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‘America Is the Land of Opportunity’: Microaggression on Campus!

Former U.S. Director of Homeland Security and current University of California President Janet Napolitano is reportedly training professors in the UC system how to avoid using alleged microaggresions, which now include such patriotic expressions as “America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race,” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.”

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Obama’s 6-Year Assault on the Courts

As a candidate for President of the United States, Barack Obama promised to restore balance to the Constitution, after what many argued was a period of executive overreach, infringing on civil liberties and the balance of powers. When he launched his campaign, he even referred to his past career as a “civil rights lawyer,” and a constitutional law teacher. Once in office, however, Obama expanded executive powers even further, and led a 6-year assault on judicial independence.

Team Clinton Courting Julian Castro for Veep?

In what some believe may be the Clinton’s courting of a prominent Hispanic to become Hillary’s running mate in her anticipated 2016 bid for the presidency, “former president Bill Clinton invited Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and incoming

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban

On Apr. 22 in Schuette v. BAMN, the Supreme Court of the United States held 6-to-2 that a Michigan constitutional amendment ending racial preferences in many aspects of state government does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Affirmative Action Ban

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Affirmative Action Ban

On Apr. 22 in Schuette v. BAMN, the Supreme Court of the United States held 6-to-2 that a Michigan constitutional amendment ending racial preferences in many aspects of state government does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Supremes Poised to Strike Down Obama's Recess Appointments

Supremes Poised to Strike Down Obama's Recess Appointments

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether President Barack Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional. The case will probably be a lopsided defeat for the president, with his own Supreme Court appointees expressing

SCOTUS Temporarily Halts ObamaCare Contraception Mandate

SCOTUS Temporarily Halts ObamaCare Contraception Mandate

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Obama appointee, issued a temporary injunction against the ObamaCare contraception mandate. The law forces employers, including those with religious affiliations, to provide health insurance, including coverage for contraception and abortion-inducing drugs. The injunction went

Court Reins in Affirmative Action

Court Reins in Affirmative Action

On Monday, the Supreme Court raised the bar on what government must prove in programs that give preferences based on race, in a surprising 7-1 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. Beginning in 1978, the Supreme Court has held