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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 &…
Politico this week inaccurately reported remarks by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about Florida’s response to Hurricane Ian, but she also appeared to be inaccurate in saying that she hasn’t ever acted politically during a natural disaster. Criswell, who runs the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Biden administration, spoke Tuesday at a White House press…
Under Article V of the Constitution, two-thirds of Congress can propose constitutional amendments and, after 50 years of trying, sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states in March 1972 with a seven-year ratification deadline. Even after a disputed deadline extension, only 35 of the necessary 38 states had approved the ERA, and five of…
Be prepared for Democrats to exploit the devastation of Hurricane Ian to peddle demodernization. And because there is no conclusive way for anyone to prove that global warming isn’t triggering every natural disaster—and because nature offers a continuous flow of these terrifying events and always will—the exploitation will never stop. The effort began in earnest…
It looks like Walmart and the administrative state are going to court. The case has the potential, however, to affect not only Walmart, but also the entire federal bureaucracy. The Federal Trade Commission has sued the retail giant, seeking civil penalties in what Walmart is calling “an egregious instance of agency overreach” undertaken in spite…
Thirty-one years ago, a media-anointed secular saint named Anita Hill uncorked some sexual harassment charges against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas that she could not substantiate. Thomas called it part of a “high-tech lynching.” But Hill, who became a millionaire author and a professor of “social policy, law, and women’s studies” at Brandeis University, has…
A 10-year-old named Noella McMaher has become the youngest transgender model ever to open and close a runway show during New York Fashion Week. Noella was born a boy, but dresses in girls’ clothing. This is yet another example of an entire community—from this child’s parents, to the fashion industry, to LGBTQ organizations—pushing radical gender…
Economic data released recently reveals that the U.S. economy is still laboring under debilitating inflation. Rising prices for essential goods and services act as a drag on discretionary spending and will make our current recession all the more painful and long-lasting. Recent polling by TIPP/Insight provides useful insights into how Americans view the impact of…
Among the most important aspects of our constitutional republic is education—specifically, how we teach our nation’s youngsters. Is it possible that we can save our country’s K-12 schools? The short answer is an unequivocal “no,” if we were to continue what is standard fare today. However, it doesn’t have to be that way, as I…
What is the basis for the current aggressive transgender treatment for kids? Dr. Miriam Grossman, a child psychiatrist and author, says it’s rooted in a study done of 55 children in the Netherlands who suffered from gender dysphoria, and were given puberty blockers. But there are problems with how American doctors are using that study,…
Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina sued the Biden administration Thursday to block the president’s plan to “forgive” student loan debt. The lawsuit by the six states follows another one filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of an individual borrower. President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is an illegal…
When Oklahoma leaders descended on the state Capitol Wednesday morning, there were plenty of things on their special session to-do list. But none got more attention than the bullseye Republicans are painting on the University of Oklahoma health system. Like a lot of states, the Sooners were horrified to learn that the OU Children’s Hospital…
Newly released data from the Commerce Department show what some people have been saying for months: The nation is in recession. Furthermore, the Biden administration’s cherry-picking of data has come back to bite it, with even its selected data points now being revised to indicate a recession. And while these numbers confirm the economy shrank…
Congress has a decision to make soon that will affect the nation’s ability to deter China and maintain the U.S. role in the Pacific. Without meaningful action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage and influence across what was once an American lake. A year…
For too long, Big Tech companies have abused the government’s anemic enforcement of antitrust law to kill competition, cozy up to hostile foreign actors, and consolidate power at the expense of the American consumer and citizen. A three-part antitrust bill that heads to Congress for a vote this week can help provide a fix. The…
Conservative political pundits love to air videos of Old Joe’s erratic, often unintelligible remarks. There are sure to be “replays” of many of these in campaign commercials during the nonstop run-up to the 2024 elections. President Joe Biden’s uncertain, dithering, wrong-headed decisions and outright lies on everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to the catastrophe on…
The partisans running the House Jan. 6 committee would like you to believe there’s a controversy over an ex-Republican coming out with his own “unauthorized” Jan. 6 book the day before their last scheduled committee hearing. Would your average cynical reporter buy this “going rogue” storyline? Or does it look conveniently designed to put the…
Why is there so much division in America, and how is our society breaking down? R.R. Reno, editor of First Things and author of “Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West,” joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the obligations of the elites, marijuana, and the future of religion…
Widespread protests continue to erupt in Iran following the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was beaten fatally by Iran’s morality police after being arrested on charges of wearing clothing that violated a strict Islamic dress code. The protests, which swiftly spread from Amini’s hometown to more than 80 cities, now…
On Friday, opponents of education choice in Arizona declared a “historic victory.” But by Monday, they were conceding defeat. They had sought to gather enough signatures to block Arizona’s newly passed massive expansion of education choice and put it on the ballot for voters to decide. But apparently, the voters weren’t interested in what opponents…