Last Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) took his crusade against the Citizens United decision to a new and absurd extreme, declaring at a rally: “It is the worst decision since Plessy v. Ferguson. I really believe that.” Since Plessy, an 1896
According to CNSnews.com, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in Congress announced on Thursday that they have moved to ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution that would give Congress power to control the political speech of corporations, including
Arizona might be going to the U.S. Supreme Court yet again. A federal appeals courtupheld part of the Grand Canyon State’s voter-ID law but struck down another partof Arizona’s law as inconsistent with a 1993 federal law. This might become
The Washington Post reports that Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of Maldives, claims the United States has given legitimacy to the Islamist coup which deposed him. Mohamed Nasheed won the presidency in Maldives’s first multiparty elections in 2008, after a
At a forum in Washington D.C. convened to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the nomination of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice Elena Kagan remarked that her job has not changed much between her post as solicitor general
The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not just killing jobs these days – it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light on the political motivations behind the agency’s actions. Started in 1970 by President
This week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker received rock-star treatment during a speech to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Outside the event, thousands of public sector union members angrily protested the visit. It is doubtful that any sitting governor ever sparked
(AFP) A case involving a fine over a “wardrobe malfunction” which exposed pop superstar Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl broadcast was appealed to the US Supreme Court Wednesday. Court documents showed the Federal Communications asked the top
The working assumption, in the modern media, is that Obama simply cannot lose his reelection bid. Obviously, they want “The One” to be around for two. While their ever-present and sometimes intense rooting for him will certainly help Obama, there
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange interviewed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday in the debut of his “The World Tomorrow” talk show on Russia’s state-funded RT cable broadcaster. Assange remains under house arrest and was speaking from his study in London
Rocker Ted Nugent at the National Rifle Association’s conference in St. Louis endorsed Mitt Romney and also siad President Obama is “vile” and “evil,” the members of the Supreme Court “don’t believe in the Constitution” and voters should “ride into
Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asserted on Friday at a National Rifle Association convention that his investigation of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal will continue “until the full truth of Fast and
Curiously, an Atlantic article that points out Old Media was “late to report” on John Edwards’ extramarital affairs and corruption makes its own strange omission from the story. Somehow, blogger Hampton Dellinger forgets to mention even once that Edwards was,
The first episode of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s new TV interview show will be broadcast on Tuesday on Russia Today and online, the whistle blowing website said on Friday. WikiLeaks remained tight lipped about the identity of Assange’s interviewee in
You know it is campaign season when the left starts quoting the Bible, and the Obama campaign is in full Bible-thumping swing. Gone are the unguarded references to those bitter people who cling to their guns and religion. Instead, the
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, wants to get rid of the Stand Your Ground self-defense laws around the nation. He calls them “a license to murder” and an excuse for “vigilante justice.” Bloomberg has long been candid about
After only three-and-a-half years, some of our fellow conservatives feel that the country should be completely transformed by now. Santorum’s campaign suspension and the reality of a Romney nomination have exacerbated many of these sentiments. Yesterday I received a few
Federal courts will decide whether U.S. passports must declare Jerusalem part of Israel. In Zivotofsky v. Clinton, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s conclusion that this issue must be resolved in the political arena between President Obama and
Sadly, some are exploiting the Trayvon Martin shooting to target self-defense laws that protect innocent lives. These statutes safeguard law-abiding and peaceable citizens and are not a villain in the tragic Florida incident. Stand Your Ground laws did not apply
In Knox v SEIU, the illogic of requiring non-union members to provide interest-free loans for Big Labor political activities comes under the Supreme Court’s scrutiny. In this National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation case, Dianne Knox and others challenge SEIU’s
Sadly, some are exploiting the Trayvon Martin shooting to target self-defense laws that protect innocent lives. These statutes safeguard law-abiding and peaceable citizens, and are not to blame in the tragic Florida incident. Stand Your Ground laws did not apply
I spent nearly seven years in South Africa, most of it as the speechwriter for South African opposition leader Tony Leon (who now serves as that country’s ambassador to Argentina). It was an exciting job, one that allowed me a
WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) — American Crossroads, the largest of the Republican super PACs, said it plans to begin its first major anti-President Obama ad campaign this month. Leaders at American Crossroads said they would focus most of advertising from
