by | Dec 19, 2024

In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, a number of conservative states enacted protections for unborn children. At the same time, pro-abortion advocates began working to circumvent these changes and provide abortion access to women…

by and | Sep 21, 2023

In this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie begin their conservative commentary with Lindsey Graham and his sabotage of the pro-life movement. They then discuss the Texas case against Ken Paxton and how RINOs…

by | Sep 18, 2023

On Saturday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted by that state’s Senate in the impeachment trial that has been percolating since May. At the Hayride, Andy Hogue covers the aftermath, and — after reminding the reader that despite knowing…

by | Sep 27, 2022

Female genital mutilation, the ritualistic cutting or removal of external female genitalia that is associated with Islamic religious beliefs or cultural practice, is almost universally denounced in the United States by both the Left and Right.  The practice is illegal…

by | Jun 24, 2022

State abortion laws are coming back into effect. In eight states, abortion bans which had been nullified by Roe have been restored by the 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Of these eight state bans, six of them…

by | Aug 16, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Sunday in favor of Gov. Greg Abbott’s prohibition against mask mandates, temporarily blocking mask requirements in Dallas and San Antonio until their cases can be heard in the lower courts.  The ruling is just the…

by | Dec 10, 2020

On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit directly with the Supreme Court alleging that Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin ignored statutes enacted by their legislatures in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Electors clause. The lawsuit further accuses…

by | Jan 23, 2018

This is the fourth — and final — installment in a series of articles dissecting the prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (the first three parts are here, here, and here). Among the many parallels between the abuses of…

by | Jan 16, 2018

This is the third in a series of articles (the first two installments are here and here) dissecting the prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. On November 4, 2014, when the 51-year-old Ken Paxton was triumphantly elected Attorney General…

by | Jan 9, 2018

This is the second in a series of articles dissecting the prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In Les Misérables, Jean Valjean’s fictional antagonist was Inspector Javert, whose obsession with punishing Valjean bordered on demonic. Paxton’s inquisitors, Kent Schaffer…

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