In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided three blockbuster constitutional cases. The ones you have surely heard about are Dobbs and Bruen, which, respectively, reversed Roe v. Wade and dramatically expanded Second Amendment gun rights. The third was an establishment…
Former President Donald Trump thinks he made the right political decision when he announced Monday that he will not back a nationwide ban on late-term abortions. He thinks this stance will make it easier for political independents to support him…
It’s easy to underestimate Vice President Kamala Harris. Other than her truly awful pantsuits and her tendency to use 30 unintelligible words when three would suffice, Harris has little to offer by way of legitimate political talent. She is the…
Just before his retirement in 1994, Justice Harry Blackmun, author of the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, had a change of heart. He had previously voted in support of capital punishment but later changed his views on the death…
Social conservatives fought for nearly fifty years to overturn Roe v. Wade and rejoiced over their victory last year when it happened. A good number of celebrants have been surprised, however, at the many defeats the pro-life cause has been…
Decisions rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court reverberate throughout our society and political system. In addition to actual decisions and the written opinions that accompany them, the Court sometimes has a major impact on public policy by choosing not to…
COLUMBUS, OHIO — For almost half a century, the Left, its institutions, and the federal government have told women that their right to bodily autonomy extends to the infant growing within their womb. Eventually, a majority of women — many…
One of the more irritating reoccurrences in American politics is the rampant propensity of Republican elites to lecture the party’s voters about their outmoded or inconvenient values. This week we saw a truckload of that lecturing dumped on the pro-life…
A federal court upheld West Virginia’s abortion ban on Thursday, ruling that the state can prohibit the sale of the abortion pill mifepristone despite the drug’s being deemed “safe” by the Food and Drug Administration. The ruling affirms that states…
The latest abysmally low birth rates from North America, Europe, and Asia continue to alarm business leaders and policy makers, as well they should. In Europe, only France is within spitting distance of replacement level fertility. Italy’s has tanked so…