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Should Judge Sullivan Be Disqualified from Flynn Case? An Appeals Court Is Asking

Maybe Judge Luttig was right all along. I had the misgivings you’d expect back in late May, when I disagreed with J. Michael Luttig, the stellar scholar and former federal appeals court judge, regarding how the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals should handle the Flynn case. At the time, that court’s ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Should Judge Sullivan Be Disqualified from Flynn Case? An Appeals Court Is Asking

By Andrew C. McCarthy

Maybe Judge Luttig was right all along. I had the misgivings you’d expect back in late May, when I disagreed with J. Michael Luttig, the stellar scholar and former federal appeals court judge, regarding how the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals should handle the Flynn case. At the time, that court’s ... Read More

U.S.

Baby Please Come Back, Says Andrew Cuomo

By Kyle Smith

Then-mayor Mike Bloomberg famously described New York City in 2003 as a “luxury product,” and therefore priced accordingly. The price hasn’t changed, except to go up slightly — taxes, rents, everything. But few would argue that the product New York offers remains first-rate. The theaters are closed. The ... Read More

U.S.

Baby Please Come Back, Says Andrew Cuomo

By Kyle Smith

Then-mayor Mike Bloomberg famously described New York City in 2003 as a “luxury product,” and therefore priced accordingly. The price hasn’t changed, except to go up slightly — taxes, rents, everything. But few would argue that the product New York offers remains first-rate. The theaters are closed. The ... Read More

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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself. Read More

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Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Kat Timpf explains why a 16-year-old Maryland girl shouldn't be charged with child-porn distribution after making a video of herself. Read More

Elections

Five More Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Susan Rice

By Fred Fleitz

Joe Biden is reportedly considering Barack Obama’s former national-security adviser Susan Rice to be his running mate. National Review’s Jim Geraghty recently told us “20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Susan Rice.” I worked with Rice during the Clinton administration and have five more things ... Read More

Elections

Five More Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Susan Rice

By Fred Fleitz

Joe Biden is reportedly considering Barack Obama’s former national-security adviser Susan Rice to be his running mate. National Review’s Jim Geraghty recently told us “20 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Susan Rice.” I worked with Rice during the Clinton administration and have five more things ... Read More

Politics & Policy

The New George Floyd Video Should Not Surprise You

By Robert VerBruggen

This week, the Daily Mail managed to get its hands on some previously unreleased body-camera footage of George Floyd’s arrest. Some found that it changed their perception of the incident. Most notably, my former American Conservative colleague Rod Dreher wrote a lightning-rod blog post in which he contended ... Read More

Politics & Policy

The New George Floyd Video Should Not Surprise You

By Robert VerBruggen

This week, the Daily Mail managed to get its hands on some previously unreleased body-camera footage of George Floyd’s arrest. Some found that it changed their perception of the incident. Most notably, my former American Conservative colleague Rod Dreher wrote a lightning-rod blog post in which he contended ... Read More

Law & the Courts

History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020

By Dan McLaughlin

If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up between now and the end of the year, Republicans should fill it. Given the vital importance of the Court to rank-and-file Republican voters and grassroots activists, particularly in the five-decade-long quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, it would be political suicide for ... Read More

Law & the Courts

History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020

By Dan McLaughlin

If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up between now and the end of the year, Republicans should fill it. Given the vital importance of the Court to rank-and-file Republican voters and grassroots activists, particularly in the five-decade-long quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, it would be political suicide for ... Read More

Elections

The Man Who Wasn’t There

By Matthew Continetti

At first glance, Joe Biden’s strategy of avoiding the spotlight is paying off. He maintains his consistent lead over Donald Trump in national polls. In June, in the aftermath of the Lafayette Park fiasco, his advantage in the RealClearPolitics average expanded to ten points. The critical swing states of ... Read More

Elections

The Man Who Wasn’t There

By Matthew Continetti

At first glance, Joe Biden’s strategy of avoiding the spotlight is paying off. He maintains his consistent lead over Donald Trump in national polls. In June, in the aftermath of the Lafayette Park fiasco, his advantage in the RealClearPolitics average expanded to ten points. The critical swing states of ... Read More

NR PLUS Culture

A Saturday Stroll from the Top of Manhattan to the Bottom

By Madeleine Kearns

Mass hysteria is a terrible force, yet New Yorkers seem always to escape it by some tiny margin: they sit in stalled subways without claustrophobia, they extricate themselves from panic situations by some lucky wisecrack, they meet confusion and congestion with patience and grit -- a sort of perpetual muddling ... Read More

NR PLUS Culture

A Saturday Stroll from the Top of Manhattan to the Bottom

By Madeleine Kearns

Mass hysteria is a terrible force, yet New Yorkers seem always to escape it by some tiny margin: they sit in stalled subways without claustrophobia, they extricate themselves from panic situations by some lucky wisecrack, they meet confusion and congestion with patience and grit -- a sort of perpetual muddling ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, De Blasio Exceeded Authority by Restricting Religious Services While Condoning Protests

By Mairead McArdle

A federal judge on Friday ruled that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo violated the Constitution by restricting religious services to stem the spread of the coronavirus while simultaneously condoning mass protests that took place across the state. U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, De Blasio Exceeded Authority by Restricting Religious Services While Condoning Protests

By Mairead McArdle

A federal judge on Friday ruled that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo violated the Constitution by restricting religious services to stem the spread of the coronavirus while simultaneously condoning mass protests that took place across the state. U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe ... Read More

Elections

Republicans Could Hold the Senate Even If Trump Loses

By John McCormack

Republican fears of an electoral disaster for the Senate GOP are well-founded. They could narrowly lose control of the upper chamber. They could suffer a Chernobyl-like meltdown. But the conventional wisdom seems to have grown too bearish on the GOP odds of holding the Senate. The defeat of the deeply ... Read More

Elections

Republicans Could Hold the Senate Even If Trump Loses

By John McCormack

Republican fears of an electoral disaster for the Senate GOP are well-founded. They could narrowly lose control of the upper chamber. They could suffer a Chernobyl-like meltdown. But the conventional wisdom seems to have grown too bearish on the GOP odds of holding the Senate. The defeat of the deeply ... Read More

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Should Judge Sullivan Be Disqualified from Flynn Case? An Appeals Court Is Asking

Should Judge Sullivan Be Disqualified from Flynn Case? An Appeals Court Is Asking

Baby Please Come Back, Says Andrew Cuomo

Baby Please Come Back, Says Andrew Cuomo

Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Culture with Kat Timpf: 16-Year-Old Girl Shouldn’t Face Child-Porn Charges

Five More Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Susan Rice

Five More Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Susan Rice

The New George Floyd Video Should Not Surprise You

The New George Floyd Video Should Not Surprise You

History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020

History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020

The Man Who Wasn’t There

The Man Who Wasn’t There

A Saturday Stroll from the Top of Manhattan to the Bottom

A Saturday Stroll from the Top of Manhattan to the Bottom

Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, De Blasio Exceeded Authority by Restricting Religious Services While Condoning Protests

Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, De Blasio Exceeded Authority by Restricting Religious Services While Condoning Protests

Republicans Could Hold the Senate Even If Trump Loses

Republicans Could Hold the Senate Even If Trump Loses