Law & the Courts

What Justice Kavanaugh Told Senator Collins

By Ramesh Ponnuru 3:37 PM

We are relying on Collins’s description of the conversation, but it’s notable that she has never said, ‘Kavanaugh promised me that he would not vote to overrule Roe.’

Politics & Policy

Biden Admin Considering Mandatory Quarantine for Americans Returning from Abroad

By Brittany Bernstein December 1, 2021

Officials are considering a proposal to require all travelers to quarantine for seven days, even if they test negative.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Justices Show Supreme Skepticism of Roe

By The Editors 4:02 PM

Oral arguments suggest a majority of the Court understands that the 1973 ruling is bad law. The question is whether they have the courage to act on that.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

After Roe

By Michael Brendan Dougherty December 1, 2021

What comes next for pro-lifers will be even harder.

Law & the Courts

Roe Is Extralegal Nonsense, and Nothing Else Matters

By Charles C. W. Cooke 2:18 PM

The Supreme Court should overturn Roe, because the Supreme Court’s job is to uphold the Constitution, and Roe is absolute nonsense.

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Jussie Smollett ‘Attacker’ Takes the Stand, Lays Out Actor’s Plot to Stage Hate Crime

By Ryan Mills 9:44 PM

‘He wanted me to do the punching specifically, because he trusted me,’ Abimbola Osundairo told the jury.

White House

Biden Balks at Enforcing Coronavirus-Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees

By Jim Geraghty December 1, 2021

It turns out that the Biden administration doesn’t really have the will to enforce its own COVID-vaccination mandate.

Media

The Fake Punishment of Chris Cuomo

By Kyle Smith December 1, 2021

CNN’s suspension of Chris Cuomo is merely a ploy to buy time.

Law & the Courts

Sotomayor’s Ridiculous Birth-Control Argument

By David Harsanyi 3:31 PM

During her ‘questioning’ in the Dobbs case today, Sonia Sotomayor argued that 19 percent of Mississippi women went without access to birth control because they were uninsured.