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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby’s emergency application to be exempted from the HHS Mandate on abortion services, but that should not be considered a sign that the HHS Mandate will survive its legal challenges in the

Prominent conservative leaders, including former attorney general Edwin Meese III, Ken Blackwell of the Conservative Action Project, Brent Bozell of ForAmerica, Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, David Bossie of Citizens United, Gary Bauer

A top federal appeals court signaled Friday that it might act on Obamacare’s HHS Mandate–requiring employers to cover birth control and abortion-related services.   After repeated assurances that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not mandate abortion or people of faith

The National Rifle Association just won a major court case in Chicago, providing a huge victory for Second Amendment proponents and gun owners. Illinois is one of the most anti-gun states in America. Its hostility toward the Second Amendment right

President Barack Obama made headlines months ago when he installed controversial nominees to key government positions, bypassing the U.S. Senate by declaring the Senate in recess so that Senate confirmation was not needed. Today a federal appeals court signaled that

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a UN treaty submitted for ratification by President Barack Obama. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed by Obama, then submitted to the Senate for ratification pursuant to

We have to wait until Monday to learn the status of gay marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court. On Friday, Nov. 30, the justices considered petitions in ten cases regarding same-sex marriage. Nine were various challenges to the federal Defense

Can an American citizen exercise his religion through his privately-owned business? The fate of Obamacare’s disturbing HHS contraception mandate turns on that question, and now the federal courts are split on the answer regarding an issue very likely to end

President Barack Obama’s lawyers are claiming vast and sweeping powers in arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Justice Samuel Alito in an address to the Federalist Society last week. Celebrating its 30th anniversary as America’s premiere conservative and

If Obamacare survives the 2016 election after it is fully implemented, there will be two healthcare systems in America from which our citizens will choose. As former Ohio Treasurer Ken Blackwell and I explained months ago, the fifty states can

Breitbart News reported earlier that the Supreme Court is reconsidering one of the major cases challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare.  The Court has now set that petition for a vote at its November 20th closed-door conference. The outcome of that

Supporters of traditional marriage lost big on Election Day, with four states redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Marriage defenders acknowledge they have serious work to do on several fronts going forward, even as the nation must now begin to

Early next year, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a constitutional challenge to one of the most powerful provisions in federal law, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the case Shelby County v. Holder. The

Just when most people thought all legal challenges to the Individual Mandate were dead and buried, one springs back to life, and with a twist. Unless they’ve been living under a rock, most Americans have heard that the Supreme Court

Floyd Corkins, the volunteer at a gay-rights organization who attempted to commit mass murder at the Christian conservative Family Research Council (FRC) because of FRC’s stance on social and religious issues, has been indicted on charges of domestic terrorism. It

Rumors of the Tea Party’s demise are greatly exaggerated. In Ohio, the Tea Party Victory Fund has put out a video that has gone viral on the Internet. The video shows a woman saying that Americans must reelect Barack Obama

Government preferring one racial group over another in college admissions may be about to end, in what would be a historic move by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts said that Supreme Court precedent requires that “there has to

Oct. 7 was Pulpit Freedom Sunday, when thousands of pastors organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) discuss the upcoming election and endorse political candidates. Doubtless many of you are thinking to yourself, “That’s illegal–churches can’t endorse candidates.” You are

Judge Robert Simpson, the same Pennsylvania judge who earlier this year upheld the Keystone State’s new voter ID law, has now put it on ice until after the Nov. 6 election.  After his initial ruling, the plaintiffs made an expedited

Federal law mandates that the Supreme Court’s annual Term begins the first Monday of October. And so on Oct. 1, Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled the Court to order to hear its first case since June’s historic Obamacare decision, in

After its annual “mega-conference” Monday, the Supreme Court announced it will hear six new cases and issued order in a few cases already pending before the Court, leaving some of the defining social issues of the day untouched. The six cases

Today, Sept. 24, the Supreme Court will fill much of its argument calendar for the year. By federal law, the Court’s annual Term begins on the first Monday in October of each year, which this year will begin next week

A Bush White House insider’s memoir discusses a source of electoral energy untapped so far this year. Mitt Romney could have an entirely new route to win votes away from Barack Obama if he talks to the voters about the

Vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan made the case that President Barack Obama’s agenda is hostile to the unified interests of economic conservatives and social conservatives at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit (VVS). Thousands of socially-conservative voters gather every fall

Texas’ Voter ID law has been put on ice by a federal court, and only an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court can change that in time for Election Day. Although a state judge in Pennsylvania recently gave a green

Floyd Corkins II, who allegedly attempted to go on a mass-shooting rampage at the Family Research Council on August 15, appeared in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for his arraignment on felony charges Tuesday.   The court informed

President Obama’s team took misleading politics to a new low yesterday, vilifying pro-life Republicans and the GOP’s longstanding platform language on the sanctity of life. Yesterday the Platform Committee of the Republican Party went through the GOP platform, as the

We do not know who will win the White House in November. But we do know that American politics has crossed the Rubicon on spending and entitlements, and these issues will at long last complete the journey from a forbidden

Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson sided with his state’s Voter ID law today. The ACLU and others sued over this new state law, which was enacted five months ago. The law requires voters to present identification when casting ballots, which the

Liberal attack dogs are going into overdrive trying to distort Congressman Paul Ryan’s record. They want to paint him as a wild-eyed fanatic and make Ryan terrifying to swing voters, just like they did to Governor Sarah Palin. “Not this

On July 31, attorneys for supporters of traditional marriage asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the U.S. Constitution forbids a state from defining marriage as the union of a man and woman. On February 7, a panel the U.S.

Some in the media–including conservative media–are claiming that conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is saying the Supreme Court can limit the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. That’s not exactly what he said. Scalia has a new book, and

On August 1, Obamacare’s latest outrage goes into effect as the “HHS Mandate” takes effect, and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) just scored the first victory in religious liberty against this authoritarian decree days before its implementation. The Department of

Here’s the blueprint for how the states can eviscerate three central pillars of Obamacare, crippling it, and set the stage for replacing it if Mitt Romney takes the White House and the GOP takes the Senate this November.  Many are

Momentum is building for former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz to pull the biggest upset in the 2012 election cycle by defeating establishment candidate Lt. Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Tuesday’s July 31 runoff. When

The capstone to the Great Dissent was the explanation of why the entire 2,700-page Affordable Care Act (ACA) must be struck down along with the unconstitutional Individual Mandate and the unconstitutional Medicaid Expansion. When part of a law is found