Articles by Hans von Spakovsky

LawCommentary

Why the Supreme Court Got It Right on Gerrymandering

Hans von Spakovsky | June 27, 2019

In a much-awaited decision, the Supreme Court held on Thursday in a 5-4 decision that partisan gerrymandering is a political question beyond the reach of… Read More

LawCommentary

Making Trump’s Tax Returns Public Could Endanger Privacy of Your Tax Returns

Hans von Spakovsky | June 18, 2019

President Donald Trump won a victory Friday when the Justice Department said Congress does not have the right to see his tax returns. More importantly,… Read More

LawCommentary

A Hub of Political Correctness Gets Hit With a Big Judgment

Hans von Spakovsky | June 13, 2019

In what is hard to characterize as anything other than poetic justice, Oberlin College and its former vice president and dean of students, Meredith Raimondo,… Read More

SecurityCommentary

How Open Borders and Sanctuary Policies Victimize (and Kill) Americans

Hans von Spakovsky | June 10, 2019

The supporters of open borders and sanctuary policies that obstruct enforcement of our immigration laws must be overjoyed by the latest report from the Department… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Will Trump Be Impeached? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Process

Hans von Spakovsky | June 08, 2019

To impeach, or not to impeach? That is the question House Democrats are ferociously debating among themselves as they try to figure out the best… Read More

SecurityCommentary

If D-Day Were Today, Would Millennials Step Up to the Challenge?

Hans von Spakovsky | June 06, 2019

As we celebrate the courage, determination, and resolve of the “Greatest Generation” on June 6—the 75th anniversary of the bloody Allied invasion of Normandy, France,… Read More

LawCommentary

In Opposing Trump Disclosure Order on Campaign Surveillance, Liberals Support Cover-Up

Hans von Spakovsky | May 28, 2019

Acting in the interests of transparency and justice, President Donald Trump took exactly the right action Thursday night when he gave Attorney General William Barr… Read More

LawAnalysis

Liberals Seeking to Jail Top Trump Administration Officials Face Big Obstacles

Hans von Spakovsky | May 25, 2019

Some congressional Democrats want nothing more than to hand Attorney General William Barr and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (among others) a “GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL”… Read More

LawCommentary

The Trump Administration Can Bring Justice to Iran for Its Role in 1983 Beirut Bombing

Hans von Spakovsky | May 20, 2019

It has been over three decades since 241 American servicemen serving as peacekeepers were killed and scores more wounded by a truck bombing in the… Read More

LawCommentary

New York Times May Have Broken Law by Publishing Trump’s Tax Returns

Hans von Spakovsky | May 10, 2019

The New York Times no doubt considers it quite a coup to have obtained and published President Donald Trump’s tax return information from 1985 to 1994…. Read More

LawCommentary

House Democrats Show Their Contempt for Constitution, Rule of Law

Hans von Spakovsky | May 08, 2019

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., falsely labeled Attorney General William Barr a “liar.” Our colleague and former Supreme Court litigator Paul Larkin debunked… Read More

LawCommentary

Judges Can’t Ignore Immigration Laws They Don’t Like

Hans von Spakovsky | May 06, 2019

Remember when judges used to uphold the law? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case today. Consider the Massachusetts trial judge who is accused of helping a twice-deported illegal… Read More

LawCommentary

Against Liberal Assaults, Barr Proves Unflappable

Hans von Spakovsky | May 03, 2019

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee—some of them candidates for their party’s presidential nomination and hungry for TV exposure—battered Attorney General William Barr Wednesday with… Read More

LawCommentary

Mueller Report Clearing Trump Should Prompt Congress to Halt Endless Investigations

Hans von Spakovsky | April 22, 2019

The report by special counsel Robert Mueller released Thursday by Attorney General William Barr confirms that Barr was completely accurate when he told Congress in… Read More

LawCommentary

The Fight Over Trump’s Tax Returns Will End Up in the Supreme Court. Here’s Why.

