Justice John Roberts Was Right: Things Have Changed in the South
Today is the fifth anniversary of Shelby Co. Ala. v. Holder, a landmark Supreme Court case that ended two of the key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
The Washington Post Publishes the Worst Analysis Yet of Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation Fight
Richard Hasen calls Neil Gorsuch an “affirmative action baby” in the Washington Post.
Immigration Issue, Ignored
Before the recess, Congress was busy introducing a slate of legislation to address illegal immigration. Two bills — the Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act and the Secure America Through Verification ...
Pseudo-Scandal Scandal
O ver the last few months, the long knives of the media and the left-wing blogosphere have been sharpened in anticipation of this week’s Senate confirmation hearing of Hans von ...
Segregating the Leaders from the Followers
Republican and Democratic presidential candidates reacted as one would expect last April after the U. S. Supreme Court handed down a victory to opponents of partial birth abortion. Each of ...
Obama’s Race Problem
After months of encouragement from nearly every corner of the country, on Saturday Barack Obama officially entered the race to become the next president of the United States. Unlike Jesse ...
Fairness Trumps the Race Card
It is too early to tell if the trip to the woodshed congressional Republicans suffered earlier this month will have any real effect on their core principles going forward. While ...
See You in Court
No surprise here. The GOP leadership last year signaled they didn’t have the political guts to modernize the bill to fit conditions in 2006 instead of 1965 when it was ...
Don’t Split the Baby
The Bush brothers usually see eye-to-eye on most policy issues except one: race-based affirmative action in school admissions. In 2003, President Bush’s administration submitted a muddled, politically correct, split-the-baby amicus ...
Indiscriminate Discrimination
Congress headed back to work last week with immigration reform taking center stage. According to news reports, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter has said that Republicans and Democrats, although ...