Articles by Hans von Spakovsky

 LawPoliticsCommentary

How Trump’s Justice Department Will Achieve More Honest Elections

Hans von Spakovsky | December 10, 2024

The key to what a new Trump administration can do to enhance the security of the election process is not to nationalize election operations, something… Read More

 LawPoliticsCommentary

Getting New Leadership Confirmed Quickly for Next Trump Admin

Hans von Spakovsky | November 19, 2024

The new Republican majority in the 119th Congress has to prove its worth, beginning with how it handles President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Trump should… Read More

LawPoliticsCommentary

Pennsylvania Officials Openly Admit to Trying to Steal Senate Seat

Hans von Spakovsky | November 18, 2024

So much for the Left’s trope that election fraud is a myth. Enter the chairwoman of the Bucks County Board of Commissioners, Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a… Read More

  LawPoliticsCommentary

THE LAW IS CLEAR: Biden-Harris DOJ Can’t Stop States From Striking Aliens Off Voter Rolls

Hans von Spakovsky | October 24, 2024

The Biden-Harris Justice Department is wrong in claiming that federal law bars Virginia and other states from removing aliens from their voter rolls. And if… Read More

LawCommentary

No, Elon Musk Is NOT Breaking Federal Election Law

Hans von Spakovsky | October 22, 2024

Despite what you may hear from leftist so-called election law “experts,” Elon Musk is not violating federal law with his America PAC’s million-dollar lottery for… Read More

 InternationalLawPoliticsCommentary

Are UK Labor Party and Harris Campaign Headed for Legal Jeopardy?

Hans von Spakovsky | October 18, 2024

The United Kingdom’s Labor Party and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign may be marching into the same legal jeopardy as the Australian Labor Party and Bernie… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict

Hans von Spakovsky | October 02, 2024

By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in… Read More

 LawCommentary

The Serious Charges Against New York Mayor Eric Adams

Hans von Spakovsky | September 26, 2024

Did New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, accept foreign bribes and foreign campaign contributions? That’s the key issue in the… Read More

 LawCommentary

Get Ready for Another Mail-In Ballot Fiasco

Hans von Spakovsky | September 25, 2024

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Many states are sending out mail-in ballots now for the Nov. 5 presidential election. Yet at the same time that so many… Read More

 PoliticsCommentary

Criticism of Project 2025’s Reforms of Federal Election Commission Is Ill-Informed, Dangerous

Hans von Spakovsky | September 24, 2024

Those attacking me for my participation in Project 2025, for which I wrote the chapter on how the Federal Election Commission should be run, reveal… Read More

EducationCommentary

Did Elite Colleges Lie to the Supreme Court or Are They Breaking the Law Today?

Hans von Spakovsky | September 19, 2024

When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its monumental decision in 2023 telling colleges and universities that “yes,” they did have to comply with the equal… Read More

 LawCommentary

More Good News for Trump in Fani Willis’ Case Against Him

Hans von Spakovsky | September 17, 2024

The second attempted assassination of Donald Trump over the weekend came just after the dismissal by a Georgia judge of more lawfare charges against the… Read More

 PoliticsCommentary

The Easy, Cheap, Quick Solution to the RFK Jr. Ballot Issue

Hans von Spakovsky | September 06, 2024

Early voting is starting in many states, both in-person and through the absentee balloting process, which makes resolving the issue of Robert F. Kennedy Jr…. Read More

 LawCommentary

As Usual, The Washington Post Gets an Election Story Wrong

Hans von Spakovsky | August 27, 2024

One of the problems with reporters for The Washington Post is that they repeat the claims of liberals as if they are facts, without questioning… Read More

 EconomyLawCommentary

Google Finally Gets Its Comeuppance

Hans von Spakovsky | August 20, 2024

In a recent court order, federal district court Judge Amit Mehta said what most of us have suspected for years: Google’s market dominance in online… Read More

