Enforcing Election Integrity in Mississippi
The American Civil Rights Union’s (ACRU) Election Integrity Defense Project last Friday sued two Mississippi counties that have more registered voters than voting-eligible citizens. The… Read More
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Boyer v. Louisiana: A Conflict in Constitutional Rights Postponed
How should courts respond when the legislature does not adequately fund operation of the criminal justice system and thereby denies a defendant his constitutional rights?… Read More
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Keeping Judges Out of the Foreign Policy Arena
This week, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision that will help prevent U.S. courts (and activist judges) from interfering in foreign policy issues that… Read More
Morning Bell: Senate Gun Control Bill Erodes Your Rights and Privacy
Since the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama and many in Congress have pushed a “do something” mentality on gun control. Heritage experts urged… Read More
Schumer-Toomey-Manchin Gun Control Legislation: Bad Law on Federal Gun Registry
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have rushed to cobble together some gun control legislation, providing another chance that Senate… Read More
Small Business Owner? You Could Be Unintentionally Breaking the Law
Today, a growing number of small business owners are unintentionally finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. Under a statute aimed at identifying… Read More
Court of Appeals to Lawyers: Truth Matters – And We Mean It
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently sent a strong message to lawyers: Do your homework before you make assertions in court,… Read More
Morning Bell: Guns, Background Checks, and Your Rights
Harry Reid has a doozy of a gun plan, but President Obama wants to reassure you that it’s just “common sense.” In a speech Wednesday,… Read More
Senator Reid’s Gun Control Bill Helps Criminals Get Guns
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) gun control bill helps criminals figure out where it is easier to buy guns. Under Senator Reid’s legislation (S…. Read More
Morning Bell: What Immigration Reform Must Do
Immigration is a difficult issue—there’s no getting around that. How do we encourage and improve lawful immigration, while deterring unlawful immigration? David Addington, head of… Read More
Arbitration Bill in PA Keeps Costs Down, as Evidenced by Special Interest, Trial Lawyer Opposition
As reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania is considering a bill to reorganize arbitration law in the state. The bill has the support of the… Read More
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Today at the Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act
This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Windsor, a constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined… Read More
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Is the Government Reading Your E-Mail?
Should the contents of your e-mail messages be protected from unwarranted law enforcement scrutiny to the same extent as your physical letters sent through the… Read More
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Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to State Court Bias
In a unanimous opinion yesterday by Justice Stephen Breyer in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, the Supreme Court concluded that plaintiffs’ attorneys can’t evade… Read More
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No Joke: Man Jailed for Laughing in Own Home
A Long Island man is facing 30 days in jail for laughing in his own home, according to The Huffington Post. Forty-two-year-old Robert Schiavelli, who… Read More
Racially Charged Attacks Against Justice Scalia Unfounded
The inflammatory attacks on Justice Antonin Scalia after the oral arguments in the Supreme Court in the Shelby County case last week show the desperation… Read More
Gideon v. Wainwright: Celebrating 50 Years of Constitutional Protection
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that has played a fundamental role in protecting constitutional rights of those accused of crimes…. Read More
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Send in the Lawyers: The House Passes the Senate’s Violence Against Women Act
Yesterday the House gave up any effort to pass its own version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and accepted the Senate bill, which… Read More
Man Arrested for Releasing Heart-Shaped Balloons in Romantic Gesture
Anthony Brasfield, a 40-year-old Florida man, was arrested Sunday for releasing a dozen heart-shaped helium balloons into the air in what was to be a… Read More
Morning Bell: Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today
To understand what’s going on in the Supreme Court today, we have to go back in time. The year was 1965. Hundreds of people gathered… Read More
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“Violence Against Women” Act: House Bill Better but Still Flawed
The House has proposed its own reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It is an improvement over the Senate bill, but it, too,… Read More
Long Lines to Vote? Not for the Vast Majority of Americans
It certainly is heartwarming that Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old voter whom President Obama recognized in his State of the Union speech, continues to vote and… Read More
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“Violence Against Women Act” Violates the Constitution
The Senate-passed version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) violates Articles II and III of the Constitution. The bill would authorize Indian tribal courts… Read More
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“Violence Against Women Act” Gives Grant Money to Misleading Organizations
The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women (NTF), a front group for organizations dependent on the Violence Against Women Act… Read More
Ten-Year-Old Arrested for Bringing Toy Gun to School
Last week, a ten-year-old Alexandria, Virginia, boy was arrested and charged with brandishing a weapon, according to The Washington Examiner. This is a very serious… Read More
Wall Street Journal Profiles Heritage Scholar Hans von Spakovsky
A stalwart advocate of election integrity and a formidable opponent of those seeking to subvert our nation’s electoral process, Hans von Spakovsky sat down with… Read More
The So-Called Gun Show Loophole: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
There is a lot of misinformation circulating about background checks for gun ownership. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act—which created the National Instant Criminal… Read More
Jesse Jackson Jr. Facing “Significant Jail Time”
Jesse Jackson Jr. is facing “significant jail time” in his pending plea deal over a Justice Department investigation of the misuse of his federal campaign… Read More
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Government-Mandated Racial Discrimination in Guam Should End
In a disappointing miscarriage of justice that will take months to overturn, a federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit against Guam over its clear racial… Read More
Morning Bell: The Urgent Danger in the Senate
Think your state has equal representation in the Senate? Well, that could be eliminated soon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—a Democrat from Nevada—is trying to… Read More
