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Big Cases to Watch During New Supreme Court Term
The Supreme Court is back. The nine justices will be hearing several blockbuster cases this term and weighing in on everything from affirmative action to election districts and even a case that involves Californians’ access to bacon. “Last term was certainly a very big term with big cases,” Zack Smith, a legal fellow at The… -
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FBI Reportedly Raid Home ‘Guns Drawn,’ 11 Pro-Life Activists Charged for Blocking Abortion Clinic
Amid accusations that it is targeting pro-lifers to silence and intimidate, the Justice Department has charged 11 more pro-life activists with violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic in 2021. The 11 activists were charged with FACE Act violations stemming from their 2021 “blockade”… -
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GOP Lawmakers Worry About China Ties of Election Software Company Accused of Stealing Data
Criminal charges in California against the chief executive of a software company said to be tied to China have sparked national concerns about election security. Eugene Yu, founder and president of the election software company Konnech Inc., was arrested by local police in Michigan in connection with an investigation into the possible theft of personal… -
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National Archives Scraps ‘Transparency’ Mission When It Comes to Trump Documents
The Biden administration has turned what should be the most transparent of government agencies, the National Archives and Records Administration, into one of the least transparent agencies—rivaling even the FBI. Established in 1934, the National Archives has a mission to identify, protect, preserve, and make publicly available all historically valuable records. But the… -
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Media Falsely Links Hurricanes to Climate Change. Here Are the Facts.
The weather is difficult to predict. Media narratives aren’t. The media bat signal is up to exploit the latest crisis for left-wing policy goals. As Florida deals with the cleanup from Hurricane Ian—which ravaged the state, killed hundreds, and displaced thousands more—media outlets have peddled the idea that this tragedy is the result of climate… -
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‘Irreversible Damage’: Oklahoma Governor Explains Decision to Ban Funding for Gender Transition Procedures for Minors
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, signed a bill this week that blocks funding going to Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health for children’s gender transition services—such as transgender surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormones. In a Wednesday phone interview with The Daily Signal, Stitt acknowledged the media uproar over the legislation but pointed out that… -
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Supreme Court Examines Whether Alabama’s Congressional Districts Violate Voting Rights Act
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which took center stage Tuesday during oral arguments at the Supreme Court, prohibits a state from imposing a “standard, practice, or procedure” that “results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color …… -
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Biden’s Energy Crisis
The West is experiencing its third energy crisis. The first, in 1973, was caused by the near-quintupling of the price of crude oil by Gulf oil producers in response to America’s support for Israel in the Yom Kippur war. Their action brought an end to what the French call the Trente Glorieuses—the unprecedented post-World War… -
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How Woke Leftists Are Taking Over a Founding Father’s Home
Each year over 100,000 people visit Montpellier—the home of Founding Father and fourth U.S. President James Madison—expecting to glimpse into the mind of Madison and his role in founding a nation. Instead, they find a distorted version of American history. -
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DC Suburbs and Silicon Valley Compete to Be Richest Place in USA
If you want to live in one of the wealthiest communities in the United States of America, do not move to Manhattan or Palm Beach, Florida. Move instead to the suburbs or exurbs of San Francisco or Washington, D.C. The Census Bureau this week released its data on the 2021 median household incomes for areas… -
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Free Speech vs. Banning Jews
The University of California, Berkeley is known for many things, some good and some very bad, even outrageous. In 1964, a ban on campus political and religious activities launched what was called the free speech and academic freedom movement that quickly spread to other campuses. To many of an older generation, it quickly got out of hand…. -
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Justice Clarence Thomas and Ginni Thomas — American Patriots
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his political activist wife, Ginni, are a high-profile Washington conservative power couple. Power couples are a common Washington phenomenon. Each spouse wields political power and influence in a certain arena. Together they concentrate power and influence. Per Public Citizen, of the 115th Congress, 59% of retiring congressmen remained in… -
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Mark Houck Attorney: Garland Must Explain to Family Why Their Father Was Arrested by Men With Guns
When Republicans question Attorney General Merrick Garland on the shocking arrest of a Catholic father, Mark Houck’s lawyer wants the Houck family to be in the front row. Peter Breen, an attorney with the Thomas More Society representing Houck, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview that the Justice Department sent “20-plus heavily armed… -
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Democrats Find New Ways to Play Race Card for Electoral Advantage
This is an adapted excerpt from Fred Lucas’ new book “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections,” now out from Bombardier Books. After Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed election reforms into law, several Democrats framed a talking point for their party by referring to the changes as “Jim Crow… -
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Study Uncovers Psychological Effects of Medication Abortions on Women
More than half of all abortions are medication, rather than surgical abortions, according to research by the Guttmacher Institute. Medication abortions are performed with pills that women usually take at home. According to a new study by Support After Abortion, a Florida-based organization that provides post-abortion resources to women across America and the world, many women who have medication… -
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Stop the Attacks Against Peaceful, Pro-Life Americans
In the five months since someone leaked a draft majority opinion by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade—which the high court officially did June 24—pro-life Americans have faced a wave of violent attacks. Pro-abortion politicians from President Joe Biden on down haven’t just been silent about the attacks on pro-life organizations. They’ve helped fan… -
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Reality of Illegal Immigration: ‘Dead Bodies All Over the Whole of the Border,’ Local Leader Says
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—It was 5:15 p.m. on a Monday afternoon and the 13th hour of Sheriff Brad Coe’s workday. “Phone call came at 4 a.m. this morning,” said Coe, the sheriff of Kinney County, which borders Mexico. A human smuggler had been caught trying to sneak illegal immigrants across the border into the U.S. The… -
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Michigan’s Radical Proposition 3 Ballot Measure Would Go Far Beyond Just Codifying Roe v. Wade
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision this summer, abortion did not become illegal in the U.S. The court simply ruled (rightly) that there is no right to an abortion in the U.S. Constitution. That returned the question of abortion to the states. Some… -
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‘Heroic Work’: Biden Congratulates Coast Guard Hero He’s Trying to Fire
As the death toll from Hurricane Ian soars past 100, heroes like U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch are one reason it isn’t higher. Loesch kicked through a wall to rescue a 94-year-old disabled woman and her husband, hoisting them—and her wheelchair—into a helicopter amid high winds. You know, the sort of feats they… -
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Americans Often Hear About ‘Religious Extremism,’ But Rarely About ‘Extreme Secularism,’ Says Dennis Prager
Americans often hear about “religious extremism,” but rarely hear about “extreme secularism,” commentator and radio host Dennis Prager said Monday night at an event launching his latest book. Prager spoke about the themes of the book, “The Rational Bible: Deuteronomy,” in an interview format while seated on a stage at the Museum of the Bible in Washington,…