Today’s 90-minute opener for three days of oral argument involves the dullest and most technical of issues: Can the Supreme Court even consider this case? Does it have jurisdiction? In other words, after inviting everyone over for a gigantic constitutional … read more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in S&M Brands v. Caldwell. The case presented a challenge to the 1998 “Master Settlement Agreement” (MSA) between large tobacco manufacturers and state attorneys general, which imposed—without the consent of the … read more
The Supreme Court’s decision in McDonald v. Chicago underscores just how close this country came to losing the fundamental right to bear arms and just how important the debate over President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, will … read more
My friend and National Review colleague Shannen Coffin has uncovered some fascinating information about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s work on partial-birth abortion when she worked for former President Bill Clinton. An excerpt: There is no better example of this … read more
Today’s Supreme Court decision in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) re-establishes a modest measure of accountability on our political institutions. The Court’s reminder comes at an opportune time. The PCAOB was created by the 2002 … read more
Robert Bork’s criticism of Elena Kagan—for her admiration of Chief Justice Aharon Barak of the Israeli Supreme Court—is well-founded. Barak is the poster child for judicial activism. Barak has brazenly pushed the power of the Court to the point where … read more
Somehow I snuck onto the editorial page of the New York Times today. My piece argues that Elena Kagan is no friend of the presidency, as her supporters claim, but instead believes that Congress can significantly limit the executive’s powers. … read more
Obama probably didn’t order the IRS to keep his opponents from talking. But these bureaucrats certainly acted like ones he’d been waiting for.
Cantor has learned that the tea-party movement he helped foster won’t fall in line behind his efforts to push an alternative conservative agenda.
A strong meme is developing among conservatives about the IRS, expressed most directly in the headline of a piece in the Washington Examiner by Tim Carney, "The IRS is Deeply Political and Very Democratic."
