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Guilty of Meanness: City Contemplates Criminal Penalties for ‘Bullies’
Ever texted something less than civil? Something that could be considered “mean,” even? If you do it a few times in the city of Carson,… Read More
Does a Benghazi Select Committee Matter?
House Republicans are moving to set up a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. The House could vote this week on establishing the panel,… Read More
Why the Supreme Court Is Right to Allow Prayers Before Local Government Meetings
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legislative prayer practice of Greece, New York. Officials in Greece, a predominately Christian city, had… Read More
‘What Did I Do Wrong?’: (Another) Floridian Arrested for Exercising First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public
Lazaro Estrada was confused. He claims he didn’t interfere with police. He claims he did what he was told. There’s video evidence to support his… Read More
The Way to Stop Discriminating on the Basis of Race
Discrimination based on race is in the air—literally. The Washington Post reports that researchers have “found that minorities are on average exposed to 38 percent… Read More
Supreme Court Upholds EPA Transport Rule
In a 6–2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, also known as the Transport Rule. The Clean… Read More
Campus Sexual Assault Deserves Measured Response
Today the White House has released a suite of materials related to sexual assault on college campuses. Among other things, it has launched a website… Read More
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Can the Police Search Your Cell Phone?
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in two cases exploring the authority of police to search cellphones taken from people who have been… Read More
Turning Bipartisan Policy Into Partisan Politics
Well, there he goes again! President Obama has, once again, taken unilateral action by announcing a new clemency initiative. The Department of Justice, which reviews… Read More
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This Ohio Law Bans Campaign ‘Lies.’ Today Supreme Court Heard a Challenge Against It
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case involving a constitutional challenge to an Ohio law that makes it a crime to make… Read More
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Supreme Court Win for Equal Protection
Today the Supreme Court upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that banned the consideration of race in college admissions. Six members of the Court recognized that… Read More
A Monstrous Injustice
On Tuesday, we told the appalling story of Christian Stanfield, a 15-year-old kid with special needs who was, in effect, convicted of the crime of… Read More
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President Obama’s Bogus Voting Rights Claims
Last Friday, in a speech at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference, President Obama proudly announced that the Justice Department had taken on more than… Read More
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The Crime of Being Bullied: 15-Year-Old Special Needs Student Convicted of Disorderly Conduct for Recording Evidence of Bullying
It’s a horrific case study in bullying. A high school sophomore who suffers from comprehension delay disorder (an information-processing disorder), ADHD, and an anxiety disorder… Read More
Over DOJ Objections, Parents Allowed to Intervene in Louisiana School Choice Case
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a federal district court ruling in a victory for school choice in… Read More
IRS Scandal Continues: An IRS Employee Urged People to Re-Elect Obama
The latest news from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) about illegal political activities at the IRS will certainly not help the administration’s (and… Read More
In Wake of Contempt Vote for IRS’s Lerner, House Democrats Lash GOP
Democrats on a House committee probing improper targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service hit back at today’s 21-12 party-line vote that former… Read More
Latest in the IRS Targeting Saga
Today the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee approved a resolution to hold former senior IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing… Read More
Congress Sends a Criminal Referral to Eric Holder
Rep. Dave Camp (R–Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has sent a 14-page letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to… Read More
Will IRS Targeting Send Someone to Jail?
It’s time to talk tough on the IRS—after all, it’s tax season. But the sad reality is, the investigation of the agency’s targeting of conservative… Read More
Elane Photography Case Shows Why We Must Fight Against Government Coercion
Today, the Supreme Court declined to review Elane Photography v. Willock—the famous case involving a photographer who politely declined to tell the story of a… Read More
Second Circuit Rules Against Religious Freedom of NYC Churches
In the latest episode of a nearly 20-year legal battle for religious freedom in New York City, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld… Read More
Can We Get Some Americans Out of Jail?
An unlikely alliance is forming between conservatives and liberals rightly asking whether it makes sense that America has the highest incarceration rate in the world…. Read More
Liberals Are Using Campaign Disclosures to Intimidate and Harass
The resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich over a personal $1,000 donation he made in 2008 in support of California’s Proposition 8 shows the dark… Read More
Washington Post Gets the Numbers Wrong on Judicial Nominees
The Washington Post claims that the confirmation of President Obama’s judicial nominees might “get relatively close to Bush’s eight-year total”—if the Senate continues confirming them… Read More
Q&A on Supreme Court’s New Campaign Finance Decision
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates. The limit remains… Read More
The First Amendment Triumphs at the Supreme Court
In a terrific decision this morning that will no doubt cause The New York Times to go into the same type of hysterics it exhibited… Read More
The Obama Administration Looks Weak by Considering Pollard as Bargaining Chip
According to The Washington Post, the Obama administration is considering releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from a federal penitentiary, and using him as a bargaining… Read More
Meet One of the Students Eric Holder Is Blocking by Standing in the Schoolhouse Door
This photograph shows Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal with Brian Ridgley, Jr., one of the beneficiaries of the Louisiana school voucher program. Brian, a fifth grader… Read More
Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Biggest Little Racket in Nevada
It was highway robbery, but they called it civil asset forfeiture. On the last day of his 2,400-mile drive to start a new life on… Read More
