The Supreme Court has overruled the decades-long prohibition on direct spending by corporations and unions in political campaigns, by a vote of 5-4. The conservatives on the bench were joined by the “swing” voter Justice Kennedy in rendering the libertarian … Continue reading →
In the heat of a campaign, politicians often shade the truth or at least partially misrepresent their opponents’ positions. But for height, depth, breadth, and pure poisonous brazenness of lie, the Coakley campaign’s latest is hard to equal. The Washington … Continue reading →
Fred Barnes attempts to answer the question of what whether it would be legal for Massachusetts Democrats to make good on their pledge to delay Brown’s certification if he wins Tuesday’s Senate race, in order to allow previously-appointed senator Paul … Continue reading →
Just for a moment, forget about how compelling a candidate Scott Brown is. And forget about how nice it would be to have a Republican senator from Massachusetts, and a 41st vote against Obamacare. Forget? Why? Because, even if those … Continue reading →
…because those Guantanamo prisoners are petitioning to be allowed to stay there.
Continue reading →Here’s another excellent piece from Andrew McCarthy on the legal issues involved in the Gitmo detainees’ release. McCarthy—the prosecutor in the first WTC case—speaks the voice of reason, although he may be crying in the wilderness at this point. McCarthy … Continue reading →
James Kirchik thinks we should waterboard him, because Abdulmutallab is a good example of the “ticking time bomb” scenario. I don’t even think waterboarding would be necessary—he’s hardly the hardened and veteran terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is. But I’m in … Continue reading →
I agree with this WSJ article by Orrin Hatch, J. Kenneth Blackwell, and Kenneth A. Klukowski that the Senate health care reform bill is unconstitutional, representing an extension of federal power far beyond what was envisioned, intended, or allowed by … Continue reading →
You may have heard the buzz that there’s a provision in the Senate health care bill that it can only be repealed with a 2/3 super-majority of the Senate. That seems impossible and unconstitutional. But it appears to have been … Continue reading →
Here’s a must-read piece on the decades-long war waged against the CIA by liberals: This war has also been enshrined in one disastrous liberal-led “reform” of the CIA after another. The wreckage reaches back to congressional hearings conducted in the … Continue reading →
The release of the Lockerbie bomber al Megrahi has become a story few follow any more. There are too many upsetting events these days, coming with ever-accelerating speed, to focus on any one for long—especially if it involves a single … Continue reading →
The outrages perpetrated by the Obama administration have come so thick and fast that it’s easy to lose track of them. But for me, one of the worst has been the removal of the KSM trial from the military to … Continue reading →