Let elected officials govern. ===== WSJ 1/25/2019 Another week, another liberal court injunction against the Trump Administration. This month a federal judge blocked the Commerce Department from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. At issue is whether the President and his appointees control the government bureaucracy or the other way around. Liberals cheered when Obama officials invoked executive discretion to... Read more
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Who Should Run The Census?
January 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, US ConstitutionA Politicized FBI
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | FBI, Kavanaugh, The Left, US ConstitutionGood analysis to help understand just how the FBI is designed to fit into “judicial reviews”. ========= WSJ 10/2/2018 By David B. Rivkin and Kristi Remington The bipartisan bonhomie occasioned by the reopening of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s background investigation dissipated quickly. By the weekend, Senate Democrats—who had demanded the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—were challenging its credibility, objecting to its scope and... Read more
The New McCarthyism?
October 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Kavanaugh, The Left, US ConstitutionMuch about which I disagree with Mr. Dershowitz, but I give him much credit for this piece. ====== WSJ 10/1/2018 Alan Dershowitz Until Judge Brett Kavanaugh was accused of horrible crimes—sexual assault, lewd conduct and even gang rape—his confirmation hearings could fairly, if not entirely accurately, be characterized as a “job interview.” The burden was on him to demonstrate his suitability to serve... Read more
Harvard Needs to Come Clean
August 6 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, US ConstitutionTalk about a ‘hall pass’. ======== WSJ 8/6/2018 The Trump Administration in July withdrew Obama-era guidance that gave colleges a wink and a nod to racially discriminate. This means that colleges like Harvard that use racial preferences in admissions will receive more legal scrutiny, and the examination should be instructive. Between 2011 and 2016, the Obama Education Department issued seven notices advising colleges... Read more
Who is Being Reckless Here?
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Losing Freedom, US ConstitutionI sure hope Congress does not back off doing its job.. ===== 5/3/2018 Rod Rosenstein this week invoked an unusual defense to explain his slow-walking of documents to Congress. “They should understand by now that the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,” Mr. Rosenstein said. “We’re going to do what’s required by the rule of law, and any kind of... Read more
The FBI is Politicized
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Law, Losing Freedom, Policing, US ConstitutionThis article is a ‘must read’. ===== The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 25, 2018, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. Over the past year, facts have emerged that suggest there was a plot by high-ranking FBI and Department... Read more
