LawCommentary
Bitcoin Voting and the Myth of the Un-Hackable Election
Bitcoin, the alternative to currency taking the Internet by storm, now may move to another mission. Some advocates want to translate the technology into online… Read More
IRS Admits Wrongdoing, to Pay $50,000 in Leaking of Marriage Group’s Tax Return
Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal… Read More
Will Conservatives Back Sentencing Reform Merging ‘Compassion and Common Sense’?
A voter initiative aims to attract bipartisan support for relieving prison overcrowding by reducing sentences for non-violent crimes and putting the savings into community programs. The… Read More
LawNews
Rebuffed by Court, Scott Walker’s Foes Take Their Case to the Media
MADISON, Wis.—Smacked by two judges in their legal effort to take down Gov. Scott Walker, prosecutors in Wisconsin’s secret John Doe investigation have taken their… Read More
LawCommentary
Scott Walker on New Attacks: ‘I Will Not Back Down’
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.” The truth on the widely covered “John Doe” is that two judges, one… Read More
SocietyNews
Mississippi’s U.S. Senate Race Presents Referendum on Federal Spending
Do Mississippians want more federal money or less government? That’s essentially the choice being offered to them in the June 24 U.S. Senate GOP primary… Read More
LawCommentary
The Latest Allegations in Wisconsin Are Much Ado About Nothing
Today’s revelations about local prosecutors’ claims that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker “was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups”… Read More
SocietyNews
House Republicans Choose McCarthy as Majority Leader, Scalise as Whip
Kevin McCarthy of California defeated Idaho conservative Raúl Labrador in this afternoon’s Republican conference election for House majority leader. In the election to replace McCarthy… Read More
SocietyNews
Labrador Wins Attention of GOP in Bid for House Majority Leader
Vote counts show California’s Kevin McCarthy has all but secured election today as majority leader of the House of Representatives, but Idaho’s Raúl Labrador looks… Read More
SocietyNews
In Race for Whip, House Conservatives Seek to Slow Scalise
A conservative challenges two “establishment” Republicans in the race for the House’s No. 3 leadership post. While the contest for House majority leader has come down to… Read More
SocietyNews
Why Is Raúl Labrador Running for Majority Leader? Because ‘Americans Are Looking for a Change’
Kevin McCarthy’s main responsibility as House majority whip is counting votes. And although he hasn’t always delivered for Republican leadership, Washington pundits appear so confident… Read More
LawCommentary
This Proposed Amendment Would Violate Your Right to Free Speech (But Not the Media’s)
Imagine if Congress passed and the president signed a law making it a crime to utter “false, scandalous and malicious” statements “against the government.” Do… Read More
LawNews
IRS ‘Lost’ Lois Lerner’s Emails at Time of Tea Party Targeting
Congressional investigators reacted with outrage to the Internal Revenue Service’s claim that it lost two years of Lois Lerner’s emails during a period when the… Read More
LawCommentary
What Cantor’s Defeat Means for Campaign Finance Reform
Money can’t guarantee an outcome in an election. As we saw this week, the person with the most money does not automatically win. Underdog economics… Read More
SocietyNews
Raúl Labrador Takes on Kevin McCarthy for House Majority Leader
Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, is in the race for House majority leader. Labrador this afternoon announced his candidacy for the House’s No. 2 post, giving Rep…. Read More
SocietyNews
House Leadership Race: Sessions Out, McCarthy Coming on Strong
Defeat at the polls for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sent shock waves through the House of Representatives. The Virginia Republican’s primary loss also left… Read More
SocietyNews
Sen. Ted Cruz’s Advice to Politicians: ‘Get Back to Listening to Main Street’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today warned Republicans and Democrats alike that they need to “get back to listening to Main Street,” not Wall Street, to… Read More
SocietyNews
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Loses to Primary Challenger
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, lost his primary election race Tuesday to a local economics professor in… Read More
SocietyNews
Conservatives Predict Boehner Won’t Be Back as Speaker Next Year
Two outspoken conservative lawmakers predicted John Boehner’s days as House speaker are numbered—despite an assurance from the Ohio Republican that he has every intention to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Jim DeMint Takes Your Questions
We had a great conversation on our first Daily Signal Hangout this week, and if you weren’t able to join us LIVE, I hope you’ll… Read More
LawCommentary
The Biggest Non-Story in Tuesday’s Elections? Mississippi Voter ID Implemented With No Problems
It wasn’t the biggest story following Tuesday’s elections in various states, but it was the biggest and most-ignored non-story. Mississippi’s new voter ID law got… Read More
EducationNews
Virginia University Appointees Gave Generously To Gov. McAuliffe’s Campaign
Some of Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s latest appointments to posts at Virginia’s prestigious public universities also have donated generously to his gubernatorial campaign — up… Read More
LawNews
ACLU Rejects Amendment to Corral Campaign Spending
Democrats pushing for a constitutional amendment that would give government the authority to regulate political spending by outside groups will do so without one traditional… Read More
LawCommentary
Why People Don’t Trust That Speech Restrictions Will Be Applied Fairly to Both Sides
The largest hearing room the Senate has in the Hart Building was standing-room only on Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on… Read More
LawCommentary
Voter Fraud the Justice Department Won’t Investigate
In a May 17 commencement speech at Morgan State University, Attorney General Eric Holder once again dismissed the problem of voter fraud as being inconsequential…. Read More
LawCommentary
Why Didn’t Eric Holder Fight Against This Racial Discrimination?
President Barack Obama can brag all he wants about the voting-rights cases his administration has allegedly “taken on.” But here’s a case conspicuously absent from… Read More
LawNews
Virginia Voter Registration Headache: 308,000 Also Registered in Other States
RICHMOND, Va.—Some 308,000 Virginia voters also are registered elsewhere, according to an analysis of 22 states’ election records. The finding follows a Watchdog.org report that… Read More
LawCommentary
Why We Can’t Have All Our Elections Online
Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos recently published a commentary in The Hill claiming that “voting online is the future.” He also accused me of… Read More
LawNews
What Rand Paul Is Really Saying About Voter ID [VIDEO]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) found himself on the receiving end of criticism this week for comments he made to The New York Times about voter… Read More
News
Is 2014 the Year of the Tea Party or the Establishment?
What did we learn from the primary races held in a handful of states this week? Most of the mainstream media explained it was the… Read More
