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  • Supreme Court Rules Against Minnesota Law Banning ‘Political’ Apparel at Polling Places

    Supreme Court Rules Against Minnesota Law Banning ‘Political’ Apparel at Polling Places0

    Via Cato: This morning, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a Minnesota law banning “political” apparel at polling places violates the First Amendment. This was ultimately an easy case, as it should have been all along, and this decision was predictable after oral argument. Obviously voters shouldn’t be allowed to harass, intimidate, misdirect, or otherwise

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  • Supreme Court Remains Respected Despite Kavanaugh Turmoil

    Supreme Court Remains Respected Despite Kavanaugh Turmoil0

    A pair of recent surveys suggest that Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation has not undermined public confidence in the Supreme Court. The studies, from Gallup and the Pew Research Center, show a majority of respondents approve of the high court’s job performance or have a favorable view of the institution. The figures in both polls

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  • Supreme Court Poised to Strike Down Racial Preferences

    Supreme Court Poised to Strike Down Racial Preferences3

    Lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are exposing the crude and dehumanizing racial sorting that goes on in the admissions offices at elite universities. The application form asks young people to check a box identifying themselves as either “(1) Asian, (2) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, (3) Hispanic, (4) White, (5)

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  • Supreme Court Hands Huge Victory to Families on School Choice

    Supreme Court Hands Huge Victory to Families on School Choice0

    In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that families have a right to seek the best educational opportunities for their children, by preventing states from blocking the participation of religiously affiliated schools in state school choice programs. In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the court ruled that the application of a “no-aid”

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  • Support for $15 Minimum Wage Plummets When Americans Are Told Its Economic Impact

    Support for $15 Minimum Wage Plummets When Americans Are Told Its Economic Impact0

    Minimum wage laws, I’ve noted, are popular with the public. This no doubt explains why House Democrats passed a bill Thursday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Yet the minimum wage’s apparent popularity might be political pyrite (fool’s gold). A newly published Business Insider survey found that support for the minimum wage wilts when Americans—both Republicans

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  • Superficial Tolerance Isn’t Helpful

    Superficial Tolerance Isn’t Helpful0

    • June 15, 2016

    I have to admit, I’ve always been annoyed by the “COEXIST” bumper sticker, a picture of which I’ve included above. It’s not that I wholeheartedly disagree with the message. I do indeed believe that people of different religious faiths should be peaceful toward each other. But at the same time, there’s an underlying sentiment to

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