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Fifteen years ago (or so), I dubbed Lindsey Graham the Arlen Specter of the South. Graham wasnt then, and isnt now, as bad as Specter in terms of giving aid and comfort to the left. But Graham represents South Carolina, one of the most conservative states in the Union. Therefore, he deserves to be graded on a curve. So graded, Grahams conduct, especially when it comes to judicial nominees, resembled

The Reconstruction Era lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this period, the southern states that seceded to the Confederacy (Tennessee, Mississippi, North ...

In this article, we at the Institute for Economic Justice respond to three aspects of criticisms made by Intellidex on inter alia the IEJ’s work, showing how the Intellidex report misrepresents the work of the IEJ, contains mistakes of its own and fails to live up to the standard it sets for...

KLANG: The Customs Department has seized close to RM10mil worth of smuggled steel here.

Jul 5, 2021 John Briceño Should the Governor General be held to a term of five years, similarly to what is being proposed in the Tenth Amendment for the constitutional appointments? That’s what Opposition member Tracy Panton says should happen. But in Section Two A of the amendment bill for the G.G.’s condition of service act, this administration wants the term to be seven years. Here’s Panton’s take and the PM’s response at Friday’s House Meeting.   Tracy Panton, Area Re...

Posted on On July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Brnovich v Democratic National Committee, 19-1257. The issues were two Arizona election laws that made it more difficult for certain kinds of voters to vote. A federal lawsuit was filed to overturn the two laws, on the grounds that they had a disparate effect on certain racial and ethnic minorities. One of the laws banned most people from delivering voted postal ballots to the post office or to an election administration ce...

Supreme Court limits reach of Voting Rights Act Supreme Court ruling on voting rights President Joe Biden said he was deeply disappointed by the Supreme Courts ruling to uphold a pair of Arizona elections laws. NEW YORK - The two Arizona laws that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Thursday werent all that significant but the justices decision certainly was, with the six-member conservative majority limiting the reach of the Voting Rights Act just as Republican lawmakers around the country put f...

The Biggest Supreme-Court Decisions Coming This Term Intelligencer 1 hr ago Ed Kilgore © Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The next term could be huge. But the current term has its own important mysteries. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The biggest Supreme Court news of late involves cases it has teed up for the next term; starting in October, the Court will tackle the hot-button issues of abortion, guns, and possibly affirmative action...

States may be laboratories of democracy in many ways, but not where it matters most in protecting voting rights.

Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me, writes Horatio Clare Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me. Two years ago, at the age of 45, I had a catastrophic breakdown. I believed I was in contact with aliens.  I was going to marry Kylie Minogue. I rolled my car down a hil...