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Why I Won’t Stop Asking Judicial Nominees If They Will Follow The Constitution

All too often, lower courts have used a bad legal doctrine to stop states and local governments from protecting the unborn, even when Supreme Court case law would allow it.

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To Fight Assisted Suicide In The Courts, Stop Arguing Federalism

When the next physician-assisted suicide case comes, we will need to litigate differently than we have for past fundamental-rights cases like abortion and same-sex marriage.

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Why Judges Should Forget About Finding Legislative Intent

Once I had the opportunity to serve in the Wisconsin legislature I realized just how severely flawed is the idea of looking to legislative history for guidance in statutory interpretation.

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Chuck Schumer’s Attacks On Neil Gorsuch Are Un-American

Chuck Schumer's case against Neil Gorsuch relies on an argument that distorts the entire purpose of the Supreme Court.

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Does Gorsuch’s Respect For Precedent Mean He Will Never Strike Roe?

Should pro-lifers who voted for the president because he promised to nominate a judge who would overturn Roe worry it won't happen?

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Wyoming Censures Judge For Marriage Beliefs Even Though No Law Requires Her...

If the Wyoming Supreme Court is permitted to insert an unstated requirement upon judges, what prevents some future court from reading pastors, priests, and bishops into the same decision?

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Why You Shouldn’t Cheer Every Time Courts Do What You Want 

How increasingly letting states and citizens sue to stop laws and regulations they don’t like, such as President Trump’s immigration order, can politicize courts and end self-government.

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The Left’s Contempt For The Law Is Destroying Public Trust

For too many Americans, the American legal system is no longer simply the arbiter of what the law means and how it applies to a given set of facts.

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Federal Judges Set A Dangerous Precedent By Blocking Trump’s Military Orders

Judges—who typically lack military service and work in courtrooms far removed from its realities—are ill-positioned and ill-qualified to evaluate judgment calls by military leaders.

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Oregon Court Holds Bakers Responsible For How People Feel About What They Say

The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a $135,000 fine against the owners of a local cake shop who declined to use their artistic skills to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding.

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Left Finally Admits They Pack Courts With Politicized Judges, And Plan To Amp...

The proposal is simple: when Democrats next hold the presidency and Senate, they should pack the courts to ensure that the Left can achieve its goals.

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Republicans Shouldn’t Ask Judges To Strike Obamacare When Congress Won’t

Striking down the law through legal fiat would represent judicial activism at its worst—asking unelected judges to do what elected members of Congress took great pains to avoid.

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How Potential SCOTUS Pick Brett Kavanaugh Wrote A Roadmap For Saving Obamacare

Which is worse: An unelected judge opining on how a mandate to purchase a product could meet constitutional muster, or giving Congress instructions on how to ensure it will? Kavanaugh did both.

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Tomi Lahren’s Position On Roe v. Wade Makes Absolutely No Sense

It's not especially her political apostasy that’s the problem. It’s weakness of her arguments.

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Why It’s Ludicrous For Chuck Schumer To Claim Brett Kavanaugh Threatens...

The idea that the Supreme Court might strike down Obamacare, and that a Justice Kavanaugh would cast the deciding vote to do so, ranges from implausible to ridiculous.

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Confirming Kavanaugh Will Not Fix The Problem Of Judicial Supremacy

Even if Brett Kavanaugh turns out to be a tremendous originalist justice, the courts still represent a major threat to the republic.

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John Roberts Is Wrong. America’s Courts Are Obviously Politicized

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ attempt to defend the independence of the judiciary, in light of President Trump’s comments that courts are politicized, did more harm than good.

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How Overturning Roe Could Expand Abortion Inside The United States

In the event Roe gets overturned, it won't be the win for abortion abolition that pro-lifers claim. We must strategize accordingly.

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Why I Won’t Stop Asking Judicial Nominees If They Will Follow The Constitution

All too often, lower courts have used a bad legal doctrine to stop states and local governments from protecting the unborn, even when Supreme Court case law would allow it.

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The Supreme Court Is Not The Final Say On The Constitution

The judiciary’s rulings are not the supreme law of the land, even rulings from the Supreme Court. The judiciary is not the only or even final arbiter on the Constitution.

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