Hans von Spakovsky | April 18, 2019

Should elected officials be allowed to gain access to the federal income tax returns of American taxpayers? When President Richard Nixon tried to do this to get… Read More

LawCommentary

Once Again, a Liberal Activist Judge Is Halting a Sensible Immigration Policy

Hans von Spakovsky | April 12, 2019

If you look up the phrase “activist judge” in the liberal lexicon, one of the names that will no doubt appear at the top of… Read More

LawCommentary

Barr Should Focus on 2 Questions When Investigating Spying on Trump Campaign

Hans von Spakovsky | April 12, 2019

Democrats sharply attacked Attorney General William Barr for telling the truth when he acknowledged in Senate testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement officers had spied on the… Read More

LawCommentary

Courts Should Stay Out of the ‘Political Thicket’ of Gerrymandering

Hans von Spakovsky | March 27, 2019

The Supreme Court heard oral argument this week in two cases challenging congressional district lines drawn for partisan advantage. The question before the justices is… Read More

LawCommentary

RIP Ronald Zumbrun. We’ve Lost a Legal Warrior for the Constitution.

Hans von Spakovsky | March 26, 2019

With the passing of Ronald A. Zumbrun, our nation has lost a legal warrior who helped start the conservative legal battle to restore the Constitution… Read More

LawCommentary

Why Covington Teen Could Win His Lawsuit Against CNN

Hans von Spakovsky | March 15, 2019

Nicholas Sandmann and his parents have followed up their defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post with one filed Tuesday against CNN. Sandmann, you’ll recall, is one of… Read More

LawCommentary

Why the Commerce Secretary Shouldn’t Testify to Lawmakers About the Census

Hans von Spakovsky | March 12, 2019

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is scheduled to testify Thursday before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in a hearing on the Trump administration’s reinstating a… Read More

 LawCommentary

Ocasio-Cortez and Top Aide Should Be Investigated for Possible Campaign Finance Violations

Hans von Spakovsky | March 11, 2019

An investigation is needed to determine if socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the media magnet on the far-left fringe of the Democratic Party, has broken federal campaign… Read More

LawCommentary

North Carolina Election Fraud Should Be a Wake-Up Call for the Left

Hans von Spakovsky | March 05, 2019

Widespread fraud by a political operative working for a Republican is forcing a redo of the 2018 midterm race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District…. Read More

LawCommentary

How Covington’s Nick Sandmann Could Win His Defamation Claim Against Washington Post

Hans von Spakovsky | March 04, 2019

Nicholas Sandmann is one of the Covington Catholic High School students caught in a media firestorm while attending the March for Life last month in… Read More

LawCommentary

China Is Poisoning America With Fentanyl

Hans von Spakovsky | March 04, 2019

Fentanyl is now the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses. In 2017 alone, 49,000 Americans lost their lives to fentanyl.  What is the source of… Read More

LawCommentary

New Study Confirms Voter ID Laws Don’t Hurt Election Turnout

Hans von Spakovsky | February 26, 2019

Less than one week after Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams made inflammatory claims in her State of the Union response about an epidemic of “voter suppression”… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Congressional Incompetence Forced Trump’s Hand on National Emergency Declaration

Hans von Spakovsky | February 19, 2019

Democrats are calling President Donald Trump every name in the book and threatening multiple lawsuits to overturn his Friday declaration of a national emergency on our southern… Read More

LawCommentary

William Barr Is Our New Attorney General. Here Are 4 Things He Should Focus on Right Away

Hans von Spakovsky | February 15, 2019

With the confirmation of William Barr as the 85th attorney general of the United States, we now have an experienced hand leading the Department of Justice. At… Read More

LawCommentary

Stacey Abrams’ False Claims About Election Integrity

Hans von Spakovsky | February 11, 2019

In her response on behalf of Democrats to the State of the Union address, Stacey Abrams employed more of the over-the-top rhetoric that has come… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump Must Go to the Mat Over Liberal Judge’s Ruling on Census Question

Hans von Spakovsky | January 19, 2019

A Manhattan district court judge earlier this week blocked the Trump administration from adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 census, and in doing… Read More