U.S. Appellate Judge Addresses Promises And Failures Of Baby Boomers And American Institutions
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss history, education, rule of law, faith, and more.
You Don’t Get To Re-Write The Constitution Because You Dislike Donald Trump
Partisans tend to conflate their policy preferences with ‘the rule of law.’ But you don’t get to fabricate a new Constitution just because you don’t like President Trump.
It’s Time To Admit The Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate From The Start
While claims that the FBI properly inquired of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia were valid to a point, that point has long since passed.
Revealed: Robert Mueller’s FBI Repeatedly Abused Prosecutorial Discretion
Establishment DC types who reflexively defend Mueller haven’t explained how they came to trust him so completely. It’s a question worth asking given the bumpy historical record of Mueller’s tenure as FBI director.
Law Students Protest Free Speech Talk With Shouts Of ‘F-ck The Law’
A protestor’s sign put it, ‘Rule of law = white supremacy, violence against [people of color], violence against immigrants.’ These were law students protesting the rule of law.
Why Republicans Are Right To Impeach Pennsylvania’s Rogue Supreme Court Justices Over Gerrymandering
What is more in accord with the rule of law: four justices usurping the power of a co-equal branch of government, or a legislature doing exactly what the state constitution allows?
No, Illegal Immigrants Do Not Share The Plight Of Holocaust Victims
To speak as though the plight of even the most sympathetic illegal immigrants is analogous to the plight of Jews during the Holocaust is simply egregious.
Should Presidents And Legislatures Ignore Crazy Court Decisions? Alexander Hamilton Thinks So
When a president or legislature is faced with following either a court ruling they know has no constitutional basis or the actual Constitution, they should heed Hamilton’s advice.
I Didn’t Get A Free Pass Into America At Age Six, And Neither Should ‘Dreamers’
Our parents respected America enough to not come here illegally, even if it meant being imprisoned, tortured, or even executed while they awaited legal entry.
The ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Case Should Make Courts Stop Issuing National Rules For Local Cases
Chicago’s ‘sanctuary’ cities case offers an important opportunity to challenge a dangerous practice of relatively recent advent: granting a nationwide injunction in a local dispute.
School District Pays Teen $800,000 For Refusing To Let Her Sleep, Micturate With Boys
A Wisconsin school district will pay a transgender student $800,000 to settle a lawsuit she filed in a successful attempt to share bathrooms and overnight sleeping quarters with male high school students.
Chicago Is Right. The Feds Can’t Legally Withhold Grant Funding Over Sanctuary Cities
But there’s an easy solution to the problem. Congress should authorize the attorney general to impose reasonable conditions on the grant awards in question.
Federal Judges Set A Dangerous Precedent By Blocking Trump’s Military Orders
Judges—who typically lack military service and work in courtrooms far removed from its realities—are ill-positioned and ill-qualified to evaluate judgment calls by military leaders.
How President Obama ‘Sabotaged’ Obamacare More Lawlessly Than Trump Supposedly Has
Both President Trump and President Obama took action to prevent dramatic premium spikes due to Obamacare’s insurance mandates. Yet only Trump was accused of ‘sabotage.’
Bowe Bergdahl Is Guilty Whether Trump Says So Or Not
Claiming that President Trump’s intemperate tone voids an entire legal proceeding is ludicrous, and in doing so Bowe Bergdahl’s legal team is questioning Anglo-American legal fundamendals.
Why Illegal Immigrant Advocacy Groups Aren’t Really Pro-Immigrant
Group identity, open borders, and sanctuary cities are ‘pro-immigrant’ only in the world of fantasy moral high ground.
Believing In National Sovereignty Doesn’t Make You A Bad Christian
Immigration laws serve the moral purpose of regulating entry into the nation and safeguarding against unwanted or dangerous intruders.
Why Don’t Sanctuary City Sheriffs Have To Obey The Laws Like Joe Arpaio Does?
While Joe Arpaio was enforcing laws a court told him he had no business enforcing, sanctuary jurisdictions were refusing to enforce laws Congress told them they had to enforce.
The Joe Arpaio Pardon Was Trump-Level Political Theater From Top To Bottom
Capricious, politically motivated, and generating more heat than light, it was a thoroughly Trumpian pardon.
3 Ways Kathleen Sebelius Sabotaged The Rule Of Law
In her claims this week that the Trump administration ‘has consistently tried to undermine the law that is the law of the land,’ Kathleen Sebelius knows of which she speaks.
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