[ad_1] (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to expedite a decision on whether the state of Pennsylvania can extend the deadline to receive mail-in ballots. The Court’s decision effectively allows Pennsylvania to move forward with its original plan to receive mail-in ballots for the presidential election up until November 6, three days

[ad_1] Various folks on the Left are taking whacks at Justice Kavanaugh for what they claim are “sloppy” errors in his concurring opinion in the Court’s order on Monday regarding Wisconsin’s deadline for receipt of absentee ballots. But it’s their own criticisms that are sloppy. Let’s take a look at law professor Richard Hasen’s complaints

[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo before a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 21, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/Reuters) The freakout by Democratic politicians and progressive and liberal pundits over the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett has really been something to behold. As Isaac Schorr noted, the New York Times ran

[ad_1] Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.) speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., October 26, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Reuters) Senator Rick Scott (R., Fla.) criticized Twitter during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday for flagging posts by President Trump and the New York Post but neglecting to do so for tweets by the dictators of

[ad_1] In New York magazine, Jonathan Chait proposes that “Trump: Maybe,” my essay on the impending election, was in fact “National Review’s endorsement editorial,” “a proxy editorial,” “a final statement of the magazine’s assessment of the president,” and a “sub-rosa Trump endorsement.” It was not. This claim deserves a correction. As of today, it remains

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Ga., September 25, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) From 1980 to 2008, the Republican presidential candidate was from either California (Ronald Reagan), Texas (George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush), Kansas (Bob Dole), or Arizona (John McCain). During that time, most political observers probably got used

[ad_1] The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., June 20, 2020. (Jay Paul/Reuters) A judge on Tuesday upheld Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s order to take down a Robert E. Lee monument, saying that arguments to let the memorial stay went against current public policy. The ruling comes after the governor’s June

[ad_1] President Donald Trump visits a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif., September 18, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) And some American workers seem to have benefited. Recently released Census Bureau data from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) show that in the first two years of the Trump administration, growth in the

[ad_1] Before I became a parent, I didn’t have especially strong feelings about the time shifting by an hour twice a year. Like most people I was aware of the downsides — increased car accidents, schedule confusion, etc. — and I figured it would be better to knock it off. But I didn’t feel personally

[ad_1] Jonathan Fischbach argues in Politico that we should reconsider Marbury v. Madison: Letting the federal courts strike down laws as unconstitutional isn’t something the Constitution authorizes, and has led to more harm than we sometimes appreciate. Noah Feldman worries in Bloomberg Opinion that his fellow liberals, newly alive to the dangers of judicial power,

[ad_1] (BogdanVj/Getty Images) I’m increasingly convinced that The American Conservative should consider a name change. A few weeks ago, they published a historically illiterate article by Hunter Derensis in praise of John C. Calhoun, the intellectual progenitor of the Confederacy. After I corrected the many errors of that particular piece, they decided that Calhoun’s reputation

[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after being nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump, the White House, September 26, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) On October 24, Senate minority leader Charles Schumer (D., N.Y) claimed that Republicans have made a “hypocritical 180-degree turn” by confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. According to Schumer,

[ad_1] Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 03, 2018 (Jabin Botsford/Reuters) If Justice Barrett votes as her mentor Justice Scalia did, she will be part of an ascendant conservative majority on the Supreme Court. What kinds of decisions can we expect from this majority? Short answer: Ask

[ad_1] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) A group of progressive New York City elected officials called on Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) to back legislation to expand the Supreme Court, in a joint letter released on Monday. Democrats have

[ad_1] President Donald Trump applauds Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett after she took her oath of office and was sworn in to serve on the court on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 26, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Judge Amy Coney Barrett officially became a Supreme Court justice when Chief Justice

[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett at an event to announce her nomination to the Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 26, 2020 (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The rest is noise. Nothing threatens the progressive project more than the existence of a Supreme Court that adheres to the Constitution. It’s really that simple. That’s

[ad_1] President Trump exits the Oval Office as he departs on campaign travel in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The race might look a lot different today if the president had staked out a position between alarmism and ignorance. As of Monday morning, only a little over a week before Election Day, President

[ad_1] Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participates in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) On one pundit’s misdiagnosis of the political landscape. Over at The Atlantic, Yascha Mounk argues that a vote for Joe Biden is a vote against the illiberal Left. Don’t like Antifa, or the

[ad_1] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about the need for additional coronavirus relief during her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, D.C., October 22, 2020. (Hannah McKay/Reuters) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday cited population growth while making a hypothetical case for adding justices to the Supreme Court, saying that perhaps the

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign event in Bristol, Pa., October 24, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) No one should be surprised that he aims to kill fossil fuels, which produce 80 percent of America’s energy. Joe Biden wants to take one of the great American success stories of the past several

[ad_1] This Just In . . . From the inbox this evening: BREAKING: Pack. The. Damn. Courts. Jack ~ Just this evening, the Senate Republicans pushed through on a Party-line vote the confirmation of Amy Comey Barrett to the US Supreme Court, making her the first US Supreme Court justice to be confirmed with zero

[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by Justice Clarence Thomas as her husband Jesse Barrett and President Donald Trump watch on the South Lawn of the White House, October 26, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Amy Coney Barrett to the

[ad_1] Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett attends her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020. (Alex Edelman/Pool via Reuters) The Senate voted on Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 majority of

[ad_1] Senator Ed Markey (right) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hold a news conference for their proposed “Green New Deal” at the U.S. Capitol, February 7, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) slammed judicial originalism in a Senate floor speech hours before the expected confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

[ad_1] Vice President Pence waves to supporters at the end of a rally in Kinston, N.C., October 25, 2020. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) Vice President Mike Pence will not preside over Monday’s Senate vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Pence is currently on the campaign trail and is scheduled to make a

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in campaign event in Dallas, Penn., October 24, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Whoever’s job it is to tell Joe Biden what he thinks about oil is dropping the ball. Biden has been all over the map. With an eye toward the corner of the map marked “Pennsylvania”

[ad_1] In an Atlantic essay yesterday, Senator Angus King Jr. and Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson combine to make their best case against originalism. The result is a mess to behold. Let’s take a look at the parade of errors that King and Richardson make: 1. Here’s how the authors describe the originalism

[ad_1] Perhaps Joe Biden has no Monday events because he thinks the best thing to do is to stay out of the news and to let President Trump generate his own controversies. Then again, Jill Biden will travel to Macon and Savannah, Ga., today, and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, will travel to Winston-Salem and

[ad_1] Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow speaks to reporters inside the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House, February 13, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday that talks for a coronavirus stimulus relief bill have “certainly slowed down,” though Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will meet with

[ad_1] (Mike Blake/Reuters) Chicago Public Schools on Friday pushed back against the Chicago Teachers Union, which filed an unfair labor practice charge last week accusing the city’s school district of illegally refusing to negotiate with the union on how to safely resume in-person classes amid health concerns. The union has “refused to even discuss” returning to in-person