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Law and Government
Immigration group urges Congress to join states in amnesty fight
As 25 states sue the Obama administration over the president’s controversial executive amnesty order, an immigration group is urging Congress…
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Law and Government
Forbes ranks Washington, D.C. as second most ‘gun-friendly’ state. Huh?
Forbes published an article Monday submitted by contributor Niall McCarthy, who states that Washington, D.C. takes the number two spot…
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Law and Government
Life doesn’t end well for burglar who invades home of vocal gun rights supporter
A young home invader ended both his career as a burglar and his life when he failed to choose wisely.…
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Education
University of Virginia violated Constitution through collective guilt suspension for sororities and frats
Earlier, the University of Virginia suspended all of its sororities and fraternities until January 9, in the wake of a…
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Economy
Dodd-Frank Act causes misery and starvation through conflict-minerals rules
Much misery has been inflicted upon the Congo and millions of desperately poor people by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act’s “conflict…
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Law and Government
Obama admits he violated the Constitution: ‘That’s how emperors roll’ (Video)
During a Tuesday evening speech, President Barack Obama admitted he violated Article I of the U.S. Constitution which provides, “All…
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Law and Government
Florida newspaper: ‘We’re coming for your guns’; answer: We’ll be waiting (Video)
Claiming “it’s the guns, stupid,” a columnist for the Tallahassee Democrat, a daily serving Florida’s capital city, called for an…
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Law and Government
Immigration: Right thing the wrong way
The president, arguably, delivered a powerful speech last night. The outlines of what he will order are not inconsistent with…
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Education
LGBT bias law treats people as guilty until proven innocent
Anti-bias regulations are sometimes biased and hostile to civil liberties. At Overlawyered, Walter Olson discusses a disturbing new gay-rights law hailed by…
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Law and Government
Immigration: Obama’s invalid suspension of the law is not exercise of prosecutorial discretion
As some of you know, my employer, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has supported some of the President’s immigration initiatives in…
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Education
Minneapolis imposes unconstitutional racial quotas in school discipline
Given a choice between following the law, and doing what a bureaucrat with power over them wants, people will often…
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Law and Government
DC police: Second Amendment was ‘for when the British were coming’ (Video)
After a federal judge ruled that Washington, D.C.’s total ban on carrying firearms outside the home was unconstitutional, the city…
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Education
School poster claims citizens have right to keep and bear arms ‘in certain situations’
A Tucson, Ariz. educator made an alarming discovery when he entered his classroom recently. He found a poster hanging on…
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Education
Obama administration federalizes school bullying in disability-harassment ‘guidance’
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where I once worked, declared yesterday that schools can be liable for…
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Law and Government
Six years and out: Time to get rid of the four-year presidential term
When Politico’s Roger Simon recently compiled a list of the “4 Things Hillary can do to win” by urging her to “announce she will…
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Email Featured
Another Secret Service scandal: Agents tried to enter home of Obama critic using fake warrant (Video)
In yet another example of misconduct within the Secret Service, police in Nashville, Tenn., disclosed that several of its agents…
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Law and Government
Grimes: ‘Matter of principle’ prevents me from saying who I voted for (Video)
“This is a matter of principle. Our Constitution grants, here in Kentucky, the Constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box.”…
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Law and Government
Sheriff candidate and rocker agree: 2nd Amendment is our carry permit (Video)
The Republican candidate for sheriff in Illinois’ Mercer county remarked this week that it’s the Constitution–not state statutes–that grants individuals…
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Unyielding
My interview with Jay Sekulow: IRS targeting had undeniable impact on 2012 election
Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional law. He is…
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Law and Government
Atheism doesn’t fly in the Air Force, airman told
An unnamed airman at Nevada’s Creech Air Force Base who attempted to reenlist late last month was given a choice:…
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Law and Government
Federal judge rules obscure Baton Rouge gun ordinance unconstitutional
A federal district court judge ruled this week that a 50-year-old Baton Rouge, La. ordinance, prohibiting the possession of firearms…
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Religion
HS school student suspended for saying ‘Bless you’ to a student who sneezed
OK, we get it. The rules at Dyer County (Tenn.) High School prohibit talking in class. Apparently, the rules do not…
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Law and Government
Holder says ‘it’s personal’ … and that’s the problem with his involvement in Ferguson
An article this morning at USA Today notes that Attorney General Eric Holder arrived yesterday in Ferguson, Mo., to spearhead a federal…
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Law and Government
Judge rules AR-15s not covered under Constitution, and are ‘dangerous and unusual’
A federal judge upheld Maryland’s ban of AK and AR-styled weapons, erroneously referring to as “assault rifles,” and ruled their…
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Law and Government
Which demographic group would be harmed most if Obama gave amnesty to illegals?
In a classic case of irony, President Obama’s policies have harmed the black community the most. Already suffering from the…
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Law and Government
Cop says because Obama doesn’t follow Constitution, he doesn’t have to either (Video)
A video posted Monday depicting a confrontation between an animal rights activist and a New Jersey police officer has gone…
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Education
Troubling provision in Campus Accountability and Safety Act
It is a conflict of interest — and sometimes a violation of the Constitution — for a fine to go…
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Law and Government
‘Stop all the hatin’,’ urges the president … as he mocks GOP
Yesterday, the campaigner-in-chief reduced the lawsuit the GOP is mounting against him to a political stunt. Surrounded by a crowd…
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Law and Government
Localities passing ordinances against sagging pants, ACLU fighting back (Video)
The origin of the “fashion statement,” if it can be fairly called that, is hard to trace. According to the…
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Email Featured
Ted Cruz blocks bill to blow up Hobby Lobby decision, Valerie Jarrett responds (Video)
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to the Senate floor Wednesday to argue against a bill introduced to circumvent the…
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Law and Government
Along with life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, Berkeley adds right to free pot
In recent years progressives have argued that access to just about anything from healthcare to high-speed Internet is a Constitutional right. The…
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Education
FIRE announces all-out war on campus speech codes
FIRE, an acronym for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is one of the nation’s leading campus free speech…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: Feminist’s obscene reaction to Hobby Lobby decision
WARNING: Strong language alert If the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling today demonstrates anything, it is that the United States…
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Law and Government
The Democrats go ‘all in’ on Obama’s immigration power grab
The Democrats’ reasoning on immigration reform evidently goes something like this: It is a given that at some point decades…
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Law and Government
Supreme Court rules against another Obama power grab
On Wednesday, in NLRB v. Noel Canning, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down President Obama’s “recess” appointment of NLRB members…
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