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The Fight over Financial Aid to Illegal Alien Students Continues Congress Supports Judicial Watch Taxpayer Lawsuit against DC Government What Does the FBI Have on the Obama Gang? The Fight over Financial Aid to Illegal Alien Students Continues Too often, politicians at every level will ignore the clear language of a law if it doesn’t let them do as they wish. This is evident on two fronts this week: in California and here in the District of Columbia. First California. You will recall that we filed a taxpayer lawsuit in August 2014 challenging a decision by the University of...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that illegal immigrants and other non-citizens can be counted when states draw their legislative districts, shooting down a challenge by Texas residents who said their own voting power was being diluted. The ruling does not grant non-citizens power to vote, but says the principle of “one person, one vote” doesn’t require localities to only count those who are actually eligible to vote. Justice Ruth Baden Ginsburg, writing for the court, said even though only eligible voters are supposed to cast ballots, elected officials represent all people within their districts, and it is that act...

Lust for power has made lawmakers forget responsibility to public TOM ASHCRAFT, Special to The Observer (In 2002 Tom Ashcraft, a NC attorney, won the Pope Award from the John Locke Foundation for his efforts that resulted in the demise of forced bussing.) Politics brings out the best and worst in human beings. When Ronald Reagan lost the GOP presidential nomination to Gerald Ford in 1976, he was the epitome of graciousness and magnanimity. Among other things, he made a warm and rousing convention speech, apparently impromptu, at Ford's request. By contrast, almost any day the N.C. General Assembly is...