Category: election law

MLB Boycott of Georgia Highlights Moral Cowardice in American Professional Sports

Commentary On Oct. 6, 1965, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins in the World Series. Excitement was in the air and tensions were running high as the biggest event in Major League Baseball (MLB) was taking place that year. Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers’ ace left-handed pitcher who was widely expected to start Game…


Deep Dive (April 6): Trump Calls for Boycott of Companies Siding With MLB Against Georgia Voting Laws

Major League Baseball (MLB) is going up against the election laws in Georgia, and 200 companies are siding with the MLB. This comes after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021 (SB 202) into law. The 95-page law requires a photo or state-approved ID to vote absentee by mail, expands early voting across…


What’s in the Georgia Election Bill?

Republicans in Georgia enacted a set of election changes last month that have become the target of criticism by Democrats, the White House, large corporations, and Major League Baseball. Most of the criticisms center on the new law purportedly making it harder to vote, which allegedly amounts to voter suppression. President Joe Biden called the…


Trump Says Georgia Election Reforms Don’t Go Far Enough

Former President Donald Trump on April 5 criticized the governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia for allegedly forcing the state’s legislature to water down a set of election reforms enacted late last month. “Too bad the desperately needed election reforms in Georgia didn’t go further, as their originally approved Bill did, but the Governor and…


Video: Facts Matter (April 5): MLB Left Georgia Right After Expanding China Deal, Trump Calls For Boycott

Major League Baseball (MLB) decided to move their All-Star Game out of Georgia in order to protest the state’s new election law. Ironically, this came just a day after they expanded their business in China. Meanwhile, it was just reported that the personal details of more than 500 million Facebook users were found to be…


Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Denounces MLBʼs Relocation as ‘Cancel Culture’

ATLANTA—Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday denounced Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta, saying it’s a product of “cancel culture.” “Yesterday, Major League Baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists,” Kemp said during a press conference. “They ignored the facts of our new Election Integrity Law…


Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Denounces MLB’s Relocation as ‘Cancel Culture’

ATLANTA—Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday denounced Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta, saying it’s a product of “cancel culture.” “Yesterday, Major League Baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists,” Kemp said during a press conference. “They ignored the facts of our new Election Integrity Law…


The People of Arizona vs. the Democrat Machine

Commentary Early this month, Democrats pushed through President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pork barrel COVID-19 bill with only Democratic support. Then, House Democrats passed H.R. 1, the so-called “For the People Act,” in a totally partisan 234—193 vote. There is a reason you are seeing all these party line votes. It is because the Democratic…


Ontario Superior Court Strikes Down Election Law Restricting Free Speech

An Ontario judge has declared as unconstitutional a section of Canada’s election law designed to prohibit certain kinds of “false statements” during the period of a federal election.  Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies released a decision on Feb. 19 declaring Section 91(1) of the Canada Elections Act (CEA) as an unjustifiable infringement on the free-speech rights of…


The Founders Warned Us About Abuses Like H.R. 1

Commentary H.R. 1, the bill that would seize control of federal elections from the states, comes with an unusual twist. It supposedly promotes “access.” But it says anyone challenging its constitutionality is barred from every court in the nation but a single federal trial court in Washington, D.C.! Under H.R. 1, some citizens get more…