Make No Mistake, Tucker Carlson Won Big In Ohio
The left loves to hate on those who speak truths they’d rather not hear. Elon Musk was once their darling until he came out for free speech. Extremists also hate…
Questions Remain After Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation
In the aftermath of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to a seat on the United States Supreme Court, there’s a lot still to be said about the way federal judicial nominations are…
Schumer Threatens To Eliminate Filibuster To Pass Voting Rights Bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Monday threatened to scrap the upper chamber’s filibuster to pass Democrats’ controversial election reform bill. Schumer said the Senate will “debate and…
It’s Not The Filibuster’s Fault We Have ‘Gridlock,’ It’s The Senators’
Official Washington’s conventional wisdom about the Senate filibuster is a fairy tale. It is utterly unmoored from the choices being made by individual senators, party caucuses, and the body as…
J.D. Vance and the American Dream
The author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance was a prominent voice on the national-populist right even before July 1, when he entered the crowded primary to replace GOP senator Rob…
McConnell: Senate to Vote on Green New Deal So Lawmakers Can ‘Go on Record’
By Jack Crowe • National Review Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal resolution introduced last week by a coalition of…
NBC’s Ken Dilanian: North Dakota, New York Having Same Number of Senate Votes ‘Has to Change’
by Aryssa Damron • The Washington Free Beacon Ken Dilanian, a reporter for NBC News, tweeted on Monday that the idea of North Dakota and New York having the same…
Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Will be a Game Changer
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is inarguably a game-changer. It will take some time and depend on who President Donald Trump picks as his replacement to see just how much. For…
McConnell Cancels August Recess, Citing Liberal Obstruction
By Jack Crowe • National Review Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell cancelled the upper chamber’s annual August recess Tuesday, citing the “historic obstruction” of his Democratic colleagues in a statement…
The Democrats’ Crusade To End The Filibuster Finally Pays Off
By David Harsanyi • The Federalist It looks like Senate Democrats have the 41 votes they need to block the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. This means…
Charge Toward Supreme Court Filibuster Will Cause Liberals to Suffer
By Peter Roff • USNews It’s not clear when the Senate started playing politics with Supreme Court nominations. Some say it’s been that way all along, going back at least…
It’s Not a Judge’s Job to Look Out for “The Little Guy”
By Ronald A Cass • USAToday Smart people often say stupid things. #MistakesHappen. But it takes a certain special orientation to repeat obviously false and ridiculous statements over and over.…
Sorry, Judge Gorsuch is un-Borkable
By Gregg Jarrett • Fox News Some Democrats, still seething over the stalled U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, are trying. But their dream of delivering political retribution has,…
On Iran, Obama won the fight but lost the argument
By Washington Examiner With the Senate lacking the two-thirds majority it would need to stop him, President Obama will succeed in implementing his nuclear deal with Iran. At this point,…
Spitting on the Constitution to pass the Iran deal
By John Podhoretz • New York Post It’s rare for people to celebrate getting 41 percent of anything. If you score 41 percent on a test,…