On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced its calendar of cases for the first two months of its annual term, including four major cases that are sure to gather headlines. By federal law, the Supreme Court’s term each year begins on
In response to Holder sues Texas to stop voter ID law: It didn’t take long for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) respond to the Department of Justice’s decision to sue Texas over its Voter ID laws. Thursday afternoon, he fired
On Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that religious wedding photographers could be forced to photograph same-sex weddings. “When Elane Photography refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it violated the [New Mexico Human Rights Act, or NMHRA] in
Today the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that Christianphotographers cannot decline to participate in gay-marriage commitment ceremonies,even though that state does not have gay marriage and the court acknowledgedthat providing services for the ceremony violated the Christian’ssincerely-held, traditional religious beliefs.
The most corrupt Attorney General in American history is now a full partner in Operation Turn Texas Blue. Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder officially sued Texas to stop the state from asking voters to show ID at the polls, accusing the
On Thursday, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against Texas over the state’s voter identification law, claiming that the law violated the Voting Rights Act, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
South Carolina state Senator Lee Bright, who is primarying Republican incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), released an advertisement that hits Graham on his support for comprehensive immigration reform, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and the National Security Agency’s spying programs.
(AP) Manning faces sentencing for WikiLeaks disclosuresBy DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.More than three years after his arrest in Iraq, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is set to learn the price he’ll pay for leaking an unprecedented volume
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said President Barack Obama “fundamentally misunderstands the Constitutional separation of powers” and emphasized that the constitutionality of the National Security Agency’s programs need to be questioned. In response to an internal audit
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Radio host Mark Levin appears on Fox News’ “Hannity” to discuss his book The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic and longstanding controversies over the power of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hillary Clinton has worked her way back in the news by making racially-charged remarks to the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco. There is, she claimed, an ongoing “assault on voting rights.” But the only “assault” going on
Samuel Goldwyn Films now owns the rights to the documentary Anita, directed by Freida Mock, which documents the furor that erupted during the confirmation hearings for the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. It revolves around Anita Hill, who
On August 15 the Department of Defense will announce an extension of benefits to same-sex couples which will include 10 days for “marriage leave.” According to NBC News the benefits will come into play as early as September and “will
The Sacramento Bee recently published a long discussion on the “hopes” that gays have that their churches will sanction gay wedding ceremonies. It is a piece filled with all sorts of arguments in favor of churches “changing” on the issue.
If you tune in to MSNBC this week, there’s a good chance you’ll witness a mostly white panel wearing geek specs wringing their hands over North Carolina’s new voter ID law. When talking heads are not dropping buzz words like
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) just signed a law to safeguard voting rights in the Tar Heel State, and the Obama administration is threatening to sue (again). North Carolina’s new law requires a person attempting to vote to show
One of the Reagan Revolution’s most loyal stalwarts, Judge Bill Clark, died Saturday at age 81 from Parkinson’s disease. Clark’s political odyssey with President Ronald Reagan went back to the California days when Reagan appointed Clark as his gubernatorial chief
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin today invalidated Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s “stop-and-frisk” policy as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. As Scheindlin begins the 192-page opinion: The goals of liberty and safety may be in tension, but they can
By TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated PressLOS ANGELESWilliam P. Clark, who rose from campaign volunteer to one of President Ronald Reagan’s most trusted advisers, has died. He was 81. Clark died Saturday at his ranch home in the central California town of Shandon
It may just be an opinion piece, but no respectable media outlet should have run it. Professor Gary May claims, in an article at CNN.com, that because most conservatives support the Supreme Court’s partial invalidation of the Voting Rights Act
CNN used to be nicknamed the “Clinton News Network” for its overly-favorable reporting of Bill Clinton’s presidency. Today I am renaming NBC the “Nobody But Clinton” network. As you’ve probably heard, these two liberally-biased networks announced that they are planning
The NRA is asking the Supreme Court to strike down regulations that limit handgun purchases to persons 21 years old and up. This appeal to the nation’s highest court comes after the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined
Updating our story on Attorney General Eric Holder declaring war on Texas: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) creates a preclearance regime, under which certain states with records of egregious racial voter discrimination cannot change any voting law
Congress, half of the states across the nation, and many others are rallying to defend public prayer in a major case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Even the Obama administration weighed in with a surprising legal brief in what is
Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) said in Washington D.C. this week that abortion is “sacred ground” and a fundamental necessity for women’s “liberty.” Davis repeated the view of abortion as part of the religious fabric of women’s life, set
