Hans von Spakovsky

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Hans von Spakovsky is the manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

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    Judge Indira Talwani Attempts to Override Congress, Forcing Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions

    Thomas Jipping
    California and Rhode Island judges won our October and November “Dishonorable Conduct Award” for their judicial misbehavior.   The December award winner, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, is a super legislator who identifies as a federal judge. In a ruling in July, Talwani, a Biden appointee in Massachusetts—call us shocked—tried to override Congress’ constitutional authority over the federal purse and force taxpayers to subsidize Planned Parenthood.   Some judges who…
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    Majority of Justices Seem Prepared to Hold that the President Can Control the Executive Branch
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Trump Case Is Finally Dead, but Fani Willis Left Fulton County Taxpayers on the Hook for Millions of Dollars
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Brutal Battle of Tarawa: A Thanksgiving We Should Never Forget
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Shots Fired in Texas Redistricting Case
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    November’s Dishonorable Conduct Award Winner—Judge John McConnell
    Thomas Jipping
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    The Dishonorable Conduct Award: Judges Who Threw Out the Statute With the Bathwater
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Californians Said ‘Hands Off Our Maps.’ Newsom Didn’t Listen.
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    4 Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court This Term
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Supreme Court Could Overturn One of the Worst Decisions of the Progressive Era
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump Has Constitutional Authority to Battle Washington Crime
    Thomas Jipping
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    When a President Defies the Courts
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    4 Cases to Watch in Next Supreme Court Session
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Another Deep State Holdout Needs to Go
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Lone Star State’s Redistricting Is Constitutional, Legal, and Necessary
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Democrats Use Illegal Aliens to Obtain Cheap Labor to Support Their Lifestyles
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    More Voter Fraud Exposed: Proven Cases of Ballot Tampering and Rigged Elections
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Bugs Bunny at 85: Bugs Reflected the Culture, Politics of the Times
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Senate Republicans Continue Harry Reid’s Nominee Blockade 
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    Could Obama Be Prosecuted Over the Russian Hoax? A Look at the Law
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Democrats Repeat Their Despicable History of Encouraging Defiance of Federal Laws
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Supreme Court Tells Judge to Fall in Line
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    Supremes to Decide Whether Political Parties Can Act Like Political Parties
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
    Cully Stimson
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    Maryland Federal Judges All Get Hit With DOJ Lawsuit for Violating the Law
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Midnight Judges Aren’t New—Here’s What Jefferson Did
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    National Guard Decision Is a Win for Public Safety, Not Just the President
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Federal Judge Kicks Radical Professors and Their Union to the Curb Where They Belong
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Sanctuary Cities Forced to Comply With Federal Immigration Rules Due to Innovative Program
    Cully Stimson
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    So-Called Maryland Father Indicted for Smuggling Children, Guns, and Drugs
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    DOJ Sues Texas to Enforce Law Prohibiting States From Offering Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition—and Wins
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    6 Hollywood Classics Worth a Watch This Memorial Day Weekend
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    When Tomatoes Became Veggies: 19th-Century SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Hints at the Questions the Court May Soon Face
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Judges Wage War Against Trump
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Judges Who Break Federal Law Can and Should Be Prosecuted
    Cully Stimson
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    Court Upholds Majority of Trump’s Executive Order on Election Integrity
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Associated Press’ Narrow ‘Victory’ Over the White House
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Boston Judge Mark Summerville Should Go Back to Law School 
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    How Major American Law Firms Became a Tool of the Left
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    Trump Acts to Protect American Voters
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Left Has No Respect for God, Country, or History–Including Patrick Henry
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Despite Trump Order, Another Bureaucrat Stubbornly Clings to Power
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Sky Will Not Fall and America Won’t Grind to a Halt Because Some Federal Employees Are Losing Their Jobs Due to DOGE
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Some FBI Agents Haven’t Gotten the Message Yet on Gender Ideology
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Masked Hamas Agitators at Universities Should Be Criminally Prosecuted
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Swamp Can Scream But DOGE Is on a Lawful Path to Success
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Arrogance of the Garland Justice Department Apparently Had No Bounds
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The First ‘Mini-Me’ Executive Branch Case Gets to the Supreme Court on an Emergency Appeal
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    ‘Mini-Me’ Executive Branch Agencies Run Amok. Not for Much Longer, If Trump Has His Way.
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    How the Justice Department Conspired to Legalize Racist Hiring in Cobb County, Georgia, Before Trump Came In
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Taxpayer-Subsidized College Tuition for Illegal Aliens—but Not for Citizens
    Hans von Spakovsky
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