By: Kelly Shackelford – dailycaller.com – January 16, 2019 Today, Americans will pause to honor one of the core principles upon which our nation was founded: religious freedom. On January 16, 1786, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom — the forerunner to the First Amendment penned by Thomas Jefferson — was adopted. In it, Jefferson stated that “no man shall...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – January 16, 2019 Yesterday, Beto O’Rourke made news. In her Washington Post article yesterday on O’Rourke’s immigration stance, Jenna Johnson made the rather interesting point that he often favors proposing debates and raising questions rather than proposing policies. “O’Rourke says he is being open-minded, as he wishes more politicians would be,” Johnsons writes. Exhibit...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – January 15, 2019 The FBI took it upon itself to determine whether the president of the United States is a threat to national security. No one had ever before thought that this was an appropriate role for the FBI, a subordinate agency in the executive branch, but Donald Trump isn’t the only one in...

By: Lathan Watts – dailysignal.com – January 14, 2019 This new year will quickly reveal to the American people whether some Democrats in Washington have resolved to abandon their overused—and unconstitutional—religious test for office. Two Democrats in the Senate, Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California, recently objected to the nomination of Brian Buescher to a U.S....

By: Todd Starnes – foxnews.com – January 11, 2018 The Freedom From Religion Foundation has earned its reputation as a notorious gang of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers waging a wicked campaign against Christian symbols on public property. The Wisconsin-based group is especially fond of preying on small-town America where many communities cannot afford to fight back against their baseless legal...

By: Carrie Severino – nationalreview.com – January 9, 2019 The 116th Congress has officially begun, and it has a lot of work to do on the judicial nominations front. The 115th Congress confirmed an impressive 85 new federal judges—including two Supreme Court justices and a record-breaking 30 circuit court judges. But thanks to former Senator Jeff Flake’s hold at the...

By: the Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 9, 2019 The U.S. Senate is back in session, and therefore so is the Democratic nominations blockade. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Wednesday that President Trump withdraw his nomination of Bill Barr as Attorney General, even though Mr. Barr served with distinction as President George H.W. Bush’s AG. The question is whether...

By: News Editor – christianaction.org – November 5, 2018 The federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral arguments for and against a high school’s teaching of Islam that the Christian Action Network found is advancing Islam over Christianity. With this, the arguments stage of the process for the case of Wood v. Charles County Board of Education is slated...

  By: Saagar Enjeti – dailycaller.com – 1/7/2019 Quiet preparations are underway within conservative legal circles and the White House counsel’s office in the event that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg retires, two sources familiar with the process tell The Daily Caller. The 85-year-old Ginsburg did not appear for oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday, missing the...

By: Kelly Shackelford – baltimoresun.com – January 2, 2018 As many gathered around a Christmas tree last week, attorneys representing thousands of Americans were busy putting the finishing touches on friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial. The “Peace Cross,” as local residents call it, is a simple cross-shaped memorial of concrete and bronze, sitting...