Law and Government
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Chris Christie enters the 2016 race with a doozie of a speech … too bad it won’t help
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined the already crowded Republican field today with the announcement of his candidacy. He gave a…
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How the Supreme Court could end forced unionization
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday to hear a case that could end mandatory union membership for all government workers.…
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Man in wheelchair robs NYC bank, makes off with $1,200
Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Be on the lookout for bank robber, unarmed and dangerous. I’m just guessing that…
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SCOTUS will revisit case that could kill affirmative action
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to revisit the case of a Texas woman who claims affirmative action prevented…
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Supreme Court authorizes unaccountable gerrymanders
If you are going to have gerrymandering of Congressional districts, it might as well be done by a state legislature,…
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Libs’ obscene ‘love song’ to wounded warrior who dares to oppose gay marriage
Liberals have long imagined themselves (emphasis on imagined) to be exemplars of tolerance, compassion, and intelligence. As of last Friday, they added another…
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Texas AG: State officials can refuse marriage licenses to gay couples on religious grounds
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told state officials Sunday that they can refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses or otherwise refuse to…
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SCOTUS rules it constitutional to use controversial sedative in executions
The Supreme Court giveth, and the Supreme Court taketh away. Although it paled in comparison to both of the high court’s most recent…
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Bobby Jindal: ‘I’m tired of hyphenated Americans’
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is in Iowa this week making three town hall appearances across the state. The 2016 presidential hopeful has…
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Video: First robot wedding takes place in Japan
“Do you take this more-or-less female automaton to be your lawfully wedded wife?” “I do.” “And do you take this more-or-less…
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Second escaped inmate, David Sweat, shot, taken alive near Canadian border
And then there were none. According to a late-breaking report from NBC News, convicted murderer and escaped convict David Sweat was intercepted near…
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‘Strike while the iron is hot’ Congress hopes to tackle criminal justice reform this year
A bipartisan group of 20 congressmen introduced a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill Thursday that would have huge implications for…
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ACLU: We can no longer in good conscience protect religious freedom
The question has been raised in this space before, most notably in a story last March about a Muslim barber who…
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The White House wants your doctor to teach you about global warming
Americans trust their doctors, so the White House wants these medical professionals to be a mouthpiece for President Obama’s global…
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‘Mattress Girl’ accused of organized ‘anti-male’ campaign
Paging Emma Sulkowicz! Paging Emma Sulkowicz! Your 15 minutes of fame are up! Sulkowicz is the Columbia University graduate immortalized as “Mattress…
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Other shoe drops: SCOTUS rules 5-4 to overturn gay marriage ban nationwide
Hey, don’t look at me, Chief Justice John Roberts is probably thinking right now. Roberts authored the dissenting view in…
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The left’s inexplicable fist-bumping over the SCOTUS decision
“The King v. Burwell story ends today.” So wrote “New Republic” senior editor and frequent MSNBC guest Brian Beutler yesterday,…
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If negotiations with Iran don’t pan out, the White House has an explosive backup plan
The June 30 deadline for the Iranian nuclear negotiations is fast approaching, and U.S. officials are beginning to contemplate coercive…
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BREAKING: SCOTUS saves Obama’s bacon redux; upholds subsidies 6-3
Barack Obama owes John Roberts a big steak dinner. Hell, he owes him a whole cow — which, if there’s justice…
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Dem councilman to gun rights advocates: Shut up and get out (Video)
During a recent city council meeting in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Democratic councilman Joe Rich appeared to lose his cool with residents who…
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NY gun owners to Gov. Cuomo: Take your unconstitutional SAFE Act and shove it
After a much-publicized court battle between New York State Police and gun groups, numbers for the registration of so-called “assault-style”…
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Report: Some ‘idiot’ at State Dept. to blame for sweeping new hostage policy that will harm Americans
The federal government will stop threatening criminal prosecution for families attempting to pay ransom for loved ones taken hostage by terrorist groups,…
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1984: Feds subpoena Reason for commenter IDs, impose gag order to silence website
Resistance is futile.
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Explosive emails show WH lied about Jonathan Gruber’s involvement in Obamacare (Video)
When all of those damning videos of Jonathan Gruber surfaced, the White House went on the defense, denying that the M.I.T. economist —…
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New black hashtag, #WeWillShootBack, urges retaliation: What could go wrong? (Video)
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter has given way to a new, more proactive meme promising — to paraphrase a memorable line by Sean Connery’s character…
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Smuggling and hunger caused by Dodd-Frank conflict minerals rule
The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act effectively restricted American business’s ability to obtain minerals from the war-torn nation of the Congo and surrounding…
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Nevada’s Common Core tests turn into costly fiasco
A new, online standardized test designed to assess Nevada schoolchildren on Common Core standards has been a huge fiasco in its first year, with the vast…
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