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As Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was driving his wife and two young daughters to Mt. Vernon the other day, one daughter asked the other what she wanted to do when she grew up. “I want to work with daddy in

Outlets are quoting Democratic operative Howard Dean saying of President Barack Obama suspending certain Obamacare requirements, “I wonder if he has the legal authority to do this.”  To remove all doubt: The Take Care Clause of the Constitution absolutely forbids

Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are among the headliners as the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy launches its National Lawyers Convention at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. with tonight’s keynote address by Supreme Court

Tuesday evening, the U.S. Senate voted against advancing the nomination of Cornelia Pillard to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Senators decided not to hold a final vote on Pillard’s nomination,

President Barack Obama has made it official: he’s “remaking the courts.”  At a private fundraiser for liberal Democratic donors at a DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) event on Nov. 6, Obama said, “we are remaking the courts.” Only presidents nominate

Millions of Americans should learn in three weeks whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take a case challenging Obamacare’s HHS Mandate for violating religious liberty. The media has been covering Korte v. HHS, where on Nov. 8 the U.S. Court

Gay rights, religious liberty, and free speech collide in a case offered this morning to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the justices take this case, it will be a defining case on American’s freedom to speak and act according to

Those seeking the right to pray at government events consistent with their religious beliefs seem poised for a major victory after the Nov. 6 oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Town of Greece v. Galloway. The plaintiffs in this lawsuit

Supporters of religious liberty clearly had the upper hand today at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the lawyers representing those offering invocation prayers at town board meetings overpowered those who tried to have the Court declare those prayers unconstitutional. On

When does the Constitution not allow religious speech or displays in the public square or at public events? This week, the Supreme Court will hear a case on prayer at legislative events, but the actual arguments presented to the justices

National civil rights leaders reacted to Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam refusing on camera to shake hands with his Republican opponent–right after confirming that he wants to massively expand government healthcare and not denying allegations that he

When the United States joins a treaty, does the Constitution allow Congress to pass laws to implement that treaty that would normally be unconstitutional? That’s what the Supreme Court will consider this week in Bond v. U.S. Carol Anne Bond

In a very rare move, a federal appeals court has ordered a federal trial judge removed from the cases invalidating New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy and issued a stay of the lower court’s order, reinstating stop-and-frisk while the appeal is

Senators voted against ending debate on one of President Barack Obama’s controversial judicial nominees Thursday.  Obama nominated Supreme Court heavyweight litigator Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, regarded as the most powerful

Does federal law empower the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate every non-moving source of carbon dioxide in America? The Supreme Court will decide that question in early 2014.   The Supreme Court decided Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007, a lawsuit

Gun rights return to the Supreme Court this year, challenging a federal regulation that resulted in a police officer’s felony conviction when he purchased a firearm for his uncle. Bruce Abramski is a former police officer whose uncle wanted to

On Monday, Oct. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin its annual term, which will continue until mid-summer 2014. Although the justices will continue taking new cases until January, there are already a number of significant cases on the docket

We have an update to our story yesterday about ADF‘s petition asking the Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s HHS Mandate on abortion/birth-control coverage. Now the Obama-Holder Justice Department has filed its own Supreme Court petition for certiorari, asking the Court

Convicted domestic terrorist Floyd Lee Corkins II was sentenced Thursday for his attempted mass shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC), a conservative Christian organization in Washington, D.C.  As Breitbart News previously reported, Corkins confessed to attempting to murder dozens

Obamacare is before the U.S. Supreme Court again. On Thursday, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) lawyers filed the first viable petition for Supreme Court review involving Kathleen Sebelius’ HHS Mandate, which requires employers to provide abortion-related insurance coverage, even if those employers

Illinois is one of the most and-gun states in America. The voters typically elect inveterate foes of the Second Amendment such Senator Dick Durbin and President Barack Obama. Yet the Supreme Court elected by those same voters just struck down