Rudimentary U.S. civics courses teach that the federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each possesses a distinct power set. In Article III, the Constitution vests in the courts the bulk of judiciary authority. These fundamental facts of America’s…
Populist conservatives have made their peace with big government and seem to spend their time these days fighting symbolic culture-war battles over such silliness as drag shows. Many of their “solutions” involve owning the libs by harnessing state power on…
Oklahoma is currently considering whether to approve the nation’s first charter school that would “teach religion as the truth of the matter.” On Dec. 1, 2022, former state Attorney General John M. O’Connor issued an opinion declaring that Oklahoma’s ban…
In January 2019, Gerald Groff resigned from his mail carrier position at the Holtwood Post Office in the small rural community of Holtwood, Pennsylvania. He knew that he was inching closer and closer to being fired, as he had endured various…
No matter your politics — and, more to the point, no matter your views on the lightning-rod-of-a-man who is Donald J. Trump — the decision to indict him for violating an as-yet-unknown New York state law 6.5 years ago should…
The “ministerial exception” is under attack again. And this time on two fronts. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th District ruled in June 2022 that a religion teacher at a Colorado Christian high school — a “chaplain”…
It’s a curious case. A year ago, 10 defendants were charged with obstructing an abortion clinic. Their recent motion to dismiss argues that since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overruled Roe v. Wade, there is no longer a federal…
I’m old enough to remember when college loan recipients expected to repay their student loan balance. The whole thing. That was before President Joe Biden decided he unilaterally can forgive $10,000 in outstanding federal college loan balances incurred by debtors…
A Christian college in Missouri is trying to get out ahead of a Biden administration policy that would require the college to either open its residence halls, including dorm rooms and shower spaces, to members of the opposite sex or…
In 1950, Eileen Barton’s rendition of “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Until 2012, that song might well have been Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ favorite. But that year, his…