By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 3, 2024 The Justice gives encouragement to partisans who want to politicize the Supreme Court. She cautioned that she was discussing this as a “general matter,” not endorsing any specific plan: “I’m not going to get into commenting on particular policy proposals, but from my perspective I don’t have any problem with...

First Liberty and four former U.S. Attorneys General say the Supreme Court should be a focus issue at the next presidential debate on September 10th. Debate moderators should ask where the candidates stand on court packing and Supreme Court nominations.

America and the West stand at a civilizational inflection point.

By: David French – nytimes.com – September 1, 2024 There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong. What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors? I’d...

By: Nicholas Tomaino – wsj.com – September 2, 2024 Assisted suicide was sold as compassionate. In practice it has turned out to be monstrous. That principle became less clear with the advent of physician-assisted suicide. Krauthammer was writing about Vacco v. Quill, in which the Supreme Court would hold unanimously that the Constitution doesn’t create a right to that procedure....

By: Clare Ansberry – wsj.com – August 31, 2024 A falling U.S. birthrate means some lament missing a key chapter in life. For the cohort of people who expected they’d be grandparents by now, their kids’ decision to skip parenting has left them with some disappointment and no small measure of envy. “I get a little jealous,” admits Ann Brenoff,...

After Robert F. Kennedy’s shocking defection to endorse Donald Trump for president, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he understands the decision. Van Drew was a Democrat until 2020, when he switched to the GOP.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 26, 2024 The 2024 election starts in North Carolina with mail ballots on Sept. 6. Note, too, the warning from the North Carolina State Board of Elections about how there are no take-backs. Here’s a question on its mail-voting FAQ page: “Can I vote the ballot and return it to the county...

RFK signals there are more Democrats willing to defect to join a “unity party” under Trump where dissent and disagreement will be tolerated.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 20, 2024 There’s a reason voters don’t see Trump as a unique threat to democracy. But then why do polls show that voters are more or less equally split on which party most threatens democracy? Partisanship is one answer. But so is the fact that over the last eight years Democrats have...