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Many conservatives are celebrating a series of strong decisions from the Supreme Court, including the 6-3 U.S. v. Skrmetti decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on transgender procedures for minors. This is an incredible win, and full credit should be given to the culture warriors who fought tirelessly for this cause. Nevertheless, this temporary victory provides another opportunity to reflect on the nature and function of our current Supreme Court and our political regime more broadly. I have written recently about why the Supreme Court still poses a significant obstacle to national restoration even when it allegedly grants “wins” to conservatives. The...

The Fourth of the July, in a galaxy far, far away. Captain Kirk & the United States Constitution

Friday is #July4th, when we celebrate America’s independence and the documents that made America different, like the Constitution. But is our Constitution good enough today?

The Supreme Court will be announcing Opinions from the bench for the October 2024 term at 10:00 this morning. Scotusblog will be liveblogging as the Opinions are released and we will be following along to try to make sense of the Court's decisions. There are ten cases remaining undecided from this term. That does not include the cases on the emergency docket.

It wasn’t long after the smoke cleared in Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow that the second explosion landed—on Capitol Hill. Except this one was pre-planned.With the precision of a broken clock, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) preemptively introduced a War Powers resolution on June 16—five full days before the June 21 airstrikes—laying the groundwork for a headline-grabbing repudiation before a single B-2 Spirit had lifted off.That’s right—before a single B-2 took flight, the legislative branch had already launched its own volley, aimed not at Tehran, but at the commander in chief. The phrase of the hour? “Unconstitutional.”Except it isn’t. And never was.The...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the entire federal district court of Maryland on Tuesday. The lawsuit challenges a standing order issued by the court to automatically block the deportation of any illegal migrant who files a petition for writ of habeas corpus. It names all 15 judges, as well as the court clerk, as defendants. “Defendants’ automatic injunction issues whether or not the alien needs or seeks emergency relief, whether or not the court has jurisdiction over the alien’s claims, and no matter how frivolous the alien’s claims may be,” the lawsuit states. “And it does so in the...

Preston Damsky is a law student at the University of Florida. He is also a white nationalist and antisemite. Last fall, he took a seminar taught by a federal judge on “originalism,” the legal theory favored by many conservatives that seeks to interpret the Constitution based on its meaning when it was adopted. In his capstone paper for the class, Mr. Damsky argued that the framers had intended for the phrase “We the People,” in the Constitution’s preamble, to refer exclusively to white people. From there, he argued for the removal of voting rights protections for nonwhites, and for the...

The Supreme Court will be announcing Opinions from the bench for the October 2024 term at 10:00 this morning.Scotusblog will be liveblogging as the Opinions are released and we will be following along to try to make sense of the Court's decisions.There are 15 cases remaining undecided for this term. All cases from October, November, and December sittings have been announced. There is also several cases remaining on the Emergency Docket (mainly Trump admin related cases). Of interest from the January sitting is:Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, No. 23-1122 [Arg: 01.15.2025 ] Issue(s): Whether the court of appeals erred as...

The Supreme Court will be announcing opinions from the bench at 10:00 a.m. this morning.Scotusblog will be live-blogging the opinions the opinions at Scotusblog and we will be following along and trying to make sense of the court's decisions.There are 20 cases remaining undecided for this term. A list of the cases can be found at October 2024 cases.All opinions from the October and November sitting have been announced. The only remaining case from the December term is Skrmetti.Issue(s): Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow "a minor to identify with, or live as,...

The Supreme Court will be releasing Opinions today at 10:00 a.m. on cases from the October 2024 term. A list of those cases can be found at October 2024 casesThere are 26 cases remaining undecided for this term. That does not include the cases still pending from the Emergency docket. (Mainly cases involving the Trump administration).All cases from the October and November sittings of the Court have been decided. There is only one case from the December sitting pending and that is:U.S. v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477 [Arg: 12.04.2024 ] Issue(s): Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments...

