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Severino v. Biden Set Precedent for Executive Power on Firings
Roger Severino sued then-President Joe Biden in 2021 for dismissing him before the end of his term on an independent agency called the Administrative Conference of the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
Virginia GOP’s Challenges to Block Abortion-Until-Birth Amendment
If we all had a dollar for every time we’ve been told, “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” we could afford to get the graffiti cleaned off our Telsas. However, before you tune out the election noise this…
House to Block Nationwide Injunctions Obstructing Trump
A House panel heard Tuesday from experts about curbing the ability of district court judges to impose nationwide injunctions, which have been a thorny problem for President Donald Trump’s agenda. “This is not new, but it is…
SCOTUS Likely to Uphold Catholic Charity’s Tax Exemption
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday, on one of its last days of oral arguments for cases from the October 2024 term, in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. The case concerns…
GOP Lawmaker Quits House Freedom Caucus Over Proxy Voting
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced in a letter on Monday that she would be resigning from the conservative Republican House Freedom Caucus. While praising the conservative caucus’s chairman, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., as a…
How Political Lawfare and Government Cronyism Go Hand-in-Hand
Not to get all Old World on you, but the Oxford Dictionary defines “lawfare” thusly: “Legal action undertaken in order to exert power or control, esp. as part of a hostile campaign against a particular country or group.” In…
Stefanik’s Role in House GOP Leadership Remains Uncertain
At a Tuesday morning press conference, Republican leadership in the House indicated they’re still not sure what role Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., will play after the withdrawal of her nomination to be ambassador to the…
Bill Amending Oklahoma’s Anti-ESG Law Dies
A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to amend the state’s three-year-old anti-ESG law died last week after criticism that it would water down efforts to avoid public investments in companies boycotting oil and gas companies. …
Taming China Through Technology
In the days around the U.S. presidential election, dozens of People’s Liberation Army warplanes cruised through Taiwanese airspace. Such behavior is a microcosm of China’s audacity and confidence to act with increasing…
Deportations Hit 100,000 Under Trump
The Trump administration has carried out more than 100,000 deportations since Jan. 20, The New York Post first reported. In fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s pledge to arrest and remove illegal aliens, Immigration and…