Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon senior research fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, wrote about the same-sex marriage case earlier this week: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about gay marriage. Here’s what you need to know. 1. There simply is nothing in the U.S….
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to preserving religious liberty for people of all faiths, filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking it to hear the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of Catholic nuns who…
I’m calling foul on all the leftists rushing to protect the NFL’s protest crusaders from President Donald Trump’s criticism of their national anthem antics. Their shabby line of defense? The NFL is a “private enterprise” whose “rights” are being violated by those who dare to challenge the league’s political radicalization. The anti-Trump Democratic Coalition has…
The Democrat-controlled House is expected to vote this week on two gun control bills, one of which would subject gun sales by licensed dealers to federal review while the other would impose a universal background check on gun owners. Last week, the House Judiciary Committee passed both measures on a 23-15 vote along party lines….
My father always liked to tell me: “Politics, a truly filthy business. But my, is it interesting.” And he was right. For those of us who live and work in the “swamp,” we get daily reminders of that reality. It’s easy to fall into a belief that politics is just a cycle. For four or…
One must read to the end of The Washington Post’s recent editorial “Abolish the electoral college” before hitting on the real reason the Post’s editors want to upend the long-standing constitutional institution. “Mr. Trump’s election was a sad event for the nation,” notes the Post. “His reelection would have been a calamity.” Maybe, maybe not….
Congress has certified Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, making him the nation’s 46th president, following lawmakers’ debate Wednesday that went past midnight after being interrupted by rioters who stormed the Capitol in the afternoon. The rioters forced a lockdown of the Capitol that suspended lawmakers’ debate in a joint session of Congress over counting and…
We have witnessed two years of journalism centered around the notion that the Republican Party was a collective of violent election-denying rioters and Jim Crow segregationists trying to suppress the black vote. Somehow, journalists find it shocking that the country is polarized. On “Sunday Today,” NBC reporter Hallie Jackson announced that their latest polling showed…
The Senate voted overwhelmingly, and on a bipartisan basis, last week to repeal the obsolete 1991 and 2002 Iraq Authorized Use of Military Force resolutions by a vote of 66-30. That is sound policy, as I previously wrote here. It’s time for the House of Representatives to debate the Senate-passed repeal, and while doing so, keep…
As part of its monthlong focus on adolescent health, the Biden administration is promoting a document that tells Planned Parenthood and other taxpayer-funded family planning offices how to talk to minors about sex without their parents overhearing, and how to secretly deliver birth control to adolescents without parental knowledge or consent. Federally funded guidelines instruct…
In a decision that did not get the attention it deserved, the newly reconstituted North Carolina Supreme Court recently reinstated, as the court said, one of “least restrictive voter identification laws in the United States.” Liberal judges on that court—two of whom are no longer there after losing their 2022 reelection attempts—had previously thrown out…
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off Thursday night in the first of two announced debates before the Nov. 5 election. CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash acted as moderators at CNN’s studios in Atlanta. The one-on-one matchup of Biden and Trump was unique, not only because it pitted a president…
Republican Brandon Gill defeated Democrat Ernest Lineberger, 62.9% to 35.6%, in unofficial results Tuesday night to secure an open seat representing Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. At 30, Gill will be among the youngest Republicans ever to hold a seat in Congress. The Associated Press called the race for Gill after 9 p.m….
As federal authorities continue to investigate concerning incidents against Vice President JD Vance, the latest being an alleged assassination threat, conservatives are speaking out against the increasingly violent rhetoric of the Left. Shannon Mathre, a 33-year-old man from Toledo, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged crime, one which Zack Smith,…
Justin Trudeau’s days are numbered as prime minister of Canada, but his troubling legacy will live on. In 2016, Trudeau introduced physician-assisted suicide to our northern neighbors. Today, every 4 out of 100 deaths are at the hands of doctors, legally. Originally just for the terminally ill, in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19…
Neither the federal government nor state governments should impose mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms in food. Here’s why. For thousands of years, humans have changed the genetic makeup of their food, including introducing genes from other species. Through genetic engineering, a gene with desired traits or characteristics can, with efficiency and precision, be inserted…
Gov. John Kasich demanded fiscal responsibility and defended his Obamacare Medicaid expansion during a recent speech before the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. “People, ya know, there’s all this thing about Republicans don’t wanna spend and Democrats do. Conservatives on the Republican side say, ‘We want smaller government.’ Well, go and talk to them about how…
Several Heritage Foundation researchers gave their reaction to the spending bill that was announced this week: Early Wednesday morning, the House Rules Committee posted text for the Consolidated Appropriations Act of the 2016 fiscal year (FY). This $1.1 trillion spending package, known as the omnibus, shows Washington at its worst. Lawmakers are being asked to…
Last week, the Supreme Court concluded its 2015-16 term, and it’s safe to say there were several disappointments for conservatives. The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February led to deadlocks and compromises in some of the biggest cases of the term, much to the chagrin of conservatives. Consider five of the biggest cases: 1. Fisher…
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, in which Clinton appears to have won the national popular vote, there have been calls to abolish the current presidential election system. However, a new poll shows that the Electoral College has increased in popularity. Forty-seven percent of Americans are in favor of retaining the Electoral College,…