Former Sen. Rick Santorum hit all the major issues and talked about the need for Republican unity at CPAC Friday, and gives every appearance of testing the waters for a presidential run in 2016. Shortly into his speech, Santorum winged
In a debate on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives, Alabama Democrat Alvin Holmes claimed that white parents would force their daughters to have an abortion if their daughters got impregnated by a black man. Possible new regulations on
On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told CPAC that he would fight President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder’s assault on the American dream, school choice, and religious liberties. Jindal said that Obama’s Department of Justice “wants to stand
AUSTIN, TEXAS–Three candidates for the Texas Supreme Court backed by left-of-center trial lawyers fell to defeat in their efforts to stack the state’s highest court. Incumbent justices including Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Justice Phil Johnson and newly appointed Justice Jeff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Should a lawyer be disqualified from public service for representing a client like a cop killer? The question arises after the Senate rejected President Barack Obama’s candidate to be the government’s chief civil rights attorney. The White
A Slate writer named Jillian Keenan called for the removal of Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill because he was a genocidal exterminator of Native Americans. Keenan writes that she had an “amazing” high school history teacher who made sure
In a surprising blow to President Obama, seven Democratic Senators turned against his controversial nominee Justice Department nominee, Debo Adegbile, helping defeat him on a bare-majority vote, 47-52. Adegbile, nominated to be the DOJ’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, had earned
Lois Lerner appeared briefly before Rep. Darrell Issa’s Oversight Committee Wednesday morning and once again asserted her 5th amendment right not to answer questions. But back in October 2010 Lerner did speak to a group of at Duke’s Sanford School
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS–In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott talks about his nomination by the Republican Party to run in the 2014 General Election against Texas State Senator Wendy Davis in November. “I am honored
Up and down the ballot, Tea Party conservatives in the Lone Star State had a strong showing in Tuesday’s Republican Primary and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz proved that his support means life or death in the GOP. Not a single
AUSTIN, TEXAS–Based on incoming Unofficial Election Returns from the Texas Secretary of State, the Associated Press has now called the GOP contest for Texas Supreme Court for Judge Nathan Hecht. Follow Breitbart Texas on Twitter @BreitbartTexas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has verbally informed the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) that the Romeike family, German homeschoolers who sought legal asylum in the United States, has been granted indefinite deferred action status, which means that
HOUSTON, TEXAS– The battle for leadership of the Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) will end today as primary voters head to the polls. The race for HCRP Chairman pits two opponents who are no strangers to running against each other.
The United States Supreme Court has denied review in the appeal of the Romeike parents, German homeschoolers who sought and were granted asylum in the U.S. to avoid losing custody of their children in their country, where homeschooling is largely
Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. As we seem to be finding out day after day, however, those rights are no longer of any
(CNN) — In an apparent first at the tradition-minded Supreme Court, an advocacy group surreptitiously recorded video of an oral argument that was interrupted by a spectator. The group 99Rise.org, which supports campaign finance reform, posted the video of Wednesday’s
The religious liberties versus government battles began long before state legislature like Arizona began considering bills to protect business owners’ religious freedoms or bake shops refused to make wedding cakes for same sex couples. Almost two years ago an uproar
As Republicans nationally are fighting to stop the Obama Administration’s IRS from imposing new rules limiting political speech by conservative groups and forcing them to reveal their donors, a state agency in Texas is trying to impose a similar restraint in the
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of Arizona’s SB 1062, which would have protected business owners from discrimination lawsuits if they turned down gay patrons for religious reasons, brought a sigh of relief to a her state and to her party.
AUSTIN, TX.–Texas’ ban on gay marriage was struck down by San Antonio-based federal Judge Orlando Garcia today. The judge suspended his ruling, however, meaning that the ban will remain in place until a secondary ruling by an appeals court later
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ordered YouTube on Wednesday to take down an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent riots in parts of the Middle East and death threats to the actors. The decision by a divided three-judge
Long considered reliable donors to the Democratic Party, trials lawyers have begun putting their financial resources into high-profile Republican primary races this election cycle. Some trial lawyer big dollars are flowing into the coffers of Lieutenant Governor-hopeful Jerry Patterson. On
Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that the federal government must intrude in the internal affairs of states on the issue of gay rights. On Monday, he said that the attorney generals of states are free to defend the laws
The rising ire of a national coalition of black pastors reached a climax Tuesday as the organization announced a campaign to call for the impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder on the basis that he has violated his oath of
Muhammad Ali posted his first Twitter message on Tuesday, 50 years to the day after he stopped Sonny Liston at Miami Beach to win his first heavyweight boxing title. Ali, who was then named Cassius Clay, stopped Liston in the
