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- Opinion · Jul 17, 2018A Dem Outlook for November
blowtorch to the First and Second Amendments, declared Christians unfit for public office, and supported partial-birth abortion isn’t liberal enough for the Democratic Party, then … hurting kids. In an opinion that’s not only at odds with the Constitution but with the city’s foster crisis, Tucker ruled that Philadelphia was completely justified in strong
- Opinion · Jul 14, 2018Why This Supreme Court Nominee Matters
protect life just months away from birth. For some, deciding the right balance between life and liberty will never be easy. Which is why the Founders left that question, like … planning to vote for him because he will write their views into the Constitution. They are supporting him because he will respect the views upon which the Constitution is based
- Opinion · Jul 13, 2018Hollywood Balks at Brett Kavanaugh
becoming. What the world needs to become. A last gasp of a way of life we’re past.” This philosopher’s name is Ken Olin. If you’re young … Supreme Court who is likely to support the gun lobby’s extreme, absolutist interpretation of the Second Amendment.” To be a constitutional originalist is to dabble in extremism. For sheer
- Opinion · Jul 12, 2018SCOTUS: Built for the Roe Ahead?
have a Supreme Court that’s in line with the Constitution, the right to life will be protected. The Left knows that as well as anyone. That … doctor at any time’ — support fell to 43 percent.” Those are critical distinctions that make the far Left’s climb a whole lot steeper on life issues
- Opinion · Jul 11, 2018Military Vets of Another War: On Gender
because they all agree — the courts’ decisions are affecting every facet of American life. And the latest debate at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is living proof. With … activist courts (which have become quite fond of stripping this president of his constitutional authority) will demand next. The VA did point out that the Defense Department memo
- Opinion · Jul 11, 2018Abortion and the Constitution
what we consider mankind. If yes, they must be protected, like all life. The “pro-life” movement is clear on this. The unborn child is living and must be protected … this violence on life also “contrary to our values in this country”? Perhaps Collins finds taking a position on whether the unborn child is human life, like Obama, above
- Article · Jul 10, 2018Trump’s Second SCOTUS Nominee, Brett Kavanaugh
constitutionally committed conservative justice. For Democrats, it is a hill worth dying on. In fact, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called the issue a “life-and-death” scenario … ObamaCare central by raising questions as to whether Kavanaugh would continue to support it as constitutional. Kavanaugh’s past remarks on ObamaCare are something Democrats will undoubtedly target. Secondly, Democrats
- Opinion · Jul 10, 2018All About Abortion
said, “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life so that you and your children may live.” The American people do not share … public supports abortion-on-demand. The Left wants judges who will force a radical agenda on the American people. In contrast, conservatives want judges who will follow the Constitution
- Article · Jul 9, 2018A #WalkAway Movement Whose Time Has Come
that his “friends” on Martha’s Vineyard have shunned him for defending Trump’s constitutional rights. He cites one of them as saying that if he appeared … control and higher education “for everyone.” And like many of her fellow Democrats, she supports impeaching Donald Trump. Moreover, like Bernie Sanders, who owns three homes and earned over
- Opinion · Jul 5, 2018Supreme Court Hysteria
dissimilar from mine. I consider myself pro-life in that I believe all life should have a seat at the table, but that has to be balanced against the rights … Supreme Court in the first place, since abortion can’t be found in the Constitution, and the justices had to essentially invent a new right — privacy — to justify standing
- Opinion · Jul 5, 2018Eliminating Identity Politics From the Schools and the U.S. Census
large umbrellas disparate cultures and races. That would really cut identity politics off life support. The Constitution is quite clear: The survey is conducted to enumerate the population for purposes
- Opinion · Jul 5, 2018Trump Supporters Compared to Cultists
media class. Cultists reject any evidence that proves their faith is wrong. Trump supporters believe he is taking the country away from elitist snobs who care little about Middle America … intended for the Court to practice and to again make the Constitution central to the nation’s governing life. They have grown tired of being stereotyped as yahoo hillbillies
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2018The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About ‘King Kennedy’ and His Legacy on the Supreme Court
which threw out a ban on independent political expenditures. Kennedy was also a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, supplying the crucial fifth vote in District of Columbia v. Heller … bear arms. He was among the four dissenters in 2012 who voted against the constitutionality of ObamaCare in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. In the High Court
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2018Roe Is a Travesty
particular set of policy preferences is mandated by the Constitution is flatly preposterous. Over the years, the decision’s laughable constitutional inadequacy has been widely recognized. Shortly after it came … purported to find the constitutional right to abortion in the 14th Amendment, which says that no state can “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2018America Celebrates Another Freedom Revolution
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Drafter Thomas Jefferson captured the essence of those later … defeat the world’s most powerful nation, the colonists needed allies. Ultimately, French support proved critical. Today we admire the Declaration as historic literature. But at the time
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2018Freedom Is, Once Again, on the March in the United States of America
them in the very first of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. The Founders knew that when people do not have the freedom to speak openly … bend to the demands of others. It’s why they insist that pro-life crisis pregnancy services advertise abortion. It’s why they compel workers to pay unions for representation
- Opinion · Jul 1, 2018With Its Janus Decision, the Supreme Court Corrected Itself on First Amendment Freedoms
public-sector unions do is political. Therefore, the 1977 decision made compulsory political contributions constitutional. Which made the Court queasy. By 2014, it was affirming the principle that doomed … party that he or she does not wish to support.” Which is what the Court now says regarding compulsory financial support of government-employee unions. Yet Justice Elena Kagan
- Historic Document · Jun 29, 2018Timeline of Civil Rights in America
years…CRA 1957 *The Democratic Party Filibuster the Bill *Republican Party Support: 92% *Democratic Party Support: 54% September 24, 1957: Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy … Senate Democrats *The Democratic Party Filibuster the Bill *Republican Party Support: 93% *Democratic Party Support: 68% July 27, 1960: At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard
- Article · Jun 28, 2018Six Potential Targets of Trump’s Supreme Court
Wade , which “struck down all state abortion restrictions in 1973” (Kennedy himself voted in support of Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992 — a case that would have overturned … nonpublic uses”; Obergefell v. Hodges , which “established in 2015 that all states are constitutionally mandated to recognize marriages between two people of any sex”; Massachusetts v. EPA (2007), which mandates
- Opinion · Jun 28, 2018The Fourth Amendment Enters the 21st Century
today there are 396 million American cellphone service accounts — become integral to daily life. And the disagreement between Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the Court’s decision disapproving … Court’s implacable “originalist,” has illuminated an argument about how properly to construe the Constitution. Carpenter’s gang stole smartphones from stores in and around Detroit. While doing this