[ad_1] A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus vaccination study at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Fla., September 24, 2020. (Marco Bello/Reuters) On the menu today: a striking note of optimism about our fight against the coronavirus pandemic, and a declaration that the U.S. government’s “Operation Warp

[ad_1] An Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in a handout picture released October 5, 2020. (Press office of Armenian Defense Ministry/PAN Photo/Handout via Reuters) A pragmatic case for supporting Armenia Coverage of the decades-long Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict often focuses on regional implications, repeating customary lines

[ad_1] Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Senator Ben Sasse summed up the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett when he pointed out

[ad_1] Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett attends her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Pool via Reuters) Amy Coney Barrett delivered her opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee early this afternoon. Here’s what Barrett had to say about her seven children, two of whom —

[ad_1] President Donald Trump gestures on a White House balcony as his supporters gathered on the South Lawn for a campaign rally, October 10, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) President Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus “on consecutive days,” according to White House physician Dr. Sean Conley. In a memo to White House press secretary Kayleigh

[ad_1] I’m just thinking about today’s hearing. I am not an anti-mask person by any means, but there seemed something even more dehumanizing about these hearings to see Amy Coney Barrett having to wear a face mask while listening to herself be attacked as an extremist — even before she had a chance to speak

[ad_1] Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) speaks in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2020. (Win McNamee/Reuters) I kid you not. In an interview by Bill Hemmer on Fox News this afternoon, Senator Tim Kaine (D., Vt.) surmised — because, of course, they haven’t discussed the matter — that his party’s presidential nominee, Joe Biden, is probably

[ad_1] Republican Senate candidate John James (johnjamesforsenate.com) John James, the Republican Senate candidate for the state of Michigan, is trailing incumbent Democrat Gary Peters by just one percentage point in a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday. Peters leads James 43-42 percent in the new poll. Respondents to the same survey taken in June

[ad_1] A great many Americans who are prepared to vote for Biden are really Trump opponents. By the same token, many of those who are prepared to vote for Trump are actually most desirous of avoiding a Biden presidency. Unfortunately, our voting system doesn’t allow us to express our strongest preference if it is negative.

[ad_1] Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, D.C., October 12, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/Reuters Pool) Judge Amy Coney Barrett presented her judicial outlook as drawing on that of former Justice Antonin Scalia, during her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. Barrett clerked

[ad_1] Every few weeks, Gallup asks Americans, “If a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection were widely available at a low cost, would you, personally, try to get that vaccine, or not?” In just a matter of weeks, Americans’ willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus has dropped 11 percentage points, falling to 50 percent in

[ad_1] Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers remarks and holds a roundtable discussion with veterans at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., September 15, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Democrats’ Court-packing dreams are driven by the fear that their agenda won’t pass constitutional muster. Why do Joe Biden and Kamala Harris refuse to give a straightforward yes

[ad_1] At a panel discussion on the Supreme Court on October 1 (I think), I provided a sloppy off-the-cuff response to a question about whether Judge Barrett should recuse from election-related matters. In particular, I stated (according to this ABC News report from yesterday): “In 2016, Justice Ginsburg made lots of remarks very derogatory about

[ad_1] People on motorcycles refill at a gas station in San Antonio near Caracas, Venezuela September 9, 2020. (Manaure Quintero/Reuters) To overcome its nationwide fuel crisis, the Venezuelan regime is relying on one of its closest allies: Iran. In September, the Iranian regime of Hassan Rouhani sent four oil tankers to Venezuelan coasts. Last week,

[ad_1] President Donald Trump listens with Vice President Mike Pence as Attorney General William Barr addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House, March 23, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) So, what crime would you charge, Mr. President? The closing weeks of the campaign find President Trump berating William Barr, the attorney general who

[ad_1] (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Senate candidates who employ Biden’s evasive strategy on the issue could scare away voters in key states. Joe Biden is refusing to answer questions about whether he and his party would support packing the Supreme Court and ending the Senate filibuster. Indeed, on Friday a reporter said to him, “Sir I’ve got

[ad_1] Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters) Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Sunday called Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s refusal to say whether he would add seats to the Supreme Court if elected “grotesque,” saying court packing amounts to the “suicide bombing of

[ad_1] Judge Amy Coney Barrett at an event to announce her nomination to the Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 26, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett plans to say that courts “should not try” to make policy, and should instead leave policy decisions to political branches of

[ad_1] Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 28, 2018. Front row (from left): Amy Klobuchar (D, Minn.), Chris Coons (D, Del.); (back row): Cory Booker (D, N.J.), Kamala Harris (D, Calif.), and Richard Blumenthal (D, Conn.) (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Senate Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons (D., Del.) on Sunday said that Republicans’ push to confirm

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., April 15, 2020 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) In the New York Times, Jamelle Bouie defly and succinctly refutes the rest of his own column, which proposes the destruction of the Supreme Court, by laying out a standard that applies perfectly to the recent behavior of the Republican party.

[ad_1] President Donald Trump holds an event to announce his nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 26, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) President Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus, his doctor said Saturday evening, nine days after the

[ad_1] From left: Pope John Paul II talks with Larry Niven, National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr., and Malcolm Muggeridge in the early 1980s. The British writer, journalist, and public intellectual died 30 years ago next month. He sought to overcome darkness within and outside himself. Malcolm Muggeridge died 30 years ago and had

[ad_1] NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A my Coney Barrett seems headed for confirmation to the Supreme Court, and I’m very much among those celebrating. But everyone across the political spectrum knows that something has gone deeply wrong with this process. For decades now the Senate has been rejecting well-qualified judicial nominees, from Robert Bork to Merrick

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses reporters in Las Vegas, Nev., October 9, 2020 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) It gets worse. For weeks, Joe Biden has refused to answer whether he intends to blow up the United States Supreme Court on the preposterous grounds that, if he does, journalists will write about it. Now, he adds

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks while making a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 30, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Joe Biden on Saturday again refused to state whether he would attempt to pack the Supreme Court if elected president, saying in a Saturday interview that voters “don’t deserve” to know

[ad_1] Governor Andrew Cuomo wears a mask as he arrives to speak during a daily coronavirus briefing in New York, July 13, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) A federal judge has approved the implementation of restrictions on religious gatherings in designated coronavirus hotspots in New York, citing the urgency of preventing the spread of the illness. Governor

[ad_1] A local resident stands in front of a makeshift memorial honoring George Floyd, at the spot where he was taken into custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The owner of a grocery store at the site of the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis, Minn., has threatened to sue the mayor and

[ad_1] Tuesday night saw the resolution of high-profile election battles in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City. Here’s a look at some scenes from election night, and one last bout of campaigning earlier in the day. Pictured, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie savors victory in 2018. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie announced on

[ad_1] (dolgachov/Getty Images) Public schools are passing students who can’t read at any level — all to avoid blaming teachers, lawmakers, and bureaucrats. Public schools from coast to coast are failing to teach young students the most basic skill they need to succeed in school and life: reading. This failure is widespread, tragic, and mostly

[ad_1] Kids trick-or-treating during Halloween in Port Washington, N.Y., in 2014. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Legal rights are only as secure as the cultural footing they are moored in. Sometime over the course of the next few weeks someone is going to do something incredibly stupid. But this isn’t about politics, it’s about Halloween. Free-speech advocates dread