LawAnalysis
How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops
Do police unions protect bad cops? How do collective bargaining agreements keep bad cops on the job? Where is there room for reform in this… Read More
PoliticsNews
What Precedent and the Constitution Say About Postponing an Election
If President Donald Trump’s goal was to get people talking about his latest tweet, he again succeeded after floating the idea of delaying the November… Read More
PoliticsNews
6 Big Takeaways From the Attorney General’s Capitol Hill Testimony
Attorney General William Barr announced a new investigation Tuesday while strongly defending the Justice Department’s actions in protecting the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Barr’s… Read More
LawCommentary
Senate Democrats Are Trying to Play Games With the Courts. The Courts Should Refuse to Play.
“The less you say, the better.” That was the advice I received from the judge I clerked for about orders on motions for recusal. This… Read More
LawNews
‘Fascist’: What Top Democrats Say About Federal Law Enforcement Help for Their Cities
Democratic mayors and other leaders of some large cities have grown edgier in opposing President Donald Trump’s push to use federal agents to quell violence,… Read More
LawCommentary
It’s Time to Shut Down Judge Emmet Sullivan’s 3-Ring Circus in Flynn Case
Michael Flynn’s attorney has fired another broadside at Judge Emmet Sullivan, the trial judge presiding over his case. Flynn filed a blistering brief opposing Sullivan’s… Read More
Law Analysis
She’s Been on the Ground Covering Portland Protests. Here’s What She’s Seen.
Shelby Talcott, a reporter for The Daily Caller, has been covering protests and riots in the weeks since the death of George Floyd, including in… Read More
LawNews
6 Possible Outcomes in Justice Department Probe of Spying on Trump
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has predicted indictments in the Justice Department’s probe of the origins of the FBI’s Russia-Trump investigation. Although U.S…. Read More
LawNews
Prosecutor Criticized for Charging St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Guns at Protesters
A Missouri prosecutor faces heavy scrutiny at the national and state level for bringing criminal charges against a St. Louis couple who pointed guns at… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Citadel Will Require All Cadets to Study Constitution
The Citadel, the public military college in Charleston, South Carolina, has announced it will require all cadets to complete a class on the U.S. Constitution… Read More
LawAnalysis
Ted Cruz: It’s ‘Racist’ to Defund the Police
As municipalities around the country ponder defunding their police forces, Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing back. The Texas Republican argues that more black lives will… Read More
LawCommentary
Judicial Council Rightly Rebukes Judge Lynn Adelman for Law Review Diatribe
Federal district court Judge Lynn Adelman had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day late last month when the Judicial Council of the 7th… Read More
LawNews
GOP Lawmakers Urge Attorney General to Defend St. Louis Couple’s Gun Rights After Firearm Confiscation
GOP lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr Friday, urging the protection of the firearm rights of the St. Louis couple that saw… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Decides Half of Oklahoma Has Been an Indian Reservation for Past 113 Years
The Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of its term on its last day Thursday. No, it wasn’t either of the decisions… Read More
LawCommentary
Soros Groups’ Vote-by-Mail Drive Aims to Expand Government Control
Liberals have made quick use of the coronavirus crisis to promote all manner of policy prescriptions that, under less dire circumstances, would be ignored or… Read More
LawCommentary
Little Sisters of Poor Win Big at Supreme Court, but Fight Isn’t Over
Why are some in the government so determined to force a group of Catholic nuns to violate their beliefs? That’s a question we all should… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Separates Church and State to Protect Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court strengthened the separation of church and state Wednesday and, for once, that’s a good thing. The “separation” most people think of was… Read More
LawNews
Electors Must Vote for Their State’s Preferred Candidate, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states can require members of the Electoral College to vote for the same presidential candidate as their respective… Read More
LawCommentary
Court to Lawmakers: It’s Not OK to Treat Churches and Businesses Differently During COVID-19
You can treat churches differently—but you can’t get away with it. That was one federal court’s message to New York leaders last week, when it… Read More
LawCommentary
DC Already Is a ‘State’
In the latest of many cynical and highly political moves, the House of Representatives last week passed a measure that would transform the District of Columbia… Read More
LawCommentary
Freedom of Religion Narrowly Upheld in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed what most Americans no doubt take for granted, that the Constitution prohibits religious discrimination. The 5-4 divide among the justices… Read More
LawCommentary
I’m Reporting From Seattle’s CHOP. Here’s What It’s Really Been Like.
SEATTLE—Mason McDermott and his father caught a would-be arsonist and put out the fire he set at their auto repair shop, but they couldn’t get… Read More
SocietyCommentary
With Highly Questionable Legal Reasoning, Roberts Gives Liberals a Win on Abortion
In the much-anticipated case of June Medical Services v. Russo, a divided Supreme Court on Monday narrowly struck down a Louisiana law that would have… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Upholds Separation of Powers in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Case
The Supreme Court on June 29 held that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violates the constitutional separation of powers but held that… Read More
Law Commentary
A Young American’s Take on Why Electoral College Remains Best Way to Elect President
The best method for electing the president of the United States, debated by the Founding Fathers, is a bone of contention generations later. Today, many… Read More
LawCommentary
2 Federal Courts, 1 Constitutional Right
Two federal appeals courts last week issued decisions on challenges to coronavirus-related executive orders by the governors of Illinois and Louisiana. In each case, churches… Read More
LawCommentary
DACA Ruling Is Supreme Court’s Latest Act of Political Timidity
With the Supreme Court’s latest erroneous decision on immigration, Chief Justice John Roberts and other justices have done lasting damage to the Constitution, the rule… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Justices Continue Long, Shameful Silence on Second Amendment
When the Supreme Court earlier this spring dismissed a New York gun case from its docket without ruling on the merits, disappointed Second Amendment advocates… Read More
Law Analysis
Problematic Women: How Women Lose in Supreme Court’s Decision to Redefine Sex
American women have lost an important battle. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of protecting new LGBT rights Monday in the case of R.G…. Read More
LawCommentary
Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Policing Brings Welcome News in Troubled Times
Since the tragic and inexcusable killing May 25 of George Floyd, Americans have called for police reform. Some proposed “reforms”—such as demands to defund or dismantle… Read More
