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By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 15, 2019 When liberals worry about losing a major Supreme Court case, they usually make appeals to the Court’s “legitimacy.” This is intended to attract Chief Justice John Roberts by suggesting that a conservative outcome would damage the institution’s reputation. The ritual is disingenuous but usually subtle. Five Democratic Senators have had it…

Democrats order the Justices to drop a gun case—or else. Source: Senators File an Enemy-of-the-Court Brief – WSJ

By: ADF Staff – adflegal.org – July 20, 2019 Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Michigan funeral home filed a petition Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the court to review a lower-court decision that redefines the word “sex” in federal law to mean “gender identity.” A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled…

By: Matt Vespa – townhall.com – August 14, 2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are Nazis. They have concentration camps set up at the border. They should be abolished. That’s the narrative that Democrats, the liberal media, and their activist goons have been peddling for months and the results have turned violent. In Tacoma, Washington, an activist with the extreme…

By: Michael Brown – stream.org – August 12, 2019 Update: The Christian Post reported on Tuesday that Sampson responded to Brown’s column, clarifying he hasn’t lost his faith, but it’s “on incredibly shaky ground.” I just read the news that Marty Sampson, a popular Hillsong song writer, is leaving the faith. In his words, “I’m genuinely losing my faith … and…

By: Kimberley A. Strassel – wsj.com – August 8, 2019 Democrats insist there’s no more urgent job than ensuring Donald Trump is a one-term president. Which is odd, given how hard they are simultaneously working to alienate the voters they most need to make that happen. See this week’s debate on gun control. The weekend’s shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,…

By: Alexandra Desanctis – nationalreview.com – August 13, 2019 The Harvard Law professor has trouble with basic facts — or perhaps he prefers to disregard them to suit his agenda.A  cherished myth of abortion-rights supporters is making the rounds again, this time peddled by someone who should know better: Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe. Despite having argued dozens of cases before the…

By:  James Jay Carafano – Foxnews.com – August 14, 2019 Hong Kong International Airport has been crippled as protests continue over a Chinese extradition bill; Greg Palkot reports. The outside world can do little to assure the future of freedom in Hong Kong beyond making the case that preserving the principles of liberty are at stake. Nevertheless, the plight of…

By: Monica Anderson & Dennis Quinn – pewresearch.org – August 8, 2019 Well over a year before the 2020 presidential election, many social media users in the United States are already exhausted by how much political content they see on these platforms. Some 46% of adult social media users say they feel “worn out” by the number of political posts and discussions they…

By: David Jackson & John Fritze – usatoday.com – August 12, 2019 President Donald Trump’s administration issued a new rule Monday that would enable officials to deny green cards to migrants if they believe the recipients will receive public benefits like food stamps, Medicaid, or housing vouchers. The rule, in the works for months, is the administration’s latest effort to reduce legal immigration – despite Trump’s…

By: Edward C. Baig – usatoday.com – August 12, 2019 Trying to break free of the constant lure of your smartphone could make you feel like Michael Corleone in “The Godfather Part III”: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Bill Johnson tried taking a break. The 46-year-old sales director from Marion, Iowa, stopped using social media for 30…