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Citizenship is no Longer Required for Voting

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) gave its concurrence that citizenship is no longer required for voting. Monday SCOTUS declined to hear a case (No. 20-109 Schwab v. Fish) on a Kansas voting law. The law requires residents to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. This was despite 18 red states … Read more

Biden Admits His Court Packing Position

October 26, 2020

Since the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Democrats have been barking. They favor packing the court with more justices. They want to add as many new justices to the court until they have a Leftist majority. Joe Biden wants to go “Well beyond court packing.”

If Neither Left nor Right Feels Bound, It Is Only a Legal Principle

October 6, 2020

How judicial nominees and appointees grasp the relationship between their judicial duty and the doctrine of stare decisis causes much consternation. This issue is a device of convenience having little meaning in the currently legislatively active judiciary.

Confirm Amy Coney Barrett … Do It Now

October 4, 2020

We need to confirm Amy Coney Barrett. It needs to be done now. On September 26 the President made a nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). His nominee is Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Judge Barrett would be a justice with commitment to upholding our laws and Constitution. She opposes legislating personal … Read more

Does the Flynn Dismissal Put the Rule of Law at Risk

May 10, 2020

Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley is an American attorney, writer, commentator, and legal analyst. He appears in broadcast and print journalism. Jonathan Turley is a professor at the George Washington University Law School and has testified in Congressional proceedings about constitutional and statutory issues.

Pelosi Realizes Impeachment Was a Mistake

January 11, 2020

America is the midst of a one-sided faux impeachment standoff. The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has done an impeachment vote… in a rush. There were expressions of great urgency and charges of great import. But apparently the charges were not actually important enough to put to paper or to actually convey to the Senate for trial.

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Blaine Amendments Are Going on Trial

January 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Blaine Amendments are going on trial. Get ready for one of the most important education-related Supreme Court cases in 50 years: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. The case is on the schedule for hearing by the nation’s highest court on January 22, 2020.

Throw the Bum Out! … Wait, Don’t We Need a Reason?

September 26, 2019

Throw the Bum Out! There are 235 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. 231 of them voted their intent to impeach the President. That’s every Demcorat who was in the Chamber at the time of the vote.

Chief Justice John Roberts Believes in Santa Claus

September 25, 2019

Tuesday at a New York synagogue U.S. Chief Justice Roberts lamented the perception SCOTUS is becoming politicized. He also does not think the justices’ decisions are guided primarily by their partisan affiliation. Those two things are an indictment of his naiveté.

The #VolinskyAgenda’s Silly Coup Attempt

May 5, 2019 Ed Mosca

This breathless tweet from Democrat operative -oops, I mean WMUR crack political reporter- Johnny DiStaso: In the underlying article, DiStaso writes: In a statement to WMUR, Volinsky said, “A slim majority of the New Hampshire Supreme Court decided last year that the Executive Council has a role in advising the governor with respect to vetoes. … Read more