With Missouri recently losing its penultimate abortion clinic, the race is on to become the first state without any abortion clinics whatsoever. Missouri joins five other states–Arkansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming–with only a single abortion clinic. The
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will begin hearing oral arguments in two high profile cases regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The two cases are Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga
At an event at Brooklyn Law School this weekend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia hinted that the Supreme Court may review the National Security Agency’s rampant spying on Americans’ phone calls and Internet use that was revealed by Edward Snowden.
On Tuesday, Mar. 25, the Supreme Court will hear its next cases on President Obama’s controversial signature law. These two cases involve whether it violates either federal law or the U.S. Constitution to compel Christian business owners to provide abortion-related
Albert Einstein once quipped: “If the facts don’t fit your theory, change the facts.” Chris Rodda’s Huffington Post article from March 7, 2014, “Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford Spreads ‘Fear and Misinformation’ at Air Force Academy Leadership Symposium,” devoted 4,000 words
The ACLU is accomplishing its goal of overriding the will of “We the People” to achieve its activist agenda, as evidenced by a federal judge’s decision to strike down Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban–one that had been approved by nearly 60
Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela is getting increasingly desperate, as nothing they have tried has abated the wave of protests that began with the arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo López. After arresting two opposition party mayors this week, Maduro
On March 19th the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the Wilmington Housing Authority’s (WHA) gun ban “is unconstitutional.” The case–Jane Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority–was filed in 2010. According to the NRA-ILA, Justice Henry duPont Ridgely wrote the opinion of
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on America’s tolerance for
February 2014 was a bad month for free speech. Two federal court decisions–addressing a controversial YouTube film and the rights of students to wear American flag clothing, respectively–and a pop singer’s act of self-censorship present a harrowing illustration of the
The president of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, is calling for a boycott of Guinness, Heineken, and Sam Adams beer. On March 17, Diageo, the parent company of Guinness, and Heineken pulled their sponsorship of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day
Perhaps the first same-sex divorce was filed in Bexar County, Texas in February by two females amid a challenge in federal court to Texas’ ban on gay marriage. Until the U.S. Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit rules on the issue later this year,
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg turned 81 on Saturday and remains one of the strongest voices on the court for liberal judicial thought. That did not deter one LA Times columnist from using her birthday to remind people that she
The Obama administration and the Democrat Party have told Americans that the reason ObamaCare was needed is because millions of people have not been eligible for health insurance due to pre-existing conditions. A 2011 report from the Department of Justice,
The NCAA basketball tournament is wildly popular. ObamaCare isn’t. So to boost interest in the latter the White House will hitch its star to the former. Can we get a Supreme Court ruling on the separation of sport and state,
Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh has refused to participate in South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade because parade organizers will not permit an openly gay group of veterans to march under a separate banner that identifies them by their sexual orientation.
The Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be sans Sam Adams Beer on Sunday because the parade organizers exclude gay groups. Along with Sam Adam’s, Mayor Martin Walsh will also be boycotting the annual parade, which is sponsored by the
A study of donations that corporations have made to political candidates in the last 25 years finds that most of the groups at the top of the list either exclusively fund Democrats or are mostly left-leaning. The study, from OpenSecrets.org,
The Obama administration has repeatedly complained about Republican blocking tactics in the Senate. In this context, it is worth remembering that the Democrats blocked President Bush’s last three nominees to the Federal Reserve Board. The Democrats calculated that a member
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnists Charles Krauthammer and George Will and Daily Beast columnist Kirsten Powers reacted to a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had worked in a loophole
Former IRS official Louis Lerner and her colleagues at the tax agency were under a tremendous amount of pressure from President Obama and other Democrats to scrutinize a Tea Party applicant for public disclosure, despite rules protecting the privacy of
On Monday at The New York Meeting, Dr. Ben Carson said he does not believe in gun registration because America’s massive debt could transform the nation into a third-world country in which martial law may be imposed. Carson, the retired
In the aftermath of CPAC, journalists who enjoyed the festivities have been reporting on their experiences at the Annual Breitbart CPAC Party at the Breitbart Embassy in Washington, D.C. From Chris Moody of Yahoo News: The most impressive party this
Last week saw a somewhat surprising victory against the racialists running the Obama administration. It was surprising, not so much in the result, but in how it was achieved. I’ll explain via The Washington Post: Several Senate Democrats joined with
During a March 7th American Bar Association (ABA) conference in Philadelphia, speakers described “litigation” and “public health” appeals as strong avenues for securing more gun control. According to the ABA Journal, Jonathan E. Lowy, director of the Brady Center to
