, most importantly for the general election, 74% of independents.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2024 Election, Associated Press, Dianne Feinstein, Donald Trump, Franklin Foer, Jake Tapper, Joe Biden, Joe Biden's Age Will Be an Issue in 2024, Karine Jean-Pierre, London Daily Mail, Mary Katharine Ham, Mitch McConnell, Rob Crilly, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Strom Thurmond
Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Political | Alyssa Sonnenburg | September 2, 2023 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Joe Biden’s Age Will Be an Issue in 2024
Written by Robert Knight
Did you know that debating issues in Congress is part of the culture war and is bad for democracy?
That’s what The Washington Post (motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”) implied in its front-page story after the Republican-led House approved the National Defense Authorization Act in a 219-210 party-line vote.
The bill authorizes an $886 billion defense budget and rolls back some of the Democrats’ schemes aimed at turning America into a Marxist version of Sodom and Gomorrah.… Continue Reading
Tags: Angel Studios, Biden Administration, Catherine Rampell, COVID–19, Disney, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Elena Kagan, Environmental Protection Agency, Gerald Groff, Harold Shurtleff, Jim Caviezel, Joe Kennedy, Kevin McCarthy, Lorie Smith, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Mira Sorvino, Obergefell, Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, same-sex marriage, The Washington Post, Tim Ballard, U.S. Postal Service
Marriage, Family & Culture, Political | David E. Smith | July 24, 2023 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Yes, The Culture War is Real, And Democrats Started It
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
This past week, the following exchange took place between U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Mrs. Blackburn: “In United States vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admission policy. Writing for the majority, Justice Ginsburg stated, ‘Supposed inherent differences are no longer accepted as a ground for race or national origin classifications, physical differences between men and women, however, are enduring.
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Tags: Awake, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Leon Kass, Marsha Blackburn, Noelle Mering, Not Woke, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Beginning of Wisdom, Tower of Babel, Virginia Military Institute
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | March 28, 2022 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Ketanji Brown Jackson, America’s High Priestess of Babel
Written by Jorge Gomez
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it will hear 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a free speech case that could have major implications for religious liberty. This is a case being handled by our friends at the Alliance Defending Freedom.
It involves Lorie Smith, a Christian web designer from the Denver-area who declines to create wedding websites for same-sex couples, because of her religious beliefs. The case is expected to be heard during the Court’s next term, which begins in October.… Continue Reading
Tags: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, Aaron Klein, Alliance Defending Freedom, Amy Coney Barrett, Andrew McCarthy, Anthony Kennedy, Brett Kavanaugh, First Liberty Institute, Jack Phillips, Jorge Gomez, Lorie Smith, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, Melissa Klein, National Review, Oregon Supreme Court, religious freedom, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | March 4, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on SCOTUS Case of Colorado Web Designer Has Big Implications for Religious Liberty
Written by Peter Heck
There were more than a few storylines to track after one of the most intransigent liberals in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer, announced he would be stepping down at the end of this term.
First, the timing of the announcement seemed suspect. Justices have historically waited much later in the term to declare such an intent (Kennedy, Souter, O’Connor). That early timing led to widespread speculation that Breyer likely gave the White House the courtesy of a wary heads-up to avoid them being taken off guard and allow them to give a full and proper vetting of potential replacements.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Saul Alinsky, Stephen Breyer, Ted Kennedy
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | February 3, 2022 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Wait, Wait… David Axelrod is Complaining About The “Nature of our Times”?!
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 | Comments Off on NPR’s Fake News From the SCOTUS
Written by Daniel Horowitz
James Madison once wrote, “Government is instituted to protect property of every sort” and that “conscience is the most sacred of all property.” Yet just before July 4 weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court, by denying an appeal in an important religious liberty case, has essentially abrogated both property and conscience rights, as well as the right to use one’s own property in accordance with deeply held religious beliefs. So much for self-evident truths, inalienable rights, and the institution of government to secure these rights.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Anthony Kennedy, Arlene's Flowers, Barronelle Stutzman, Brett Kavanaugh, Calvin Coolidge, Jack Phillips, John Roberts, Joseph Story, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | July 8, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett Deal Crushing Blow to Religious Liberty
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 | Comments Off on Will Roberts and Kavanaugh Stand With the Unborn or the Unjust?
Written by Liberty McArtor
America moved closer to a 180-degree shift last week when President Joe Biden established the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. And now, the treacherous idea of court-packing is closer to becoming reality, as Democrats filed a bill this week to add four (4) seats to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In examining “reforms” to the U.S. Supreme Court, the major issue the commission will examine is court-packing—put simply, increasing the number of justices on the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Thorin Anderson
Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 78 that the U.S. Supreme Court would be the weakest branch of government because it had “no influence over either the sword or the purse.” Why then the panic and flaming hair on the Democrat side of the isle with the elevation of Amy Coney Barrett to that Court? What gives? She claims to be an originalist, and by definition an originalist ignores his or her own policy preferences and yields to the intention of the U.S.… Continue Reading