Category Archives: Supreme Court

There Is No Hate Speech. Only Zuul.

Today the Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed what conservatives, libertarians and honest liberals have been arguing for some time now: when it comes to the First Amendment, there’s no “hate speech” exemption: From today’s opinion by Justice Samuel Alito (for four … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 7, 2017

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! I’m still not wild about President Trump’s decision to strike a Syrian airfield with cruise missiles last night, but the decision makes more sense if you look at it less of a tool to make … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 31, 2017

Welcome to April Fool’s Eve! Don’t believe anything you hear tomorrow. Especially if it’s from CNN… Representative Moe Brooks of Alabama offers up a one sentence repeal of ObamaCare: “Effective as of Dec. 31, 2017, the Patient Protection and Affordable … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 24, 2017

This week I started a new job and started working on my taxes, so expect scattered patches of Light Blogging for the next few weeks… “Everyone in Washington hates Donald Trump’s new budget. So it must have something going for … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 17, 2017

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Insert your own Irish-related drinking joke here. President Trump’s approval ratings rise. Did Obama use a British intelligence agency to spy on Trump? (Maybe not.) Did the Obama Administration use Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac as … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 10, 2017

Welcome to Friday! (And welcome Instapundit readers coming in off Stephen Green’s link to yesterday’s border security roundup.) First up: Liberalism’s continued idée fixe on the “Russians hacked the election” fantasy. If Trump had actually been in the pay of … Continue reading →

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Trump Nominates Gorsuch

President Trump has just nominated Neil Gorsuch to the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Antonin Scalia last year. President Trump gave a very brief, concise speech in announcing Gorsuch (Trump announced his pick less than … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 27, 2017

Welcome to the Friday LinkSwarm! The first week of President Trump’s administration has been incredibly active and consequential! Not everything will be covered here (and I have a few posts on various issues and executive orders at various stages of … Continue reading →

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Trump Starts Bringing a Rogue EPA to Heel

President Trump is wasting no time in cleaning up Obama Administration messes where it’s possible to do so by executive order. One over the weekend started reigning in the EPA. “The Trump administration instituted a media blackout at the Environmental … Continue reading →

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A Roundup of Texas Lawsuits of Note

A number of lawsuits related to local or federal overreach in Texas are working their way through the court system. Here’s a quick roundup of developments in a few notable cases. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor reiterated that the injunction … Continue reading →

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