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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Written by Daniel Horowitz
King George couldn’t hold a candle to the judicial despotism we are governed by some 12 score and three years after the colonists rebelled against what they thought were “intolerable acts.” Sure, there was some taxation without representation going on in the 1770s, but I think the colonists would have taken that any day if they were to see in their crystal ball the severity of today’s social transformation without representation.
We celebrate so much more than the founding of a new nation on July 4.… Continue Reading
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, Dana Sabraw, Declaration of Independence, despotism, Independence Day, James Madison, John Adams, King George, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
July 8, 2019 4:30 AM |
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Written by Trevor Thomas
In September of 2008, U.S. Senator, vice-presidential candidate, and democrat Joe Biden was asked his thoughts—“as a Roman Catholic”—on when life begins. Demonstrating a vast ignorance of science, along with an unflattering display of faith, he told NBC’s Tom Brokaw, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” A decade later, using the same “post-truth” relativism, New York Mayor, presidential candidate, and democrat Bill de Blasio, after signing a law that allows New Yorkers to declare their chosen gender on their birth certificate, told a cheering crowd, “You be you.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Kennedy, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, Brett Kavanaugh, civil rights, Democrat Party, Democratic Socialism, Elizabeth Warren, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, John Zmirak, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roman Catholic, Steven Hayward, Tom Brokaw, transgender equality, Trump-Russia-collusion conspiracy, U.S. Supreme Court, Venezuela, William Lane Craig
IFA News | David E. Smith |
June 15, 2019 7:00 AM |
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Written by William Murchison
So, when the U.S. Supreme Court numbered abortion among our precious constitutional rights, we expected everlasting bliss? Anything but the present knock-down-drag-out over Roe v. Wade and its prospects for survival?
I mean, we’re stunned to see state legislatures moving to outlaw abortion? Why? On what grounds? America is presently absorbing a major political science lesson. To wit, a social revolution commenced and overseen by a coterie of philosopher kings — Platonic guardians, you could say — is a non-starter.… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Heck
It’s one of the most curious approaches to a lopsided public policy battle I’ve seen, and yet it continues to work. The propensity of pro-abortion advocates to play the underdog is so frighteningly effective, I have to ask if the portion of the general population that falls for it has taken complete leave of their senses.
I understand this approach meets the “speak truth to power” mantra that the political left has adopted. … Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Extreme leftists such as U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives this year. They have a lot of radical policy ideas they’d love to see enacted, but the reality is that they are powerless to implement any of them as mere individual members of Congress. But a dangerous and erroneous premise has persisted in our political system that if somehow those individuals got appointed to federal judgeships, they would have the ability to unilaterally enact any policy they choose by granting legal groups standing in court cases – and have that decision be regarded as the law of the land.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortifacients, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Center for Immigration Studies, constitutional separation, Dan Cadman, Donald J. Trump, Hobby Lobby, Jesse M. Furman, Judicial Activism, judicial supremacy, Leonie Brinkema, Rashida Tlaib, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, SCOTUS, U.S. Census, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
January 21, 2019 7:00 AM |
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Written by David Limbaugh
Various leftist grievance groups have insisted for years that they just want equal treatment and equal rights, that they only want to end discrimination and that they come with an attitude of “live and let live.” Nope.
We’ve long known that the “tolerance” police don’t merely want equal rights and to be treated with civility. They require that you honor their ideas as superior, reject your own contrary ideas and do penance for ever having held your own ideas.… Continue Reading
Tags: Academy Awards, Brandi Miller, Colorado Civil Rights Commission, David Limbaugh, Jack Phillips, Kevin Hart, LGBTQ, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Rich Kiamco, U.S. Supreme Court, USA Today
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
December 21, 2018 7:00 AM |
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Written by David Limbaugh
Someone please tell me what bizarro world Democratic activists inhabit — those who are grumbling that Republicans are unscrupulous partisan warriors imposing their agenda by government coercion and trampling the innocent, passive left in the process.
This is frighteningly delusional and shockingly divorced from reality.
Without question, Democrats and their never-Trump supporters on the right would have us believe that Donald Trump is the very creator of partisan politics, someone who has gobsmacked the unsuspecting collegial political left into abject impotence.… Continue Reading
Abattoir: slaughterhouse
Written by Laurie Higgins
Fictional 21st Century Woman at her “reveal” party:
Mom, Dad, Family, Friends, there’s something inside me! Lol, no, it’s not a tumor. It’s a human. It’s got boy DNA (so, not me. lol). I just need to find out if he’s defective. Oh, and I’ll revisit my life goals and career path, check my bank account, and meditate on how I feel about him. If I choose to let him live, y’all can call him a baby!
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Tags: abattoir, abortion, Abortion Care Network, Andrew Koppelman, Brett Kavanaugh, Bruce Rauner, Carafem, Francis Beckwith, Hillary Clinton, Illinois Department of Health and Family Services, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Kat Boyd, Nikki Madsen, Planned Parenthood, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, salute abortion, SCOTUS, shout their abortions, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
October 11, 2018 4:00 AM |
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