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Flip, Flop or Fail Aug. 19, 2022
About 20 years ago, I was covering the governing body of a local suburb. One cool evening in early f... Read More
Will Dobbs Help Democrats? Will the Mar-a-Lago Raid Help Republicans? Aug. 12, 2022
Are Republicans losing what seemed for months to be their overwhelming advantage in elections to the... Read More
Roe Haunts From Its Grave Aug. 11, 2022
The Supreme Court's recent Dobbs opinion, reversing the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion, which unle... Read More
Damned Either Way: Merrick Garland Weighs the Mother of All Indictments Aug. 02, 2022
In October 1974, President Gerald Ford appeared before Congress to provide his rationale for pardoni... Read More
The Point of No Return Aug. 02, 2022
This is an election year. But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. The big ... Read More
What's Behind the Attacks on Crisis Pregnancy Centers Jul. 28, 2022
In the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Or... Read More
Biden Has No Right To Declare a National Climate Emergency Jul. 22, 2022
The Washington Post reported Monday night that President Joe Biden is "considering whether to declar... Read More
The 'Handshake' Photo Taken Down at a Congressional Hearing Jul. 20, 2022
A congressional hearing on Tuesday was suddenly and dramatically interrupted — by the chairwom... Read More
Even With This Supreme Court, Same-Sex Marriage Is Probably Safe Jul. 20, 2022
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has many hardline conservatives itching to scrap ... Read More
A Pro-Lifer and a Pro-Choicer Do Lunch Jul. 15, 2022
The day Dobbs was handed down, I happened to be lunching with a new friend who was upset and angry o... Read More
The High Court's 'Self-Inflicted Wounds': A Backward Look Jul. 15, 2022
Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 2... Read More
Politicians Defy the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Right To Bear Arms: Several States Are Retaining Subjective Criteria for Carry Permits or Imposing New Restrictions on Gun Possession Jul. 13, 2022
After the Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms last month, some states promptly complied with... Read More
A Summer Full of Sadness and Dark Signs Jul. 13, 2022
You know the moments that mean nothing will ever be the same? Like the loss of a beloved friend, unb... Read More
When Dick Durbin Defended the Right to Life Jul. 13, 2022
Dick Durbin was the man in charge. It was Jan. 17, 1982, when the Springfield Right to Life Committe... Read More
The National Pro-abortion Echo Chamber Jul. 13, 2022
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, there was a shocking (if temporary) turn in the news ... Read More
Why Some of Us Can't Dine in Peace Jul. 12, 2022
Fifteen years ago, when I still lived in the D.C. swamp, I took my elementary school-daughter and to... Read More
Separation of Powers and the Regulatory State Jul. 09, 2022
It was a strange coincidence that Justice Stephen Breyer's last day on the court, the final day of t... Read More
It's Not 'Minority Rule'; It's the Point Jul. 08, 2022
One of the more popular complaints of the contemporary left is that the Constitution subverts "democ... Read More
Want Abortion Back? First, Women Have To Die Jul. 08, 2022
The Supreme Court has sent a message: We're no longer in the business of ratifying social change. No... Read More
Joe Biden Breaks Another Precedent Jul. 07, 2022
WASHINGTON — Breaking historic precedent has been for many years a specialty of the Democratic... Read More
