By: Lathan Watts – americanthinker.com – October 16, 2019 Democratic presidential debates provide an excellent opportunity for the aspiring leaders of the party to address and embrace religious freedom for all Americans. Religious freedom should be considered a positive fundamental American principle by both major political parties. At least one of the Democratic presidential hopefuls — Beto O’Rourke — has stated that churches who...

By: Madeleine Jacob – lifesitenews.com – October 24, 2019 The judge presiding over the case of Jeffrey Younger, the father who is trying to protect his seven-year-old son, James, from chemical castration via a gender “transition,” ruled today that the parents will have joint conservatorship over James, which includes making joint medical decisions for the child. Judge Kim Cooks of the...

By: Jarrett Stepman – dailysignal.com – October 13, 2019 California, the richest state in the nation—and one that’s often portrayed as the progressive harbinger of the future for the rest of the country—has been hit with its latest Third World-style disaster. On top of high poverty rates, skyrocketing homelessness, rising crime, and the return of medieval-sounding diseases, the state—specifically, the San Francisco...

By Karl Rove – WSJ.com – October 23, 2019 Turning Texas blue has become the Democrats’ Holy Grail—and the media is eager to see them quest after it. “Is Texas finally turning blue?” asked the Washington Post. The New York Times answered by explaining “why Texas is nearing battleground status.” Politico says it’s already done: “Texas Republicans brace for 2020...

By: Erin Humiston – thehill.com – October 14, 2019 Nothing says pulling out all the stops for socialized health care than Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) using his heart attack scare to push the idea. “None of us know when a medical emergency might affect us,” he tweeted. “And no one should fear going bankrupt if it occurs. Medicare for All!” Meanwhile, Sen....

By: Kelly Shackelford – foxnews.com – October 6, 2019 During its past two terms, the Supreme Court issued a number of notable decisions that appear to have begun the process of restoring the Constitution’s promise of religious free exercise. At the end of its last term, for example, the court upheld the Bladensburg WWI Memorial, setting aside precedent that has been...

By: Attorney General William P. Barr – justice.gov – October 11, 2019 Remarks as prepared for delivery Thank you, Tom, for your kind introduction. Bill and Roger, it’s great to be with you. Thank you to the Notre Dame Law School and the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture for graciously extending an invitation to address you today. I’d also like...

By: Mary Anne Pazanowski – news.bloomberglaw.com – october 15, 2019 Christian health care professionals don’t have to perform transgender-related care that is contrary to their religious beliefs, a federal district court in Texas said, invalidating an Obamacare anti-discrimination rule. The so-called “transgender mandate” implementing the Affordable Care Act’s anti-discrimination provision violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the...

By: Ann Coulter – townhall.com – October 16, 2019 With all the rancor in politics these days, the CNN/New York Times Democratic debate on Tuesday night delivered a rare moment of comity: Twelve Democrats agreed, apparently without compensation, to appear in a Donald Trump ad. Other points on which the Democrats came together in peace and harmony: — Trump should...

By: Kevin D. Williamson – nationalreview.com – October 16, 2019 Imagine one vast airport that you cannot leave. With apologies to Margaret Atwood and a thousand other dystopian novelists, we do not have to theorize about what an American police state would look like, because we know what it looks like: the airport, that familiar totalitarian environment where Americans are disarmed, stripped of...