When Mo Brooks took his oath of office as a U.S. representative, he swore to support and defend the Constitution. His official duties certainly don’t…
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America Needs to Break Up Its Biggest States
The solution has clear precedent in American history: break up the largest states, ideally into components with populations as close to the state median as…
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A Cheerleader’s Supreme Court Win for Students’ Free Speech
In the most significant legal decision involving education in decades, the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared that public school students typically retain broader free-speech protections…
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Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Overturned California’s Assault Weapons Ban
A federal appeals court on Monday put a hold on a federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s 32-year-old ban on assault weapons. The state law,…
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The FISA Court’s Unnecessary Secrecy
One of the most powerful courts in the country, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, is cloaked in unnecessary secrecy. It authorizes panoramic surveillance programs that…
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Separate but Equal, the Court Said. One Voice Dissented.
The greatness of Harlan’s opinion was in the way it combined unyielding principles with a common-sense examination of the case. The subject was Louisiana’s separate-car…
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Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi that could undermine Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that…
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Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi that could undermine Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that…
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House, Biden Administration Reach Deal Over McGahn Testimony
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and House Democrats have reached a tentative deal to allow President Donald J. Trump’s former White House counsel, Donald F.…
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You Really Shouldn’t Care About a President’s First 100 Days
Sometimes there is a better reason to dampen popular enthusiasm rather than to exploit it. Alexander Hamilton thought that was an essential responsibility of presidents:…
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