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  • Justice Department: No More Bankrolling of Liberal Activists

    Justice Department: No More Bankrolling of Liberal Activists0

    On June 5, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions prohibited Justice Department lawyers from diverting legal settlement funds to special interest groups outside the government that were neither victims of any wrongdoing, nor parties to such lawsuits. As legal commentator Walter Olson notes, “This is terrific news and a major step forward in [respecting] the constitutional

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  • Justice Clarence Thomas On Why Our Government is ‘Broken’

    Justice Clarence Thomas On Why Our Government is ‘Broken’0

    Justice Clarence Thomas has earned a reputation for saying very little on the Supreme Court bench. He made an exception on Wednesday evening at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991 after a messy confirmation, described Washington, D.C, as a ‘broken’ place: [T]his city is broken in some ways.

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  • Justice and ‘Social Justice’: Two Very Different Things

    Justice and ‘Social Justice’: Two Very Different Things0

    Recently, Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen wrote in the Washington Post of “The most important phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance” — “with liberty and justice for all.” Allen recognized that justice required “equality before the law” and that freedom exists “only when it is for everyone.” But she confused democracy — defined as progressives “build[ing] a distributed

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  • Justice Alito Exposes the Hypocrisy of Liberal Double-standards

    Justice Alito Exposes the Hypocrisy of Liberal Double-standards0

    You probably haven’t even heard about it, but yesterday there was an exchange in the Supreme Court that future generations will regard as one of the most significant revelations of our political era. The case of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky concerns a Minnesota statute that broadly bans all political apparel at the polling place.

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  • Just the Facts That We Refuse to Believe

    Just the Facts That We Refuse to Believe0

    “Just the facts, ma’am.” This saying is attributed to Police Sergeant Joe Friday on the popular television series “Dragnet,”  though Friday actually said, “All we want are the facts, ma’am.” Friday and his partner made evidence and facts the center of their investigations before drawing conclusions. Today facts in our public square are as difficult to

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  • Just Because We Can Create Genetically Modified Babies Doesn’t Mean We Should

    Just Because We Can Create Genetically Modified Babies Doesn’t Mean We Should0

    Two remarkable things took place last month in the world of biotechnology: A Chinese doctor claimed to have created two genetically modified human embryos who were successfully nurtured to birth, and the worldwide scientific community roundly rejected this experiment as a violation of ethics. In turn, the Chinese government condemned the doctor and called for an immediate investigation. At issue is

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