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Senate Democrats Move to Gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

By John McCormack

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also prohibits such discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and “transgender status.” In his dissent, Justice Samuel Alito warned that the decision presents clear threats to ... Read More

Senate Democrats Move to Gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

By John McCormack

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also prohibits such discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and “transgender status.” In his dissent, Justice Samuel Alito warned that the decision presents clear threats to ... Read More

It Doesn’t Matter Whether DACA Is Popular

By David Harsanyi

I understand that procedural arguments are boring, ineffective, and passe, and that fewer and fewer American are moved by them. But we might want pollsters and media outlets to understand the difference between policy outcomes and constitutional process. Take a look at this non ... Read More

It Doesn’t Matter Whether DACA Is Popular

By David Harsanyi

I understand that procedural arguments are boring, ineffective, and passe, and that fewer and fewer American are moved by them. But we might want pollsters and media outlets to understand the difference between policy outcomes and constitutional process. Take a look at this non ... Read More

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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US

Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide. Read More

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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US

Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide. Read More

The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable

By Kevin D. Williamson

Where the Left goes, squalor follows. The scene in militia-occupied Seattle is entirely familiar, the same kind of theatrical filth that has been a part of American counterculture from Woodstock through Occupy Wall Street. These are the idiot children of the American ruling class, toy radicals and Champagne ... Read More

The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable

By Kevin D. Williamson

Where the Left goes, squalor follows. The scene in militia-occupied Seattle is entirely familiar, the same kind of theatrical filth that has been a part of American counterculture from Woodstock through Occupy Wall Street. These are the idiot children of the American ruling class, toy radicals and Champagne ... Read More

Bolton versus Trump

By The Editors

John Bolton has written the harshest book about a sitting president by one of his former top advisers that anyone has ever seen — or should hope to see. Bolton is a longtime friend of this publication and we take his honesty as a given. Any credibility contest between him and Donald Trump is laughably ... Read More

Bolton versus Trump

By The Editors

John Bolton has written the harshest book about a sitting president by one of his former top advisers that anyone has ever seen — or should hope to see. Bolton is a longtime friend of this publication and we take his honesty as a given. Any credibility contest between him and Donald Trump is laughably ... Read More

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

The Aircraft Carrier We Need

By Jerry Hendrix

On April 24 the U.S. Navy announced that a fifth weapons elevator had been certified for use onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). (A weapons elevator lifts munitions, such as bombs and missiles, from the storage area to the flight deck.) Six more elevators remain uncertified, requiring additional testing and ... Read More

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

The Aircraft Carrier We Need

By Jerry Hendrix

On April 24 the U.S. Navy announced that a fifth weapons elevator had been certified for use onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). (A weapons elevator lifts munitions, such as bombs and missiles, from the storage area to the flight deck.) Six more elevators remain uncertified, requiring additional testing and ... Read More

NR PLUS Immigration

The Supreme Court Requires Trump to Violate Immigration Law

By Dan McLaughlin

Chief Justice Roberts, joined by the Supreme Court’s four liberals, restored the Obama administration’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, on the theory that the Trump administration failed to analyze or to explain two aspects of DACA repeal. DACA was a major policy issue contested in ... Read More

NR PLUS Immigration

The Supreme Court Requires Trump to Violate Immigration Law

By Dan McLaughlin

Chief Justice Roberts, joined by the Supreme Court’s four liberals, restored the Obama administration’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, on the theory that the Trump administration failed to analyze or to explain two aspects of DACA repeal. DACA was a major policy issue contested in ... Read More

What Tim Kaine Gets Wrong about Slavery — and Why It Matters

By Cameron Hilditch

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party completed its unconditional surrender to the forces of historical illiteracy when Tim Kaine, the senator from Virginia and former vice-presidential candidate, announced a startling discovery. One can only imagine the awestruck envy with which venerated historians across the land ... Read More

What Tim Kaine Gets Wrong about Slavery — and Why It Matters

By Cameron Hilditch

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party completed its unconditional surrender to the forces of historical illiteracy when Tim Kaine, the senator from Virginia and former vice-presidential candidate, announced a startling discovery. One can only imagine the awestruck envy with which venerated historians across the land ... Read More

Roberts’ DACA Trick Blocks Disfavored Policy without Substantive Law Precedent

By Wesley J. Smith

When I heard about the reasoning in Chief Justice John Roberts's decision concerning the DACA case, I had a real deja vu experience. Roberts applied arcane administrative law jurisprudence to obtain a particular policy result he favored -- and without creating a policy precedent that would bind future court ... Read More

Roberts’ DACA Trick Blocks Disfavored Policy without Substantive Law Precedent

By Wesley J. Smith

When I heard about the reasoning in Chief Justice John Roberts's decision concerning the DACA case, I had a real deja vu experience. Roberts applied arcane administrative law jurisprudence to obtain a particular policy result he favored -- and without creating a policy precedent that would bind future court ... Read More

Portland Police Quickly Shut Down ‘Autonomous Zone’ Outside Mayor’s House

By Mairead McArdle

Portland police on Thursday quickly dismantled an "autonomous zone" that protesters attempted to set up outside the mayor's residence in the city the previous night. Protesters on Wednesday night used items including dumpsters and stolen construction materials to build an "autonomous zone" in Portland's Pearl ... Read More

Portland Police Quickly Shut Down ‘Autonomous Zone’ Outside Mayor’s House

By Mairead McArdle

Portland police on Thursday quickly dismantled an "autonomous zone" that protesters attempted to set up outside the mayor's residence in the city the previous night. Protesters on Wednesday night used items including dumpsters and stolen construction materials to build an "autonomous zone" in Portland's Pearl ... Read More

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Senate Democrats Move to Gut the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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It Doesn’t Matter Whether DACA Is Popular

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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US

The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable

The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable

Bolton versus Trump

Bolton versus Trump

The Aircraft Carrier We Need

The Aircraft Carrier We Need

The Supreme Court Requires Trump to Violate Immigration Law

The Supreme Court Requires Trump to Violate Immigration Law

What Tim Kaine Gets Wrong about Slavery — and Why It Matters

What Tim Kaine Gets Wrong about Slavery — and Why It Matters

Roberts’ DACA Trick Blocks Disfavored Policy without Substantive Law Precedent

Roberts’ DACA Trick Blocks Disfavored Policy without Substantive Law Precedent

Portland Police Quickly Shut Down ‘Autonomous Zone’ Outside Mayor’s House

Portland Police Quickly Shut Down ‘Autonomous Zone’ Outside Mayor’s House