February 13, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — She endorsed him, and he paid respects at her funeral, but it appears that President Donald Trump hasn't read Phyllis Schlafly's book The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It. Rather than simply Tweet his disgust with rulings against his immigration executive order, Trump and his advisers should read the book, especially Schlafly's Chapter 15. It offers a series of measures, including impeachment, to stop tyrannical judges.... (more)

February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — At least 72 convicted terrorists came from the seven countries President Trump targeted in his extreme vetting executive order, according to a new report this weekend that directly undercut part of the courts' rulings halting the program.... (more)

February 13, 2017

PAUL BEDARD — Since 9/11, 72 individuals from the seven mostly Muslim countries covered by President Trump's "extreme vetting" executive order have been convicted of terrorism, bolstering the administration's immigration ban.... (more)

February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The State Department has more than doubled the rate of refugees from Iraq, Syria and other suspect countries in the week since a federal judge's reprieve, in what analysts said appears to be a push to admit as many people as possible before another court puts the program back on ice.... (more)

February 13, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Do you think Islam needs reform?" Wouldn't it be interesting, wouldn't it get us to the crux of the immigration debate, if our best news anchors -- I'm looking at you, Chris Wallace and Bret Baier -- would put that question to every major politician in Washington?... (more)

February 13, 2017

ROBERT KNIGHT — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is leading the charge against President Trump's order to temporarily halt immigrants from seven Middle Eastern countries identified by the Obama administration as hotbeds of terrorism. So far, they have managed to find sympathetic judges in friendly climes such as the Ninth Circuit.... (more)

February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — In more than a decade on a federal appeals court, Judge Neil Gorsuch never had one of his own written opinions overturned by the Supreme Court, according to the questionnaire he delivered to Capitol Hill over the weekend in preparation for an eventual confirmation hearing.... (more)

February 13, 2017

WESLEY PRUDEN — Neil Gorsuch doesn't know much about politics and how the political class in Washington works, and that's a good thing. Politics and the law make unnatural bedfellows, and the progeny of such beds is often unnatural. But a well-meaning innocent adventuring into the high weeds that abound in Washington can get into trouble without meaning to, and when the innocent emerges from the weeds he can expect a face full of thistles and scratches.... (more)

February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Donald Trump co-opted the Tea Party platform on the campaign trail and has so far managed to merge the Tea Party movement with "Trumpism." Lawmakers swept into office during the Tea Party wave recognize that President Trump took the mantle, but Tea Party and like-minded groups warn they stand ready to snatch it back if he strays from the core principles.... (more)

February 11, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — She's been labeled the "Daughter-in-Chief" by the tabloids and, in this case, it appears to be the truth. According to several news accounts that have not been denied or debunked, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, persuaded President Donald Trump to retain an executive order from the Obama administration that prohibits companies from doing business with the federal government unless they hire and promote open homosexuals and transgendered people.... (more)

February 11, 2017

BOB UNRUH — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals carried out a "coup d'etat" when it ignored both federal law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent to maintain a suspension of President Trump's order to bar entry to travelers from seven terror-supporting nations. John Eastman, a commentator for the Hill, said the 9th Circuit's ruling upholding federal Judge James Robart's nationwide temporary restraining order... (more)

February 11, 2017

NEWSMAX — Democrats are "sabotaging" America's national security and the party is about to topple over a cliff, New York Times bestselling author David Horowitz told Newsmax TV. During an appearance on "Newsmax Prime," Horowitz told host J.D. Hayworth that left-leaning America is doing more harm than good when it comes to keeping people safe.... (more)

February 11, 2017

THE EDITORS OF NATIONAL REVIEW — The Ninth Circuit's decision against President Trump's immigration order is worse than wrong. It is dangerous. To review, Trump issued an executive order blocking entry by refugees and aliens from seven Muslim-majority countries. The travel restriction is to be short-lived: a period of months while better vetting procedures are developed.... (more)

February 11, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Rich Lowry has a great column on our "overly sanctified" view of the judiciary. It comes amid the hysteria over President Trump's rather mild rebuke of federal judges -- particularly, James Robart, the district judge who imperiously issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Trump's temporary travel ban excluding refugees and other aliens from seven countries.... (more)

February 11, 2017

LAW NEWZ — In a rare move, one of the judges on the Ninth Circuit of Appeals has made a request that a vote be taken as to whether the order issued by the three judges Thursday night should be reconsidered en banc, which means before 11 federal judges of the Ninth Circuit. It's not clear if this means that this judge (who was not named in the order) believes that there are enough votes to overturn the lower court's decision which put a temporary halt on Trump's controversial travel ban or if the judge simply wasn't satisfied with the panel's decision.... (more)

February 11, 2017

LA TIMES — Rebuffed again by the courts, President Trump said Friday that he is weighing a new, more narrowly tailored executive order to curb entry into the U.S., a step that would mean setting aside his legal battle in favor of moving more quickly on his broader goal of restricting the flow of who comes into the country.... (more)

February 11, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — As the legal war over President Trump's controversial travel ban carries on, a behind-the-scenes appraisal of screening procedures is already underway, and the White House fully expects a host of recommendations once the hourglass runs empty.... (more)

February 11, 2017

JIHAD WATCH — At a time when Western people are constantly warned to speak respectfully of Muhammad, or else offended Muslims might respond with violence -- to the shame and blame of those who exercise their freedom of expression -- consider what Muslims regularly say about the things non-Muslims hold dear.... (more)

February 11, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Protesters physically blocked newly-confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a Washington, D.C., public school Friday morning. Mrs. DeVos eventually made it into Jefferson Middle School Academy, her first visit to a public school since her confirmation Tuesday, after she ran into a group of protesters that initially prevented her from entering the school, ABC News affiliate WJLA reported.... (more)

February 11, 2017

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — President Trump's skepticism of free trade often leads him astray, but it also leads him to one good and important stance: skepticism of multilateral trade treaties.... (more)

February 10, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump promised additional legal action from his Justice Department on Thursday evening after the 9th Circuit denied his request to reinstate his ban on immigration from seven countries.... (more)

February 10, 2017

GREG COROMBOS — Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are pushing party leaders to speed up work on major legislative priorities and stay committed to their campaign promises, but one key member says the effort should begin with tax reform and not Obamacare.... (more)

February 10, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Rep. Tom Price was confirmed early Friday, 52-47, by the Senate, after surviving yet another Democratic onslaught against a Trump nomination. President Trump's new health secretary already has a massive to-do list built up, with the White House saying it was awaiting his arrival to roll out a replacement for Obamacare, and to begin taking steps to ease the transition.... (more)

February 10, 2017

JOSEPH FARAH — If Donald Trump wants to reform election practices in the U.S. -- and, frankly, make America great again, he really ought to give serious thought to revoking the fraudulent dual citizenship of George Soros, the puppeteer of the American radical left.... (more)

February 9, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — The epitaph of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is being written by cowardly corporations, spineless politicians, politically correct adults afraid to say anything, and of course the liberal media. The Washington Post and The New York Times have been on the front lines of the "progressive" movement that now seeks to abolish the differences between the sexes by using our children as guinea pigs in the latest version of their sick social experiment.... (more)