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Toggle open close   John G. Malcolm: Welcome, everybody, to our virtual Joseph Story Lecture. My name is John Malcolm. I’m the Vice President of the Institute for Constitutional Government, but more germane for this event is that I’m also the Director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Because we are in the midst of a pandemic and these are unusual times, I am interviewing General Meese here in his home. Ed, I have to tell you, this is a particular pleasure for m...

PST1012_Court_Packing_Plan_EM_HD1080_0_203 Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett arrive for the 59th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 20, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) 6233302214001 One presidential prediction thats coming true: Joe Biden would move to alter the U.S. Supreme Court. He has named a commission to study judicial reform. A number of groups are taking that much further. One effort, called "Unrig the Courts," seeks to both increase the number of justic...

View: A new book explores Indus Basin with a lesson on war and peace SECTIONS View: A new book explores Indus Basin with a lesson on war and peaceBy Col (Dr) Divakaran Padma Kumar Pillay (Retd.), ET CONTRIBUTORS Last Updated: Feb 12, 2021, 03:37 PM IST Share Synopsis ​​There are some very interesting conversation between Sadul Singh, the maharaja of Bikaner, Sardar Pannikar, Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Mountbatten over the canal headworks and how eventually the headworks by drawing the Partit...

Join The term “Cancel Culture” – the practice of collectively blocking someone (usually a public figure) on social media or other venues because of a comment or action – has been in the news lately. Some say it’s the natural consequence of dealing with abhorrent behavior, while others think it suppresses speech and has a chilling effect on the free exchange of ideas. In fact, Cancel Culture is actually new name for an old practice — social ostracism. When Americans have wanted to s...

Shortly after former president Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan 6 in a failed attempt to block Congress' certifying of Joe Biden's Electoral College victory in the presidential election, social media companies unanimously launched a serial crackdown on Trump and his social media accounts.

6 Key Points on Efforts to Oust Trump in Final Days President Donald Trump greets the crowd at the "Save America" rally Wednesday just south of the White House before rioters breached the Capitol. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) After the riot at the Capitol, congressional Democrats increasingly are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump before his term expires Jan. 20, either through a second impeachment or by invoking the 25th Amendment.  Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., an as...

WASHINGTON — To hear Democrats tell it, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court this fall in order to destroy the Affordable Care Act and prevail in any lawsuits over a disputed election. Two months into Barrett’s tenure, those fears look to be unfounded. But conservatives remain hopeful she will advance the cause of religious freedom, expand Second Amendment rights and cement a conservative majority on the nation’s highest court. They have reason ...

Retiring Whakatāne Hospital paediatrician honoured with prestigious appointment 23 Dec, 2020 04:03 AM 3 minutes to read Dr John Malcolm (centre) with his whānau, including hospital teams, who gathered to honour him on his retirement from clinical practice. Photo / Supplied Rotorua Daily Post Whakatāne Hospital paediatrician Dr John Malcolm has retired from clinical practice after decades of work in the field. In recognition of Malcolms "outstanding" career, including his rheumatic fever pre...

By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist De Havilland died at Beauvoir, Guernsey, in 1866 at the age of 90. His wife Elizabeth died in 1816 at the early age of 35 and she was buried in St. George’s Cathedral Cemetery, Madras, which was conceived and built by De Havilland himself. Ironically, his wife was among the first to be buried there. I am happy that my book ‘Colonial Landmarks in Mysuru’ has prompted Star of Mysore columnist Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem to write about the Webb’s monument and the De...

Could there be another motive for this was the vice president of the institute for constitutional government, john malcolm. why do you think pelosi is doing this? >> i think shes going to try to control the senate processes much as she can. even though house republicans were deprived of the opportunity to call the witnesses they want, a lot of people say what happened in the house is a rigged system she wants to make sure the same rigged system isnt going to take place in the senate. the constit...