Hans von Spakovsky, author at DailySignal.com

The ‘‘Right” to Vote of Felons and Noncitizens According to Activist Judges

Hans von Spakovsky | November 01, 2010

As we head into Election Day tomorrow, we should note that there were two decisions last week in federal courts of appeal that directly impact… Read More

Law

Ninth Circuit Sanity on Felon Disenfranchisement

Hans von Spakovsky | October 12, 2010

Good news out of the liberal (and frequently reversed) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — an en banc panel just upheld Washington State’s felon-disenfranchisement law… Read More

Law

Immigration Absconders

Hans von Spakovsky | September 29, 2010

Anyone concerned about immigration should read a guest column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by my former Justice Department colleague Mark Metcalf, a former immigration judge… Read More

Law

Justice Must Address Lawlessness Uncovered by Christopher Coates

Hans von Spakovsky | September 27, 2010

Friday’s testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by Christopher Coates — a career Justice Department lawyer and supervisor — knocked down the Potemkin… Read More

Law

Defying DOJ Instructions, Christopher Coates Will Testify Friday on New Black Panther Case

Hans von Spakovsky | September 23, 2010

The news that Christopher Coates, former chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Section, is set to testify Friday before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights… Read More

Law

New Black Panther Party Case Update: E-mails Call into Question the DOJ’s Story

Hans von Spakovsky | September 20, 2010

Stunning new developments in the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) voter-intimidation scandal indicate that high-level Justice Department officials have been misleading the public and Congress…. Read More

Law

Civil Rights in the 21st Century

Hans von Spakovsky | September 15, 2010

In the midst of election primaries, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a day-long conference yesterday in Washington at the National Press Club titled… Read More

Law

To Convict or Not to Convict? It’s Up to the Senate

Hans von Spakovsky | September 10, 2010

When the U.S. Senate reconvenes on Sept. 13, a very rare event will begin in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building: an impeachment… Read More

The Costs of Birthright Citizenship

Hans von Spakovsky | September 09, 2010

There have been numerous debates about “birthright” citizenship in recent weeks. As the Heritage Foundation has pointed out, the claim that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship… Read More

Law

There Really Is Something Rotten in the Justice Department

Hans von Spakovsky | September 08, 2010

The Washington Times lead editorial yesterday was about the Justice Department enabling voter fraud — just in time for the November elections. This is due… Read More

Law

Obama’s Immigration Get out of Court Free Card

Hans von Spakovsky | September 03, 2010

There is an important column on immigration today in The Washington Times Commentary section by Mark Metcalf, a former Justice Department colleague and good friend… Read More

Law

The Justice Department Strikes Arizona Again

Hans von Spakovsky | September 01, 2010

Eric Holder’s Justice Department really seems to believe that its primary responsibility is to help aliens who violate federal law as opposed to tax-paying citizens… Read More

Law

No One Has Right to Violate U.S. Immigration Law

Hans von Spakovsky | August 31, 2010

President Obama has submitted his administration’s legal dispute with Arizona over immigration to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called that move… Read More

LawNews

Why is Obama Letting Noncitizens Get Away with Voting?

Hans von Spakovsky | August 27, 2010

As Matt Mayer vividly describes in a new Heritage Web Memo, the Obama administration is implementing a de facto amnesty that will allow the vast… Read More

Law

Voter ID and Illegal Aliens

Hans von Spakovsky | August 23, 2010

The latest Rasmussen poll on voter ID is sure to frustrate liberal advocacy organizations like the NAACP and the League of Women Voters that oppose… Read More

News

A Firefighter Finally Gets What He Deserves

Hans von Spakovsky | August 18, 2010

It’s an unfortunate truth about Washington: Those who decide the great issues of the day seldom see the practical results of their legislative or judicial… Read More

Law

A Slap at a Judge’s Nutty ACORN Ruling

Hans von Spakovsky | August 17, 2010

Good news on the efforts to defund ACORN: On Friday, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the injunction against… Read More

Law

Pampering Illegals, Endangering Americans: The Obama Administration’s Immigration Policy

Hans von Spakovsky | August 09, 2010

The death of a Catholic nun and the serious injury of two elderly nuns in Virginia is more than just a tragedy. It’s the inevitable… Read More

Security

The Human Cost of Not Enforcing Immigration Law

Hans von Spakovsky | August 03, 2010

Yesterday we wrote about the real consequences of the failure of the federal government to enforce our immigration laws by referring to the two teenagers… Read More

Security

Unlike Obama Administration, Virginia Will Enforce Immigration Laws

Hans von Spakovsky | August 02, 2010

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is having quite a day. As Todd Gaziano explains, a federal district court denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request that… Read More

Law

Sen. Leahy (D-VT) Denies Senate Judiciary Request to Investigate New Black Panther Case

Hans von Spakovsky | July 30, 2010

As the scandal over the dismissal of the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) voter intimidation case percolates in the media, letters have been flying through… Read More

Law

The New Black Panther Case is Not ‘Small Potatoes’

Hans von Spakovsky | July 28, 2010

Abby Thernstrom is my friend and we usually agree on voting matters, but I have to say with due respect to her that her view… Read More

DISCLOSE Act – Cloture Fails

Hans von Spakovsky | July 27, 2010

There was good news this afternoon in the Senate. The effort to end the filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, the campaign finance bill that would… Read More

Law

The WikiLeaks Assault on the Rule of Law and National Security

Hans von Spakovsky | July 26, 2010

The publication of over 91,000 classified U.S. military documents on Afghanistan by WikiLeaks has, as White House national security adviser Jim Jones said, “put the… Read More

DISCLOSE Act Assault on First Amendment Continues

Hans von Spakovsky | July 23, 2010

For those of you who believe in bygone notions like free speech rights and the ability to criticize politicians when they do things like nationalize… Read More

Law

The New Black Panther Party Evidence on Voter Intimidation

Hans von Spakovsky | July 21, 2010

Andy McCarthy has an important story over at National Review Online that does an outstanding job of demolishing many of the myths being propagated about… Read More

Law

There Really Is a Racist Scandal at the Justice Department

Hans von Spakovsky | July 16, 2010

At last! It took a year, but The Washington Post and The New York Times have finally done (grudging) stories about the Justice Department’s scandalous… Read More

Law

‘Downgrading’ Voter Intimidation

Hans von Spakovsky | July 13, 2010

I was on vacation with my family in Yellowstone National Park when the New Black Panther voter intimidation case exploded into the headlines with the… Read More

Law

Politics Before Law in Obama’s Arizona Suit

Hans von Spakovsky | July 07, 2010

The Justice Department filed its expected lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law (S.B. 1070) yesterday and issued a press release trumpeting its action. It is… Read More