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Biden questions need to cut spending, citing deficit reduction over first term

May 9, 2023 need, spending, questions, term, Citing, Reduction, first, Over, deficit, Biden0 comment

President Biden on Tuesday questioned House Republicans’ push to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit, asserting that his administration had already lowered the deficit and saved taxpayer dollars. The Washington Times stories: White House

Will Conservative Momentum at Supreme Court Continue This Term?

October 1, 2022 This, Continue, Conservative..., Momentum, term, Court, Supreme0 comment

The Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term Monday, following its customary summer recess. If this term is anything like the last one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice. In the most recent term, conservatives achieved secured massive wins on abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization); gun rights (New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. Inc. v. Bruen); and religious liberty (Carson v. Makin and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District); plus another key win on rolling back the administrative state (West Virginia v. EPA). Now, with such grotesque…

5 Monumental Cases That Highlighted the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term

July 5, 2022 Supreme, term, courts, Cases, Monumental, Highlighted, 202120220 comment

The Supreme Court has just finished what will likely go down as one of the most momentous and memorable terms in history. In addition to the court deciding many blockbuster cases from abortion to the limits of the power of the federal bureaucracy, Justice Stephen Breyer retired, now-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to replace him, there was an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion, protesters showed up at justices’ homes in several attempts to intimidate them, and an armed man made a serious threat to one of the…