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Judicial Confirmation Hearing Has ‘You’re No Justice Jackson’ Moment
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on whether to confirm former Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers to a vacancy on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals notably mentioned Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. During Wednesday’s hearing, Republican and Democrat members brought up the justice’s viewpoint on commenting on the 2020 election. In one of…Rebecca Downs -
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Cooke on Newsmax: SPLC Controversy Raises New Questions About Fraud and Accountability
The Daily Signal’s Senior Political and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke said on Newsmax Wednesday that congressional scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center over fraud concerns is long overdue, arguing that Americans deserve answers about whether the organization engaged in political targeting and how it used donor funds. A federal grand jury in April charged…Daily Signal Staff -
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Supreme Court Weighs in 8-1 on Cuba-Tied Lawsuit
The Supreme Court determined that a U.S.-based company—Havana Docks—can recover damages from four major cruise lines that used its docks previously confiscated by the Cuban government. Havana Docks, a U.S. company, built docks in Havana’s port before the Cuban Revolution. The Castro regime revoked the company’s legal right to the docks, and the company later…Fred Lucas -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Kamala Harris and the Adolescents of the Left
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: All right, here’s the headline, Victor. Kamala Harris torched for progressive wish list. Here’s the first few paragraphs of this…Victor Davis Hanson -
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GOP Win in Missouri Court Ruling Adds Fuel to Growing Redistricting Wars
Missouri continues to be a key battleground in the redistricting wars after the state Supreme Court handed Republicans a victory, allowing a congressional map approved by the state Legislature last year to go into effect. The state’s high court rejected Missouri Democrats’ attempt to overturn maps adopted by the Missouri Legislature. The legal challenge centered…Fred Lucas -
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Democrats Just Can’t Help but Signal How They Plan to Lock In Permanent Power
“Mainstream” Democrats are doing a good job right now of telegraphing to America what they plan to do with national power the second they get it back. They plan to make it permanently theirs, by any means necessary. You can be sure that they will be even more maniacally committed to this agenda following the Supreme…Jarrett Stepman -
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How Left-Wing Climate Plaintiffs Have Hijacked the Federal Judiciary
The defining feature of the American judicial system is that every litigant walks into the courtroom with the belief that they will have a fair shot to present their case. That foundational principle is under assault. Several weeks ago, the Oversight Project published a report highlighting the threat to judicial independence posed by the left-wing…Kyle Brosnan -
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DOJ Creates $1.776 Billion ‘Anti‑Weaponization Fund’ After Trump IRS Settlement
The Justice Department has established an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of nearly $1.8 billion that could pay people who were targets of “lawfare” or the weaponization of federal agencies. The funding is the result of a settlement in the case of President Donald Trump v. Internal Revenue Service, where the president and members of his family sued…Fred Lucas -
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Texas Children’s Hospital Settlement Deals Massive Defeat to Medical Transgender Agenda
THE WASHINGTON STAND—The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) in which the hospital not only committed to never again carry out gender transition procedures on minors, but also agreed to open the nation’s first detransitioner clinic and fully fund it for five years. TCH gained notoriety in 2023 when…Joshua Arnold -
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How ESG Will Destroy Your Company
On Feb. 26, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a “first of its kind” settlement with the Vanguard Group, which, together with BlackRock and State Street, makes up the “Big three” asset managers representing “the largest shareholders in 88 percent of S&P 500 companies.” Among other things, the press release announcing the settlement noted that “Vanguard…Stefan Padfield -
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Plastic ‘Crisis,’ ‘Environmental Racism,’ and Other Woke Lawfare Cases to Watch That Could Shape National Policy
While “woke” policies, such as environmental and diversity initiatives, might appear to be on life support in the political realm, they are still very active in state courts, with pending cases. State lawsuits can still have a national impact, warns O.H. Skinner, executive director of the watchdog group Alliance for Consumers. This is also the…Fred Lucas -
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US Supreme Court Turns Down Virginia Gerrymander
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Virginia to honor gerrymandered districts that favor Democrats. This comes a week after the state’s high court issued a rebuke to the redistricting effort that would have created a map with a 10-1 party advantage. Democrats made an immediate appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the…Fred Lucas -
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Easter Wish Sparks ‘Christian Nationalism’ Lawsuit at USDA
An Easter greeting from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins represents an “outbreak of Christian nationalism,” according to litigants suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Seven employees at the agency, along with the National Federation of Federal Employees, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, based in San Francisco. The…Fred Lucas -
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Ohio’s School Choice Program Moves Through the Courts
The 10th District Court of Appeals this week heard arguments regarding Ohio’s school voucher program, EdChoice, and will decide whether to uphold a judge’s ruling that the program is unconstitutional. A decision from Common Pleas Court Judge Jaiza Page was appealed last July by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who has defended school choice. Whatever…Rebecca Downs -
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Supreme Court Lets Abortion Pill Mail Delivery Continue
The Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that the abortion pill can continue to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail, as the justices restored for now a 2023 federal rule challenged by Republican-governed Louisiana that had made access to the medication easier. The justices granted requests by two manufacturers of the abortion pill, called…Daily Signal Staff -
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DOJ Files Complaint Against DC Disciplinary Panel, Citing Bias
The Justice Department is suing District of Columbia Bar officials for disciplinary actions against former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark. The DOJ complaint references information first published by The Daily Signal in an opinion piece by Zack Smith, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, specifically pertaining to ideological social media posts by D.C….Fred Lucas -
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DC Bar Ethics Enforcer Under Scrutiny for Inflammatory Social Media Posts
“How do you solve a problem like Alito?” That’s the now-deleted Tweet D.C. Bar Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Jack Metzler posted in August 2023. This was after multiple justices—including Justice Samuel Alito—faced death threats. But why was he posting this in the first place? For those unfamiliar, the D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel’s self-professed mission is to “(1) protect the public and the courts; (2) maintain the integrity of the legal profession;…Zack Smith -
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Foreign Money Is Gaming Our Courts. American Families Are Paying for It.
For years, Democrats screamed about “foreign interference.” But while they were chasing ghosts on cable news, foreign influence was infiltrating our courts right here at home—making a killing and sticking American families with the bill. This is why the Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act, introduced by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., is so important. It will stop a growing industry that is letting outside foreign investors with anti-America First interests…Will Chamberlain -
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In First Amendment Clash, Christian Center Sues Georgia School District Alleging Retaliation
For more than a decade, Vidalia High School students in Georgia took courses at Sweet Onion Christian Learning Center as part of a partnership. Now the center and the Vidalia City School District are clashing in a federal First Amendment lawsuit. The school district terminated the longstanding agreement with the Christian center after its founder,…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Extends Pause on Decision Narrowing Abortion Pill Access
REUTERS—The Supreme Court on Monday extended a pause on a ruling that would curb the abortion pill mifepristone from being prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail in a challenge by a Republican-led Louisiana lawsuit to a federal rule that had eased access. Justice Samuel Alito kept the matter on hold until May 14,…Reuters