Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton accused Democrats of “blackmail” for threatening to pack the Supreme Court if it upholds a pro-life Mississippi law. Cotton’s single-word tweet consisting of the word “blackmail” came in response to an article in The Hill newspaper that quoted 4 Democratic U.S. senators vowing to expand the size of the Supreme…
Top Election Official Tells Maricopa County to Get New Election Machines
5 counties in Oregon voted to secede and join the state of Idaho. They essentially don’t like Portland politicians running the state so much, that they’re voting with their feet. Over in Arizona, the secretary of state said that the election machines which are currently being audited are no longer suitable for use in future…
Facts Matter (May 21): Top Election Official Tells Maricopa County to Get New Election Machines
Five counties in Oregon voted to secede and join the state of Idaho. They essentially don’t like Portland politicians running the state, so much that they’re voting with their feet. In Arizona, the secretary of state said that the election machines, which are currently being audited, are no longer suitable for use in future elections—meaning…
Legal Conservatism’s Moment of Truth: Abortion Returns to the Supreme Court
Commentary In agreeing to hear the Mississippi abortion case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week placed directly in its crosshairs the court’s two foundational modern abortion precedents, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In preparing to decide whether all restrictions on pre-”viability” abortions are unconstitutional,…
Our Other Huge Death Toll
Commentary The CCP virus death toll in the United States is now, May 20, 2021, by one count, 593,419. Another has the count at 601,969. The New York Times reports 587,499. The variation among the counts is not great; the magnitude is clear. Although there has been much agonizing over differential death rates among different…
Mississippi Yearning
Commentary The Supreme Court this fall will hear a case from Mississippi that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, except in cases of rape where the crime has been reported to police, or the life of the mother is in danger. Lower courts have rejected the law as unconstitutional because of the precedent set by Roe v. Wade in…
Live Q&A: Major Abortion Case Will be Heard by Supreme Court; Consumer Prices Increase Across US [TONIGHT 10:30PM ET]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major abortion case, regarding a Mississippi appeal to reverse a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This will allow the Supreme Court to consider major rulings including Roe v Wade. And in other news, consumer prices are increasing across the United States, and while…
Live Q&A: Major Abortion Case Will be Heard by Supreme Court; Consumer Prices Increase Across US
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major abortion case, regarding a Mississippi appeal to reverse a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This will allow the Supreme Court to consider major rulings including Roe v Wade. And in other news, consumer prices are increasing across the United States, and while…
Supreme Court to Consider Mississippi’s 15-week Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a Mississippi case that could allow states to ban abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. The case will probably be heard in the fall of this year. It comes as Democrats and President Joe Biden intensify their push to expand the Supreme Court from its current 9 members, in…
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Roe v. Wade Under Review; School Nurse Blows Whistle on Masks; Harvard Defends Race-Based Policies
The writing could be on the wall for Roe v. Wade if the Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. Legal historian and Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler, explains why this case has caught everyone’s attention. Mallory Quigley, VP of Communications for the Susan B. Anthony List, makes the case for why banning…