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When I served as a judicial officer, I leaned into the originalist philosophy championed by Justice Antonin Scalia. His wisdom — that judges must adhere to the Constitution and the law as written, not as they wish it to be —…

In the case of Winterbottom v. Wright in 1842, Judge Robert Rolf said, “Hard cases, it has frequently been observed, are apt to introduce bad law.” By that he meant that laws are better drafted under ordinary cases as difficult ones can…

Last month, in November 2024, Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) narrowly approved an optional curriculum that would allow stories from the Bible to be taught to K-5 elementary school children. Even though three Republicans joined the…

Great Britain remains one of our closest allies, as reaffirmed when President Trump met with Prince William at the British embassy in Paris last week. Nevertheless, much has been made in this forum about the deterioration, even downfall, of…

The sun has been shining on President Donald Trump in recent days. There has been an inundation of deserved blandishment and accolades since his landslide victory during the Presidential elections held last month. A week ago, Trump was…

A distraught anti-Trump hard left and its media choir claim debilitating flaws in Trump’s nominee for director of the FBI Kash Patel. On closer examination, however, these claimed shortcomings reveal themselves to be rare…

Even before Donald Trump ascends to the presidency on January 20, his appointees should ask themselves the questions that follow — all of them simple and straightforward. With Christopher Wray stepping down from the FBI…

Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights is equality of outcome promised to Americans. In this new millennium, Democrats have denounced the essence of true American greatness. The fact that this put-upon assemblage continues to…

Let me begin with a phrase I never used to start a story in 45 years as a TV reporter: “I may be wrong.” This entire piece may be wrong, but those 45 years on the air and 2000+ hours as a pilot tell me I’m right. The MSM floods their…