Tag: Supreme Court

This week, President Barack Obama made comments in which he advocated for an economy of shared prosperity, reminiscent of his comments during the 2008 campaign about “spreading the wealth around.”  Paul Ryan, on the other hand, commented about how America

(AP) Judge won’t halt Pa. voter identification lawBy MARC LEVYAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa.A tough new voter identification law championed by Republicans can take effect in Pennsylvania for November’s presidential election, a judge ruled Wednesday, despite a torrent of criticism that it

The conservative base is on fire after Mitt Romney’s announcement of Paul Ryan as his running mate. Andrea Saul, advisor to Romney, tweeted this morning that the Romney campaign raised $3.5 million online in the 24 hours after the announcement.

The rise of the tea party and the 2010 elections were about one thing: restraining the growth of the federal government. Voters, still reeling from TARP, saw the stimulus boondoggle, the auto bailouts, and a government take-over of health care

In a bizarre press release issued today, Marc R. Stanley, Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, asked billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who filed a $60 million lawsuit against him yesterday, to drop the “silly” lawsuit and debate him publicly instead:

As things come down to the wire regarding Gov. Mitt Romney’s pick for a VP and individuals like General David Petraeus, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Senator Rob Portman are pitched as possibilities, it seems worthwhile to look at another candidate

When a pro-Obama Super PAC released an advertisement in which a man essentially accused Mitt Romney of killing his wife who died of cancer, the ad was widely denounced across the spectrum including the mainstream media. After this thorough condemnation,

The NY Times just wrote about the demise of the CA GOP.  It claimed its dramatic loss in voter registration, now just 30% of the state’s voters, is due to the fact that the party has run out of ideas popular with

In his book, The Corruption Chronicles, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton describes an incident after he and his associates met with Elizabeth Warren in 2011 to discuss transparency issues concerning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its lack of

The presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney just got more personal. The Obama campaign, unable to run on Obama’s record, is now running a new ad that accuses Romney of proposing a tax plan that would enrich Romney

Richard Trumka, the frightening union leader who is the head of the 12-million-member AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation, and is one of the men responsible for coordinating Obama’s use of unions to head toward socialism, is coming forward to make

On July 31, attorneys for supporters of traditional marriage asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the U.S. Constitution forbids a state from defining marriage as the union of a man and woman. On February 7, a panel the U.S.

Some in the media–including conservative media–are claiming that conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is saying the Supreme Court can limit the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. That’s not exactly what he said. Scalia has a new book, and

On an appearance on FOX News Sunday, conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that “there are some limitations that can be imposed” on the Second Amendment and predicted “future” cases would come before the Supreme Court concerning gun control

Here’s the blueprint for how the states can eviscerate three central pillars of Obamacare, crippling it, and set the stage for replacing it if Mitt Romney takes the White House and the GOP takes the Senate this November.  Many are

Four months to go before Election Day and Judicial Watch’s battle for election integrity continues in full force. On July 17, 2012, we filed an amicus curiae brief with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in support of HB 934, a

By GREG RISLINGAssociated PressLOS ANGELESUnable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation’s second-biggest city, lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban them until it has clearer guidance from the state’s highest court. The 14-0 vote by

Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would essentially force on-line retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on consumers’ purchases. Due to a series of Supreme Court decisions, on-line

Before he was elected to represent Indiana’s 8th Congressional District, freshman Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon earned his medical degree and specialized in cardiothoracic (heart) surgery for more than a decade. His experience as a doctor gives him a clear insight