A new report reveals Detroit’s abortion rate is a shocking three times greater than the rest of the state’s, with one third of Motor City pregnancies ending in abortion. “Of an estimated 18,360 pregnancies among Detroit residents in 2012, the
New revelations out this week show that disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner was a key player in the Justice Department’s foiled scheme: “tax-exempt groups engaging in politics.” The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has discovered, via an
In a recent interview, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said his alma mater, Georgetown University, is “not Catholic anymore.” Vincent Chiarello of The Remnant spoke with the Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court about his faith. Born in Sicily,
Thursday at a Family Research Council pastors’ retreat, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) discussed Senate Joint Resolution 19, which is a effort aimed at reversing the effects of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of lethal injections against a backdrop of scarce drugs and botched executions, Tennessee has come up with an alternative: the electric chair. Republican Gov. Bill
David Barron was narrowly confirmed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Democrat-controlled Senate confirmed Barron by a vote on 53-45. Not a single Republican voted in favor of Barron, while some Democrats
In his Wednesday column, the Drudge Report’s Charles Hurt explains how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is exploiting a clause in the Constitution that protects members of Congress from legal action. This clause, created with good reason, allows Reid
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial. Tuesday’s jury verdict found that Rustam Makhmudov was the gunman who shot
A federal district judge struck down a ban on same-sex marriages in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, giving American gay rights campaigners their third judiciary victory in just a week. Gay rights activists welcomed the decision on a lawsuit filed by a
Houston area pastors and their congregants gathered Sunday in protest against Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s “Equal Rights Ordinance”. The “Stand for Our Women and Children Rally” was organized by the Houston Area Pastors Council (“HAPC”), the Grace Community megachurch’s Pastor Steve
Next fall the Supreme Court will consider whether the law permitted the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to remove from duty a former federal air marshal who told MSNBC that TSA was stopping its protection of certain flights. The case is
New York State Education Commissioner John King used the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education to defend the Common Core standards and their stated purpose of ridding schools of inequality. King criticized Common Core opponents as supporting continued segregation
Donald Trump has weighed in on the Obama administration’s release of more than 36,000 criminal immigrants last year. Taking to Twitter over the weekend, the real estate mogul with a propensity for political flirtations, slammed the government as “highly incompetent”
At the Morgan State University commencement ceremony in Baltimore on Saturday, Attorney General Eric Holder spokes on issues of race, which was part of an effort to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme
Attorney General Eric Holder used his Saturday commencement speech at a historically black university in Maryland to strike back at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and his argument that a colorblind society is the best way to be “faithful”
In Topeka Kansas Friday night, the first lady Michelle Obama spoke to graduating high school seniors on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Obama argued that segregation is alive and
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s next prime minister, Narendra Modi, is the son of a poor tea seller and has long set his sights on the highest elected office in the world’s largest democracy. The top official in Gujarat state
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s next prime minister, Narendra Modi, is the son of a poor tea seller and has long set his sights on the highest elected office in the world’s largest democracy. The top official in Gujarat state
“If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny.” –Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter Public corruption and abuse of office isn’t just a D.C. phenomenon. Corruption in
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has edited a statement defending the release of more than 36,000 criminal immigrants last year, adding language saying the detained aliens had already served time for their crimes and slightly changing an apparently incorrect statistic. The
WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision 60 years ago, according to a
Many gun owners were disappointed when the Supreme Court declined on May 5 to take Drake v. Jerejian, but they shouldn’t be. Drake was an important case but also had significant problems, and there are more promising cases elsewhere in
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples in Idaho could start getting married as soon as Friday after a judge ruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote in her decision
President Barack Obama has a serious challenge next week with judicial nominees. Despite changing Senate rules to end filibusters and to confirm nominees with 51 votes, two of Obama’s picks to the federal courts are in jeopardy, with a possible
The first man to claim asylum based on climate change has lost his latest appeal against deportation from New Zealand. Ioane Teitiota, 37, does not want to return to Kiribati as he claims his right to life is threatened by