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot deport Mahmoud Khalil, the radical, pro-Hamas activist who was a graduate student at Columbia University. Random activist judges have overstepped their authority to rule against the Trump administration so many times in the last few months that it’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the rulings. Who appointed these judges to run the country? No one, and the American people are already sick and tired of this. FOX News reports: Federal judge sides with anti-Israel ringleader Mahmoud Khalil, halts Trump administration’s deportation bid A federal judge sided...

A City Council member from Queens is urging her constituents to arm themselves following a terrifying home invasion in which robbers posing as Amazon drivers tied up a family and snatched thousands of dollars in cash, according to cops. Republican Vickie Paladino offered to help residents in her district — which covers Whitestone, where the ordeal took place — obtain gun permits in light of the break-in Monday morning. “I want to remind my constituents that New Yorkers have a constitutional right to protect themselves,” Paladino said in a statement. “I urge my constituents to avail themselves of their rights...

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned people on Tuesday against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. "For those people that want to protest, they're going to be met with very big force," Trump told reporters in the White House's Oval Office.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that President Donald Trump “is overreaching his power, overstepping his authority, and trashing our constitution” by sending the National Guard to Los Angeles. Booker said, “This is about the rule of law, and it needs to be followed by everyone. we are a nation of law, not a nation governed by the whims of a president. and I’ve looked very closely at the statute, Article 10 of the Federal Code, Section 12 406 says it very, very clearly that the president shall, has to, must it says it shall go...

The Supreme Court will be issuing Opinions this morning at 10:00 a.m. Scotusblog will be live-blogging the opinion release and we will be following along to try and make sense of the court's decisions.There are 32 cases remaining to be decided for the October 2024 term in addition to several cases on the emergency docket.One case of interest, and the only case remaining undecided from the December sitting is the Skrmetti case. Issue(s): Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow "a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the...

Question about the Constitution.Questions about the Constitution. I wished to seek the opinion of other folks familiar with America’s founding. I assert that the Constitution is not about what the people can and cannot do; the Constitution is solely about what the government can or cannot do. The statement challenged is that “the Constitution is solely about how the newly constituted government is to function within the enumerated powers of legislative.” I also assert that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are not law. This assertion includes the 18th, 19th, 23th, 24th, and 26th Amendments.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) assailed the Big Beautiful Bill's cuts to Medicaid as "an unfair assault on the heath of America's most vulnerable people. Millions will be denied coverage. Others will be forced to work in order to get health care. When voters find out what Republicans are doing they will vote them out of office." Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind) defended the legislation, saying "if you think about the four things that we're doing in Medicaid to strengthen it, you'll see that we're removing any payments that are illegal, ineligible or duplicate, and we're ensuring that able-bodied adults have a...

As the administration continues to remake the federal bureaucracy to President Trump’s liking, the Office of Personnel and Management has developed an intensive new training program for those aspiring to join the Senior Executive Service, the upper echelon of government employees. Per an OPM memo, obtained first by RealClearPolitics, the syllabus includes course work grounded in the U.S. Constitution, “Founding ideals of our government,” and Trump’s own executive orders. The development program requires 80 hours of video-based training and culminates in two days of in-person training in Washington, D.C. It will affect government employees across the administration and disparate agencies...

As the administration continues to remake the federal bureaucracy to President Trump’s liking, the Office of Personnel and Management has developed an intensive new training program for those aspiring to join the Senior Executive Service, the upper echelon of government employees. Per an OPM memo, obtained first by RealClearPolitics, the syllabus includes course work grounded in the U.S. Constitution, “Founding ideals of our government,” and Trump’s own executive orders. The development program requires 80 hours of video-based training and culminates in two days of in-person training in Washington, D.C. It will affect government employees across the administration and disparate agencies...

The Supreme Court will be issuing Opinions from the October 2024 term this morning at 10:00 a.m.A list of those cases can be found here:October 2024 termScotusblog will be live-blogging the Opinion release and we will be following along and trying to make sense of the Court's rulings.live-blog of OpinionsThere are also several pending cases on the Emergency Docket. Those can be found here:Emergency DocketOnce an Opinion has been announced from the bench it will be posted on the Supreme Court's website located here:SCOTUS Opinions