Below is my column in The Hill on the new policy of Secretary Marco Rubio to deny entry of foreign figures responsible for the censorship of American citizens. It would constitute the first meaningful response to the growing threat of Europe to free speech in the United States. In the very least, it signals that the United States is prepared to fight to preserve this “Indispensable Right.”
Here is the column: Continue reading “Marco Rubio Declares War on the Global Censors”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the decision yesterday finding that the Trump tariffs are invalid. What happens now will be, if nothing else, interesting. Dusk has come to Liberation Day. Trump has options, but the pressure will now be greater on Congress as bilateral trade agreements are moving forward.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Liberation Dusk? Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs in the Midst of Trade Negotiations”
Below is my column on Fox.com on the escalating fight between Harvard and the Trump Administration. For Harvard, this could prove a case of winning battles and losing a war of attrition.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Poison Ivy: Why Harvard Will Likely Lose a War of Attrition with the Trump Administration”
Below is my column in the Hill on the continuing confusion over national or universal injunctions. The last week has shown that this chronic injunctivitis must end.
Across the country, a new defense is being heard in state and federal courtrooms. From Democratic members of Congress to judges to city council members, officials claim that their official duties include obstructing the official functions of the federal government. It is a type of liberal license that excuses most any crime in the name of combating what Minn. Gov. Tim Walz called the “modern-day Gestapo” of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Continue reading “The Red Line: Democratic Officials Claim a Dangerous License for Illegality”
Below is my column in The Hill on the controversy this month over extrajudicial comments made by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. These are only the latest such comments by justices that became distractions during the discussion of pending cases before the Court.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Courting Controversy: Justices’ Side Commentaries Undermine the Supreme Court”
“For posterity’s sake.” Those words from President Joe Biden sum up the crushing impact of the leaked audiotapes from the interview between then-President Joe Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur. Not only did they remove any serious doubt over Biden committing the federal crimes charged against President Donald Trump, but they also constituted what is akin to a political racketeering indictment against much of the Washington establishment. Continue reading ““For Posterity’s Sake”: Why the Biden-Hur Tapes is a Virtual Racketeering Indictment”
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent opinion blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm of Perkins Coie for its role, on behalf of the Clinton campaign, in the Russian collusion scandal. The opposition to the order has taken on a certain Shakespearean flare that conceals the underlying hypocrisy of many of these lawyers.
Below is my column on the move to end the funding of National Public Radio (NPR). I will be speaking tomorrow on the history and future of American journalism at the Library of Congress. The funding of NPR has long been controversial on various levels, including those of us who oppose state-supported media in any form. This should be a moment of true self-reflection for the media in these changing and precarious times for the free press.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The Cost of Arrogance: NPR’s Undoing is a Cautionary Tale for the Media”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the first 100 days of the Trump Administration in court. It is too early to handicap many of these lower courts decisions. I have been critical of some of these orders as either premature or unconstitutional. There is a reason for the hyperkinetic pace of the Administration. However, it needs greater focus and discipline in picking cases.
Here is the column:
Continue reading “The First 100 Days: The Method Behind the Madness in Court Challenges”
Below is my column in the Hill on the slew of additional injunctions imposed by district courts last week. Some of these courts seem on a hair-trigger in ordering the record number of injunctions racked up in the first 100 days.
Here is the column: Continue reading ““Here We are Again”: Federal District Courts Piling on Injunctions to Stop Trump”
Below is my column on Fox.com on the alliance of some on the American left with Europeans in combatting the United States as a menace to world order. From Hillary Clinton to Nina Jankowicz, Europeans are hearing tales of alarm and agony from liberals warning that the United States is a growing global threat.
Here is the column: Continue reading “The American Menace: Leading Liberals Call Upon Europeans to Resist the United States”
Below is my column in The Hill on Harvard faculty organizing in opposition to the Trump Administration’s measures targeting the university for failure to protect Jewish students and its lack of diversity of viewpoints on campus. Despite being a vocal critic of Harvard’s culture of orthodoxy, I have encouraged the Administration to moderate some of these measures and oppose the denial of tax-exempt status of the university. However, the Harvard faculty members may want to sit this one out. They are not helping their cause.
Here is the column:
Continue reading “Crimson Chide: Harvard Makes the Case Against Itself”
Below is my column in the New York Post on the criminal referral of a mortgage fraud case against New York Attorney General Letitia James. After her scorched-earth campaign against Trump, the irony of the allegations is stunning. If James were to move from prosecutor to perp, her own words may come back to haunt her. There could be statute of limitations issues, though James herself showed such such statutory periods can be stretched. James has issued a statement of defiance and suggests that this is lawfare or bullying by the Trump Administration.
Here is the column: Continue reading ““No One is Above the Law”: New York AG Letitia James Accused of Alleged Mortgage Fraud”
Below is my column in the Hill on recent disclosure that the Biden Administration may have withheld evidence contradicting the Chinese on the origins of COVID. Millions of Americans lost loved ones and would like to know who was responsible. It appears that our government and many experts were less motivated to find that answer.
Here is the column: Continue reading “Biden’s Administration May Have Suppressed COVID Evidence Contradicting Chinese Claims”