Acceptance of a presidential pardon carries legal weight. The Supreme Court once observed that accepting a pardon carries an implication of guilt. Former President Joe Biden’s accompanying remark that the grant to Anthony Fauci should not be mistaken for evidence of wrongdoing carries no judicial weight whatsoever. It is, one supposes, the sort of thing […]
Iraq is a sovereign country. It should not be used as a stage for the political theater of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Reports that funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei are expected to pass through Iraq, including Najaf and Karbala, should alarm anyone who still believes Iraq’s state institutions must answer […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) responded to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling that found the Trump administration’s efforts to place new restrictions on birthright citizenship are unconstitutional. Johnson was asked by reporters during a press conference for his reaction shortly after the news of the decision broke. “I will say, I’m very disappointed in that...
James Talarico and Ken Paxton are tied at 47% among likely voters in Texas, according to a new poll, as Democrats eye their first Senate win in decades.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that political parties can now spend unlimited amounts in coordination with their federal candidates under the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, preserving the constitutional guarantee of automatic U.S. citizenship for most children born in the United States in a major setback for his immigration agenda.
Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurrence suggests the Supreme Court's FTC ruling could lead to sweeping challenges against independent federal agencies' power.