By: Dr. Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – April 11, 2019 The Electoral College is one of the most critical institutions created by the framers of the Constitution to ensure a stable representative government, yet it’s under attack. Eliminating or effectively neutering the Electoral College — the two options being proposed by many Democrats — would fundamentally alter the country, which, of...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – August 24, 2019 There are times here in Year Three of the Trump presidency when I feel like I’m trapped in a nightmarish loop. From Trump’s travel ban to his national-emergency declaration, similar patterns play out over and over again: The Constitution of the United States grants Congress a specific, important power, Congress delegates...

By: Pete Williams – nbcnews.com – April 23, 2019 The Supreme Court seemed willing Tuesday to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census form that goes to every U.S. household, despite claims from populous states that it would actually make the count less accurate. Both the government and the challengers agree that adding the question...

By Michael Gryboski – christianpost.com – April 10, 2019 A Michigan-based health center has reportedly given a verbal apology to two senior citizens who were stopped from telling visiting students about the religious aspects of Christmas, including while reading “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Last week, the conservative law firm the First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the Kalkaska Memorial Health...

By: Josh Shepherd – stream.org – April 9, 2019 Since a century ago when Emily Post defined rules for public etiquette, Americans have been urged to avoid discussing politics and religion. Yet at that intersection, important issues affecting society are debated and often decided. Religious liberty attorney David French, past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and former senior...

By: First Liberty – firstliberty.org – March 6, 2019 First Liberty Institute represents POW/MIA Group that Maintains Remembrance Table at Manchester, New Hampshire VA Medical Center Manchester, NH—First Liberty Institute today sent a letter to Manchester (NH) VA Medical Center (“MVAMC”) officials affirming their decision to display a Bible donated by a WWII veteran. The letter was sent by First Liberty on...

By: The Editors – nationalreview.com – April 8, 2019 In the past two weeks, two different airports have blocked Chick-fil-A from the premises. First, the city council of San Antonio banned the chain because, in the words of councilman Robert Trevino, “everyone should feel welcome when they walk through our airport.” Then, two weeks later, a New York Democratic assemblyman, Sean Ryan,...

By: Samuel Adkisson – usatoday.com – April 5, 2019 What happens at our nation’s elite law schools rarely stays there. That is why recent events at Yale Law School are so disturbing. In an effort to appease campus protesters, Yale announced that it would begin discriminating against religious students. This should concern all who value intellectual diversity and religious freedom. But even more troubling is...

By: Joey Palacios – keranews.org –  March 29, 2019 The Texas attorney general informed San Antonio’s mayor and city council on Thursday that his office will investigate the city’s decision to ban Chick-fil-A from a concession deal at San Antonio International Airport. Attorney General Ken Paxton also sent a letter to Elaine Chao, U.S. transportation secretary, to investigate if San Antonio’s...

By: Todd Starnes – foxnews.com – April 4, 2019 Last December, residents at a Michigan senior living center were invited to read Christmas stories to children visiting from a nearby preschool and child development center. Boys and girls from the Kalkaska Memorial Health Center Child Development Center and Preschool were enraptured by the yuletide stories shared by residents of the...