Commentary In the night he was elected president in November 2008, Barack Obama addressed a vast throng in Grant Park in my hometown of Chicago and remarked that we had built this country “calloused hand by calloused hand, for 221 years.” Obama professed an admiration for Abraham Lincoln, but it was clear that he hadn’t…
Poland’s Top Court Rules Some EU Laws Are Unconstitutional
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Oct. 7 that some of the European Union’s (EU) laws conflict with the country’s constitution and that national laws will have supremacy over those of the EU in areas where they clash. The decision of the tribunal was filed on a motion by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who…
Polish Court Rules Some EU Law Is Unconstitutional, Deepening Dispute
WARSAW—Poland’s highest court ruled on Thursday that some parts of EU treaties are incompatible with the Polish constitution, challenging a pillar of European integration and sharply escalating a dispute between Brussels and Warsaw. The European Commission said the ruling raised serious concerns about the primacy of EU law, setting it on a full collision course…
‘Gotcha’ Questions on Pennsylvania Religious Exemption Forms: Attorney
Attorney Jeff Schott’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since President Joe Biden announced a mandate requiring vaccination or termination for health care workers and those who work for any company with more than 100 employees. In some cases, noncompliance with the order for a 100 percent vaccinated workforce will result in the loss of federal funds….
The Supreme Court in the American Constitutional Order
Commentary This spring, President Biden appointed a 35-member Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, charged with soliciting expert views, deliberating among themselves, and reporting back to him on the subject of “reforming” the nation’s highest court. The commission’s members are themselves mostly eminent scholars of the Court’s work, preponderantly but by…
Chinese Communist Party Sycophant Seeks to Redefine American Exceptionalism (and Fails)
Commentary An agitprop article in China’s state-run media continues the relentless ChiCom (Chinese Communist) theme that America is in decline. The Global Times published an article titled, “US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact,” and was written by the longtime China apologist Martin Jacques. He wrote, “9/11, and the…
California Legislature Planning to Use Pandemic to Shred Democracy
Commentary California voters have long been excoriated by commentators for the 1994 passage of Proposition 187, which severely limited state services for illegal immigrants. Among other things, it required teachers and nurses to report suspected illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, effectively becoming INS agents. Those were among the reasons the initiative was…
Arizona Senate Calls on Attorney General to Move Audit Forward – Feat. Sen. Sonny Borrelli
Arizona state Sen. Sonny Borrelli, a retired U.S. Marine, is requesting that the Arizona attorney general investigate the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) non-compliance with the latest subpoenas for the 2020 election audit. This could result in 10 percent (roughly $61 million) of the BOS’s shared state revenue being withheld—possibly prompting it to rethink…
Why the Constitution Is Vital to America and the World, and Why We Must Defend It
With just four sheets of parchment, the Founding Fathers created one of the most influential texts ever written. This text would shape over two centuries of American history and would define who we are as a nation today. This text is the Constitution of the United States. Designed to replace the Articles of Confederation, the…
Civil Rights Group Challenges ‘Flawed’ Vaccine Mandate at George Mason University
A civil rights group is calling on George Mason University (GMU) executives to reconsider their vaccination requirement for staff and students in the fall semester, claiming it is a scientifically “irrational” policy that violates constitutional rights and medical ethics. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group that…
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