Kris W. Kobach

Articles by Kris W. Kobach

Exclusive–Kobach: The States Are the Shock Troops of the ESG Battle of 2023

One of the most important policy battles of 2023 is already happening quietly and outside of the media spotlight. Indeed, many Americans are completely unaware that it is underway. It is over the Left’s ESG- (environmental social and governance) driven investments and their corrosive effect on the country.

BlameBlackRockSponsored

Exclusive–Kris W. Kobach: DACA Is Finally Dead at Last

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas issued an opinion striking down President Obama’s illegal DACA (“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals”) executive action, which was announced more than nine years ago.  

Obama DACA Susan Walsh Associated Press

Kobach: Why It’s Necessary to Watch Them Count the Votes in Pennsylvania

The Trump campaign and its attorneys have moved swiftly to file suit in Pennsylvania.  The lawsuit seeks to stop the counting of votes until the Trump campaign is permitted to exercise its legal right to have poll watchers present and able to observe proceedings from a meaningful distance. 

PITTSBURGH, PA - NOVEMBER 04: A television monitor streams video of the ballot counting pr

Kobach: Mazie Hirono’s Bizarre Line of Questioning Turns to Voting Laws

Many Senate Democrats are determined to use the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings as an opportunity to campaign on a litany of progressive talking points in anticipation of the November 3 election.  But the winner of the prize for asking strange questions out of left field has to be Senator Mazie Hirono (D) from Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) prepares her remarks with an ai

Kobach: Biden Would Have No Authority to Impose a National Mask Mandate

On Wednesday in Delaware, Joe Biden declared that he would impose a national mask mandate by executive order, enforce “uniform national guidelines” for dealing with the pandemic, establish “national criteria for opening schools,” and by implication take authority from the states in to address the pandemic.

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Alexis Dupont

Kobach: Chinese Nationals Are Evading the Travel Ban

On Friday, President Trump took a crucial step in protecting American citizens during the coronavirus pandemic.  He completed the closure of the land ports of entry into the United States to nonessential traffic. In other words, he closed the front door.

Passengers wear protective masks at Los Angeles international airport. New Zealand is seek

Kobach: The Coronavirus Outbreak Presents a Compelling Argument for the Wall

The coronavirus outbreak continues to grow.  On Wednesday, 201 U.S. citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, arrived in the United States and were transported to the March Air Reserve Base in California, where they are being informally quarantined and monitored for a three-day period.

Funeral workers disinfect themselves after handling a virus victim in Wuhan in central Chi