People stand in front of the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct sign spray painted to replace “police” with “people” as protesters established what they call an autonomous zone and call for defunding of the Seattle police in Seattle, Wash., June 9, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters ) Former Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration drafted legislation in June

The early debate over Stephen Breyer’s replacement has reflected the logic of “anti-racism” — the president rules out most possible nominees on the basis of an explicit racial and gender test, and when people object, they are the ones who are racist. There are defenses that can reasonably be made of Biden’s commitment to nominating

Sen. Susan Collins talks to reporters about the Supreme Court nomination of federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 17, 2018. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) on Sunday criticized President Biden’s handling of the Supreme Court vacancy that will be left by Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement as

2006—Senator Kerry’s Davos-led fili-bluster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito fails. The Senate respects its longstanding tradition of providing an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor to Supreme Court nominees who have been reported to the full Senate. 2014—By a vote of 5-1, the Maine supreme court, purporting to reconcile two statutes, rules that a public school

Buildings in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., January 20, 2015 ( Brian Snyder/Reuters) Yes, according to the Harvard Gazette, which recently published an article, “Students call ensuring diversity on campus vital.” Writing on PowerLine, however, Harvard grad Paul Mirengoff isn’t too impressed. He notes that the piece is based on nothing more

Jaime Harrison speaks during a DNC forum in Baltimore, Md., February 11, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Lauren Egan of NBC News have a long story looking at tensions between the Biden White House and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison. Things have gotten so bad that Harrison is reported to be

1971—Two years before Roe v. Wade, a divided three-judge district panel rules in Doe v. Scott that the longstanding Illinois abortion statute is invalid in two respects. The majority holds, first, that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because its exception for abortions “necessary for the preservation of the woman’s life” is supposedly not sufficiently intelligible.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) As we approach June and the end of the first full Supreme Court term with a conservative majority, with hot-button issues such as abortion, guns, and racial preferences on the docket, we can expect an escalating campaign of character assassination against the justices and the entire conservative legal

Then-president Donald Trump walks with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Fla., March 9, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Two new polls show Florida governor Ron DeSantis with a realistic shot of defeating Donald Trump in a 2024 primary.  The former president remains the strong favorite, but he’s under 50 percent in

A police officer from the NYPD stands near a crime scene in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 5, 2020. (Lloyd Mitchell/Reuters) A teen rapper charged with shooting a New York City police officer was released on Thursday after posting his $250,000 bond. Camrin Williams, an up-and-coming rapper who goes by the name “C Blu,” walked free from

Comedian Joy Behar arrives for “A Celebration of Barbara Walters Cocktail Reception” in New York in 2014. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Joy Behar, co-host of the show The View, compared the Supreme Court to a “dictatorial branch of government” because of the unique appointment process and lifetime tenure for justices. She was discussing the institution in the

Ilya Shapiro at the 2016 CPAC conference. (Gage Skidmore) Ilya Shapiro has been writing and speaking on the Supreme Court for the Cato Institute (where he ran the Cato Supreme Court Review), the Federalist Society, various conservative publications, and mainstream outlets such as guest blogging at SCOTUSBlog for years. His recent book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial

It has been evident for a long time that the Left only likes democracy if it wins. Proof of that mounts daily, and here is more: “Fairfax School Suspends Kids, Calls Police As System Defies Virginia Governor On Masks.” Of course, the educrats believe themselves to be the real experts, so why obey rules they

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks to the media following an appearance in the Chinatown area of New York City, November 10, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) New York governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that she will “absolutely stand behind” her support for bail reform, potentially thwarting New York City mayor Eric Adams’s plans to combat

U.S. Border Patrol agents deploy a boat into the Rio Grande River on the U.S. side of the bank as migrants seeking asylum in the United States cross the river into Mexico near the International Bridge between Mexico and the United States, in Del Rio Texas, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico September 20, 2021.

