The ruling was 2-1: The J.G.G. v. Trump case has already made its way up to the Supreme Court once, and while the case is still working its way through the courts on the merits, there’s been a contemporaneous contempt … Continue reading →
Specifically, on the need for a constitutional amendment to deal with the problem, if SCOTUS won’t: Those words from Chief Justice John Roberts during this week’s oral arguments signaled that the conservative justices are unlikely to reject birthright citizenship. Of … Continue reading →
See this: Here is the Question Presented on which the court agreed to take the case: “The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those “born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” … Continue reading →
An 18-year-old woman, out walking with friends in Chicago, was murdered recently and a Venezuelan national in this country illegally has been charged. Not only that, but he had previously been arrested for shoplifting and released back into the community … Continue reading →
Chavez used to be the darling of the left, back when I was in law school. Now he’s apparently a pariah after being accused – long after his death – of having sexually abused young girls many years ago: The … Continue reading →
Let’s see – it’s been close to seven years since I wrote my first post on the subject of Omar’s marriage to her alleged brother. I deemed the evidence very plausible although unproven. The Powerline bloggers had already been on … Continue reading →
A great many people on the right who used to mock and distrust Marco Rubio are very appreciative of his performance so far as Secretary of State. They’re also very surprised, because they had written him off as a lightweight … Continue reading →
Today commenter “Snow on Pine” offered this link on the subject, which says: [Crime rates are] almost always statistical projections. Look, if we can’t accurately quantify crime stats in a closed ecosystem like cybersecurity, we don’t have a prayer of … Continue reading →
In Spain: A remarkably candid column appeared in the New York Times this week by Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who recently announced his government would grant amnesty to half a million illegal immigrants living in Spain. Framed as … Continue reading →
At the moment, they’re not talking about “diverse” people moving to the countryside. They’re talking about tourism: National Landscapes, a charity mostly funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), has 46 landscapes, previously called areas of … Continue reading →
A textbook example is from CBS. In particular, the headline is misleading. There’s no question in my mind that this is purposely so, and perhaps the most important part of the game. The headline is often either the only thing … Continue reading →
I could not care less where this guy came from. Here’s the story: An Irish national who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years has been detained for five months at a federal facility in Texas, … Continue reading →