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How Next Conservative President Should Tame Politicized Justice Department
OXON HILL, Md.—The next conservative president must reform the Justice Department to restore constitutional government and deter rogue and politicized actions, conservatives said Friday at a Heritage Foundation event. Heritage’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025, says: “Anything other than a top-to-bottom overhaul will only further erode the trust of significant portions… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Sued Over Far-Left Protesting at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project is suing the Justice Department for communications related to the department's failure to apply federal law against far-left protests at the Supreme Court Justices' homes. The suit follows Attorney General Merrick Garland's admission that it is a federal crime (under 18 U.S.C. § 1507) to… -
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Facebook, Google, Amazon Share ‘Revolving Door’ With Justice Department
The Justice Department and Big Tech seem to have a revolving-door relationship, one watchdog group contends after doing an analysis covering over 20 years. Corporate brands such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon have hired former Justice Department senior officials while also serving as a farm team for the government agency. Big Tech firms hired about… -
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Unions Are Stealing Dues Through Forgery. The Supreme Court Must Step In.
The Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving a union forging public employees’ signatures on union membership cards so it could collect dues from them. A federal court has ruled that the employees have no redress. If the ruling is allowed to stand, could public employees elsewhere be forced to pay dues to… -
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Big Docket Gets Bigger: Supreme Court Grants Review in Case on Employees’ Religious Rights
In what is certain to be another high-profile addition to its docket this term, the Supreme Court has granted review in Groff v. DeJoy—a case in which the religious rights of employees will take center stage. The petitioner in the case, Gerald Groff, has asked the justices to determine whether his employer, the U.S. Postal… -
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Supreme Court Announces Result of Investigation Into Dobbs Leak
The United States Supreme Court announced in an investigative report on Thursday that it has not yet found the leaker of the draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Authorities investigating the leak have, to date, "been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence," the report says…. -
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Forgery Cases Give Supreme Court Opportunity to Hold Unions Accountable for Shady Tactics
In its landmark Janus v. AFSCME ruling four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a decades-old precedent that 22 left-leaning states used to justify forcing millions of public employees to join or fund a labor union against their wishes. Despite this decision, several unions have used legal action—and illegal actions—to try to prevent… -
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Idaho Supreme Court Refuses to ‘Read Fundamental Right to Abortion’ Into State Constitution
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court held in June that the U.S. Constitution “does not confer a right to abortion” and, therefore, abortion advocates will be challenging pro-life laws in state courts under state constitutions. On Thursday, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld that state’s ban on abortion, holding that “we cannot… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Halts Expiration of Title 42
The Supreme Court on Monday halted the expiration of a Trump-era COVID-19 policy that has allowed Border Patrol to quickly expel illegal aliens from America. The policy, known as Title 42, was set to expire Wednesday. On Nov. 15, a United States District Court ordered that the policy be repealed by Dec. 21, but the Supreme Court has… -
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First Amendment’s Future Hinges on This Supreme Court Case
Saying anything you like—or refraining from saying whatever you want—is one of the most fundamental rights in a free nation. Without it, the First Amendment is worthless. The Supreme Court just heard arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the case of Lorie Smith, a Colorado graphic designer who refuses to create websites with messages… -
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The Supreme Court Is Considering 2 College Admissions Cases. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s many cases this term include two that pertain to affirmative action in college admissions. The justices of the nation’s highest court heard arguments for about five hours Oct. 31 in the cases. One is Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College; the other is Students for Fair… -
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Tom Cotton Slams Merrick Garland for Allowing Illegal Protests at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton slammed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday for allowing illegal protesting to continue outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. More than six months after the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, pro-abortion activists continue to illegally demonstrate outside justices’… -
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Protester Arrested for Disrupting Supreme Court Oral Arguments Leads Group Protesting at Justices Homes for Months
A protester arrested for disrupting Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday leads one of the pro-abortion groups organizing protests outside the justices’ homes over the last six months. “TONIGHT!! Join me in annoying the pants off the fascists!!” tweeted Nikki Enfield on June 1 as she urged pro-abortion activists to protest outside the homes of Supreme… -
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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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Big Tech’s Big Moment Finally Arrives at Supreme Court
In what is shaping up to be an action-packed term at the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices upped the ante Tuesday by granting review in another banner case: Gonzalez v. Google. The case centers on interpretation of a law that has plagued social media users, especially conservatives, for some time by allowing tech giants to… -
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Supreme Court Set to Hear Major ‘Culture Wars’ Cases This Term
The Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term Monday, following its customary summer recess. If this term is anything like the last one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice. In the most recent term, conservatives achieved secured massive wins on abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization); gun rights (New York State Rifle &… -
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Look Who’s Talking, Justice Kagan
Supreme Court justices return to work next month following a tumultuous last session in which the majority issued some controversial rulings, most notably the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Liberals in general, and Justice Elena Kagan in particular, are upset by the decisions of the conservative majority. Kagan recently spoke at Northwestern University School of Law… -
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9 Key Cases Supreme Court Will Hear in 2022-23 Session
It will be tough—if not impossible—for the Supreme Court to top the 2021-22 term when it comes to both drama and results that pleased the conservative legal community (not to mention conservatives in general). As I wrote elsewhere in July at the end of the term, “[t]he three words that best describe the Supreme Court’s… -
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What’s Ahead for Supreme Court After ‘Blockbuster Term’
Few times in American history has the Supreme Court received more attention than in the past two months. What will history say about this past Supreme Court term? Will we ever know who leaked the draft majority opinion in the Dobbs case? And how is new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson going to change the Supreme… -
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Supreme Court Decisions Will Change Political Landscape
With the Supreme Court concluding one of the most historic and consequential terms in its history, it leaves in its wake consequences and implications for the direction of our country. One very important result may well be a movement of black and Hispanic voters to the right. It is reasonable to conclude that conservatives are…