 LawCommentary

Voting Rights Act Court Ruling Could Dramatically Shift Political Control of Congress

Hans von Spakovsky | August 02, 2024

In an Aug. 1 decision over redistricting of county commission seats in Galveston, Texas, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has issued a decision… Read More

LawCommentary

Americans’ Right to Speak Suffers a Body Blow From Supreme Court

Hans von Spakovsky | June 26, 2024

In a setback for First Amendment free speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held in Murthy v. Missouri that no plaintiff in the case… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Appeals Court Deals Blow to Racial Discrimination by Big Money Corporate Interests

Hans von Spakovsky | June 17, 2024

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has thrown a wrench into the blatantly discriminatory practices of big-money corporate interests. In American… Read More

LawCommentary

Here’s Why Hunter’s Conviction Doesn’t Prove the Justice System Isn’t Weaponized

Hans von Spakovsky | June 12, 2024

Those claiming that the Hunter Biden conviction proves our justice system has not been weaponized and that Donald Trump and others who have been claiming… Read More

   SecurityCommentary

Despite Liberals’ Hysterical Denials, Aliens Are Registering and Voting

Hans von Spakovsky | June 06, 2024

The truth is out there. Aliens are registering and voting in American elections. For anyone who cares to see it, the truth is available in… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump Verdict Makes NYC ‘Venezuela on the Hudson’

Hans von Spakovsky | June 04, 2024

It’s hard to adequately describe what happened to Donald Trump in Venezuela-on-the-Hudson. Outrageous? A travesty of justice? A devasting blow to the sanctity of our… Read More

 PoliticsCommentary

Supreme Court Rebuffs Claim of Partisan South Carolina Redistricting as Race Bias

Hans von Spakovsky | May 28, 2024

Four years after the 2020 census and the redistricting that occurred across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that a lower court… Read More

  LawCommentary

A Bill to Ensure Fair Representation for American Citizens

Hans von Spakovsky | May 09, 2024

The House of Representatives finally acted Wednesday to remedy an injustice that has been getting worse as the number of illegal aliens coming into the… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Trump’s NY Prosecution Is a Bogus Case by a Bogus Prosecutor

Hans von Spakovsky | May 01, 2024

There are many reasons why legal experts are questioning the legitimacy of the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump. But the major reason is… Read More

LawCommentary

Election 2020 Redux: Presidential Immunity Question Before the Supreme Court

Hans von Spakovsky | April 25, 2024

In what may be one of the most important and historic cases the U.S. Supreme Court has ever handled, the court heard almost three hours… Read More

 SecurityCommentary

What to Do About the Terrorist Supporters Among Us

Hans von Spakovsky | April 24, 2024

The pervasive and open antisemitism that has infected our academic institutions, such as Columbia University, with the chants of “Death to America”; rabid support for… Read More

LawCommentary

Dirty Deeds Done in the Dark: Leftist Lawyers Caught Engaging in Attorney Misconduct

Hans von Spakovsky | April 20, 2024

A scathing report by three federal judges on the “misconduct” of plaintiff lawyers in a challenge to Alabama’s ban on gender-transition medicine for minors illustrates something we… Read More

LawCommentary

Trump Will Have Strong Argument for Appeal After Fani Willis’ Latest Move

Hans von Spakovsky | March 15, 2024

Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled Friday that county District Attorney Fani Willis could not go forward with her prosecution of former… Read More

  LawCommentary

With Trump Ruling, Supreme Court Restores Voting Rights of Millions of Americans

Hans von Spakovsky | March 04, 2024

In a much anticipated, historic opinion Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed Colorado’s highest court and restored former President Donald Trump to the ballot… Read More

SocietyCommentary

NFL Has Become a Woke, Discriminatory, Anti-American Institution

Hans von Spakovsky | February 28, 2024

Pro football will be back before you know it. The next NFL draft is in April, and the first regular-season games will be on Sept. 5…. Read More