PoliticsCommentary
A Republican Senator’s Warning to Trump: Forget About Replacing Jeff Sessions
In the fall of 2015, when I first spoke on the Senate floor, I gave Nebraskans and every member of this body my word that… Read More
SocietyNews
UC Berkeley Tries to Dismiss Free Speech Lawsuit
The University of California, Berkeley is trying to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed following the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech at the school in… Read More
LawCommentary
Democrats Are Using Sham Lawsuits to Try to Obstruct and Impeach Trump
Nearly 200 Democratic politicians—198 in total—are now plaintiffs in two lawsuits against President Donald Trump. The claims they raise are substantially similar to those made… Read More
SocietyNews
50,000 Ask Bernie Sanders to Apologize for Attack on Trump Nominee’s Faith
Over 50,000 individuals so far have signed an online petition asking Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to apologize for his public attack on the Christian beliefs… Read More
LawCommentary
Democrats’ Suit Claims Constitution Means One Thing for Obama, but Another for Trump
The Justice Department filed a court brief Friday in support of its motion to dismiss a partisan group’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump for having… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Was Right to Leave the Paris Agreement. Why He Shouldn’t Have Had to Withdraw in the First Place.
Supporters of the Paris Agreement have expressed considerable angst over President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the climate agreement last week. Regardless of the merits… Read More
LawCommentary
Judges Who Fret Over Trump’s Motives Are Ignoring US Judicial History
President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on immigration is back in court, and therefore back in the news. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey
President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening fired FBI Director James Comey, amid rising controversy over what Comey told Congress regarding a top Hillary Clinton aide… Read More
LawNews
How Court Reviewing Challenge to Trump’s Travel Ban Swung Left Under Obama
The federal appeals court deciding the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s travel ban was once reliably conservative. But it underwent a transformation during the Obama administration,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
LawNews
4 Big Questions About the Supreme Court’s New Religious Freedom Case
Missouri’s new governor introduced a fresh dynamic into what was set to be the leading religious freedom case argued before the Supreme Court this year,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A Constitutional Amendment That Would Drain the Swamp
Congressional reform begins with stopping Congress from spending us into oblivion—and that begins with a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. To make that happen,… Read More
LawNews
Trump Makes Next Move to Shape Federal Judiciary
President Donald Trump has tapped a federal district judge from his list of potential Supreme Court picks to be his first nominee to a federal… Read More
Judge Warns 9th Circuit’s Use of Trump Campaign Pledge ‘Judicial Psychoanalysis’
A federal judge is raising an alarm about “judicial psychoanalysis” resulting from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on President Donald Trump’s executive… Read More
LawCommentary
Justice Clarence Thomas Questions Congress’ Power to Regulate Business Abroad
Is the United States the world commerce police? In a recent opinion, in which he dissented from the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a case,… Read More
LawCommentary
At Odds With History: States Seize Control of Civil Asset Forfeiture
In 1762, agents of the king of England entered John Entick’s house without his consent, searched it from top to bottom, and seized documents and… Read More
LawNews
The Legal Questions Facing Trump’s New Travel Ban
With his revised temporary travel ban, President Donald Trump sought to resolve legal questions that caused a federal judge to halt the first version of… Read More
LawCommentary
Clarence Thomas Casts Doubt on the Constitutionality of Civil Forfeiture
This week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas signaled his belief that civil asset forfeiture laws have strayed too far from their narrow historical precedent and… Read More
LawNews
Permanent Federal Bureaucracy Leads Opposition to Trump Agenda
Leaks from the White House seem to indicate a bureaucratic push against President Donald Trump and his administration, some government watchdogs have said. “How do… Read More
LawNews
LawNews
Government Watchdog Questions Sessions’ Need for Recusal From Russian Probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he would recuse himself from any Justice Department investigation that relates to the 2016 presidential campaign. “He should only… Read More
LawNews
Trump Wants Justice Department to Investigate Leakers. How That Works.
Frustrated by a proliferation of leaks early in his administration, President Donald Trump last week said he directed the Department of Justice to open a… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Draining the Swamp Requires Congressional Term Limits
The American electorate surprised the world in November because they were tired of their government acting as master instead of servant. The people’s message is… Read More
LawCommentary
It’s Time to Restore Free Speech to American Churches
For more than 60 years, the federal government has been sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong, threatening to punish houses of worship and their… Read More
LawNews
Liberals Likely to Use Courts to Thwart Trump Agenda
After the president scolded judges for not ruling his way, some critics accused him of seeking to intimidate an independent judiciary. “If a judge oversteps… Read More
LawCommentary
Acting Attorney General’s Defiance of Trump Shows Politicized Nature of DOJ
The kerfuffle on Monday night over former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates’ statement criticizing President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring better screening of travelers from… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Use Term Limits to Drain the Swamp
Our first and perhaps greatest Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, ended his Gettysburg Address by calling on his fellow Americans to rededicate themselves to the “great… Read More
LawNews
Trump Vows to Back Term Limits. So Do These 48 Lawmakers.
Convincing lawmakers in Congress to limit their time in office has always been a tall order, but a presidential megaphone for the issue also has… Read More
SocietyNews
Trump’s Arrival Means Obama Won’t Have ‘Last Word’ on Abortion, Pro-Life Leaders Say
In one of its final acts for a political constituency, the Obama administration issued a regulation Wednesday to block states from defunding Planned Parenthood, the… Read More
LawNews
Term Limits Would Infuse Congress With ‘New Blood,’ Lawmakers Argue
Two conservative lawmakers plan to fight for term limits in the next Congress, saying the effort will foster accountability and complement President-elect Donald Trump’s promise… Read More
