Bipartisan Congressional Effort Seeks to Remove ‘Internet Kill Switch’
A bipartisan group of House and Senate members is pushing legislation to prevent a president from using a so-called “Internet kill switch” to take control of online communications during an…
Republicans take the ‘A’ grades, Democrats the ‘Fs’ in fiscal report card
The Cato Institute has released its “Fiscal Report Card on America’s Governors” for 2020 and four of the nation’s top state executives have earned “A” grades for cutting tax and…
Michigan Supreme Court Strikes Down Whitmer’s Emergency Powers
In a 4-3 decision, Michigan’s Supreme Court said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) lacked the power to unilaterally extend a state of emergency declaration, and also held that a 1945 law…
How a Senate Virus Outbreak Could Complicate Barrett Confirmation
Even as Republicans press ahead with plans to begin hearings on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.AS. Supreme Court, there are still potential hazards in the way of…
Republicans Intend to Hold Barrett Confirmation Hearings as Scheduled
Despite two GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee testing positive for the coronavirus, Sen. Mitch McConnell still intends to begin hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on…
The Supreme Court has Always Been Political
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. With the partisan lines firmly established for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, the old concerns the…
Barrett Seen as an ‘Originalist’ on Gun Rights
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s rulings in gun rights case during her time as an appellate court judge will undoubtedly come under…
Democratic Strategy to Tie the Senate in Knots Over Barrett
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Senate Democrats may lack the votes to stop Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, but there may be a few…
Barrett May be a Catalyst for Ending Qualified Immunity
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One major current issue that leaps out of Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett’s legal writings: her seeming willingness to tackle, and maybe end,…
The Political Fight Over the Barrett Nomination
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has, predictably, set conservatives cheering and liberals wailing. But…