Thomas Jipping

Get Author's RSS Feed

Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.

Law & the Courts

Judging Democrats by Their Own Confirmation Standards

By Thomas Jipping May 6, 2021

Democrats have given us a roadmap for how they believe the confirmation process should operate under a Republican president, and they are already deviating from that course.

Law & the Courts

Some Inconvenient Truth for the Supreme Courtpackers

By Thomas Jipping April 19, 2021

Democrats not only want a Court that reliably furthers their political agenda, but they also do not want to wait for vacancies to occur naturally.

Politics & Policy

Ending the Filibuster: A Power Grab by the ‘Slimmest Majority’

By Thomas Jipping March 31, 2021

Has power so corrupted Senate Democrats that they will abandon all of what they claimed the Founders had in mind.

Law & the Courts

Debate the Equality Act, but Tell the Truth About It

By Thomas Jipping March 20, 2021

Serious legislative consideration is impossible unless we are honest about what, on its face, the Equality Act would do.

Law & the Courts

Confirming Justice Barrett Is the Opposite of Hypocrisy

By Thomas Jipping October 27, 2020

Handling a different situation differently is the opposite of hypocrisy.

Law & the Courts

On Judge Barrett, Let’s Tell the Truth

By Thomas Jipping September 26, 2020

In the coming days, the media, the public, and even the Senate should read and listen to what Amy Coney Barrett has actually written and said.

Law & the Courts

First-Term Confirmations: Trump vs. Obama

By Thomas Jipping July 7, 2020

One way to assess where the judicial confirmation process stands is to compare it to the process at this point during President Barack Obama’s first term.