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Sep 16 2019
Opinion
The left-wing threat to campus free speech is abating. The right-wing threat is not.
When it comes to free speech on American campuses, there seems to be a law of conservation at work: Just when the internal threat of censorship from left-wing campus activists is abating, the external threat from right-wing lawmakers is rising. But given that the new threat relies not on the decibel level of immature 18-somethings but the state power of motivated adults, it may be much harder
Guest Writer - Right
Dec 02 2020
Analysis
Betsy DeVos vowed to change American education. For the most part, she didn’t.
Back in January 2017, Betsy DeVos, then President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that the threat of grizzly bears in Wyoming justified the national push to equip schools with guns. She was responding to a question from Sen. Chris Murphy, of Connecticut, who’d made gun control a priority after the 2012 massacre of schoolchildren in
USA TODAY
Nov 07 2013
Opinion
McAuliffe and Christie victories can't be read as a sign of things to come
Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffes victory in yesterday's election does not mean that strong conservatives like his opponent Ken Cuccinelli are doomed in competitive races. And Governor Chris Christies re-election in New Jersey doesn't guarantee that he will be in the White House.
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 24 2014
News
Bluegrass bravado: Untested Alison Lundergan Grimes takes on Mitch McConnell
POLITICO this week begins a yearlong series from the road on the hottest races of 2014. Today the second installment of a two-part look at the challengers seeking to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) the top target of tea party conservatives and national Democrats.
Politico
Jan 23 2014
News
The guerrilla: Mitch McConnell's long-shot challenger
Today POLITICO begins a yearlong series from the road on the hottest races of 2014. First up: a two-part look at the primary and general election challenges to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) the top target of tea party conservatives and national Democrats.
Politico
Dec 27 2015
News
Trump and the Post-Constitutional Presidency
Some conservatives say that Donald Trump is a menace to the Constitution, because he seems intent on picking up Barack Obama’s D.C.-approved extra-constitutional powers and using them for his own Trump-ian purposes, maybe even going further down the path to executive-order dictatorship than Obama did.
This aspect of the Trump campaign should be we
Breitbart News
May 18 2013
News
Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case
The Internal Revenue Service's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 07 2023
Headline Roundup
Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted from House Freedom Caucus
The conservative House Freedom Caucus kicked out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after a vote in late June, a member of the group said.
The Details: “A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Freedom Caucus for some of the things she’s done,” Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) told reporters Thursday. When asked if Green was formally out, Harris added, “As far as I know,
Politico
National Review (News)
The Hill
Dec 01 2020
Analysis
The Supreme Court Knows Trump’s Nativist Census Scheme Is Unconstitutional
But the conservative justices might not intervene until it’s too late.
Three weeks before he leaves office, Donald Trump plans to punish states with large immigrant communities by denying them fair representation in Congress. Although this plot violates a bedrock constitutional principle, the Supreme Court may not be willing to nip it in the bud. At oral arguments on Monday, a majority
Slate
Oct 21 2014
News
Political Polarization & Media Habits
When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds. There is little overlap in the news sources they turn to and trust. And whether discussing politics online or with friends, they are more likely than others to interact with like-minded individuals, according to a new Pew Research Center study.
Pew Research Center