(stockarm/iStock/Getty Images) NPR and PBS routinely present woke opinion as fact, and broadcast views that are anathema to at least half the country. Time to yank their taxpayer dollars. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE P ublic broadcasting ceased long ago to reflect the views of the American public. Today, in fact, it serves coastal elites who disdain

Then-president Donald Trump, April 20, 2020; President Joe Biden, February 22, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque, Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) It is not every day that a writer pens a column admitting that, at least to him, his publication’s entire ethos is a fraud. But it is hard to read this Tim Miller column at the Bulwark as anything

Douglas Murray on Good Morning Britain (Screenshot via YouTube) Douglas Murray’s latest column for Unherd (“Why is the Right so unattractive?”) argues that progressives aren’t defecting to the American right as a result of its stance on cultural issues. He writes: What liberal or former liberal would want to find themselves in an ideological movement

A sign displays mask-wearing information at Penn Station in New York City, August 2, 2021. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about politics, language, culture, and sundry additional considerations. To subscribe to the Tuesday, which I hope you will do, please follow this link. A Few More Steps toward

On the Foundation for Economic Education’s site, Isaac Morehouse argues that “The Last Leg Universities Stand on is Collapsing.” Having earned a degree used to set one apart. It betokened advanced learning. It was a badge of honor. Then, along came the federal government’s policy of access for all.  Higher-education leaders wanted the money that

A BBC logo is seen at the company’s main offices in west London (Toby Melville/Reuters) Out of public view, the state-owned broadcaster has been altering old episodes of its shows to make them ‘suitable’ for modern listeners. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE R eflecting upon George Orwell’s many authoritative predictions can grow tiresome for writer and reader

Päivi Räsänen, then-chairwoman of the Christian Democrats, attends parliamentary elections media reception at the Finnish Parliament Annex in Helsinki in 2015. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Reuters) For the crime of expressing a biblically supported view about marriage, a Finnish politician is facing possible imprisonment. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H ave you ever posted a Bible verse on social media?

A mechanic works on a car at a garage in San Diego, Calif., in 2014. (Mike Blake/Reuters) When you buy a product, you should be able to expect that you’re its sole owner. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T here’s an old saying that a stopped clock is right twice a day. We shouldn’t be shocked, then,

A law enforcement officer takes position as a building burns during nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, California, May 30, 2020. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters) Sacramento County district attorney Anne Marie Schubert claimed that “rogue prosecutors” in California have been incentivizing offenders to perpetrate crimes with their

1973—For the second time in American history, the Supreme Court denies American citizens the authority to protect the basic rights of an entire class of human beings. In Roe v. Wade—the Dred Scott ruling of our age—Justice Blackmun’s majority opinion feigns not to “resolve the [purportedly] difficult question of when life begins,” but in fact

George Washington Bridge seen from Fort Lee, N.J. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The new infrastructure law’s Bridge Formula Program turns out to be a windfall for inefficient, unionized blue states. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T hroughout the bipartisan infrastructure law’s legislative journey, President Biden has repeatedly said that there are 45,000 structurally deficient bridges in the United States

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) speaks in support of a judicial nominees during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 4, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The Arizona Democratic Party’s Executive Board passed a motion to censure Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) on Saturday, as a result of her refusal to push Democrat-backed voting bills

Pro-life activists protest outside the Supreme Court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in Washington, D.C., December 1, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) On Friday, Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares filed a legal motion seeking to remove the state from a pro-abortion amicus curiae brief filed at the

Fairfax County school buses sit in a in Lorton, Va., July 22, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools has instructed principals in the district to suspend students who refuse to wear a mask in school, defying an order by Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin that grants parents the authority to select whether

During yesterday evening’s Vigil for Life at D.C.’s Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, ahead of today’s March for Life, pro-abortion lobbying group Catholics for Choice projected an image against the front of the church that read, “1 in 4 abortion patients is Catholic.” In a follow-up fundraising email this morning, the group’s president labeled pro-lifers