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“We have to do now restore the founding principles of this nation … We’ve got to get back to understanding that the Constitution is the bedrock of who we are,” retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin told Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, as Boyle guest-hosted that show on SiriusXM Patriot channel 125 this weekend.

In an opinion written by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. that a landowner can sue an agency over its “approved” version of a “Jurisdictional Determination.”

Eleven states—led by Texas—filed a federal lawsuit today, arguing that the Obama administration’s redefining “sex” to include gender identity—and threatening to sue and strip funding from states and schools that refuse to go along—violates both federal law and the U.S. Constitution.

Members of Congress cannot intervene to challenge or defend a legislative districting plan when they fail to show a court how the lines would impact the election chances of those members, the Supreme Court unanimously held in Wittman v. Personhuballah on Monday.

Last week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the 2016 commencement speech at Hillsdale College — the highly respected liberal arts school famed for its adherence to conservative principles — garnering national attention as he declared, “Much that seemed inconceivable is now firmly or universally established.”

Sen. Ted Cruz urges all parents and school districts to “disregard” the Obama administration’s decree that gender-confused students must be permitted to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their preferred sex.

Much has been said about how Donald Trump is the voters’ revenge against a weak and ineffective Republican establishment, but the truth is that he is just as much a rebuke to Democrats, if not more so.

Army Captain Nathan Michael Smith, 28, has filed suit against President Obama in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, contending that the President lacks legal authority for his war against the Islamic State.

Last week, the Supreme Court held that when the government mistakenly believes a person is exercising his free-speech rights, yet that person is, in fact, not exercising any rights at all, it still violates the First Amendment to punish that person for what officials thought he was doing. The Court’s conservative justices disagree.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump told told a packed-to-the-rafters rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saunday afternoon that his rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), would face questions about his eligibility under the Constitution.

Amid growing calls from Turkey’s Islamists to ensconce Islam in the nation’s constitution, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized the importance of secularism in the Ankara government, rejecting these calls.

An open letter from three former presidents and seven opposition politicians and activists, calling on the Polish people to “defend democracy” against the mandate of their democratically elected government, was splashed across the front page of the nation’s leading newspaper yesterday. The

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia—combined with Senate Republicans’ refusal to consent to any nominee until after November—has raised the stakes on an issue that should always be at the forefront of a presidential campaign, but usually isn’t: the future of the Supreme Court and of our Constitution.

The New York Sun announced it is endorsing Ted Cruz in the Republican primary Tuesday.

Several dozen demonstrators gathered outside the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station on Thursday evening to protest Mayor Lindsey Horvath’s attempt to ban Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump from speaking in town. Horvath argued on CNN earlier this week that Trump’s political speech is “hate speech,”

West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey Horvath insists that Donald Trump must be banned from speaking in her city in the name of “diversity.”

It’s a fact of life that pro-lifers are forced to answer all sorts of media “gotcha” questions about slippery-slope abortion hypotheticals, while pro-choicers don’t face even mildly difficult questions about the actual facts of abortion.

The board of directors at National Right to Life (NRL) says it is backing Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination for president.

GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Monday night that the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was “a classic example of judicial activism.”

Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner for President, is again threatening to roll back the media’s First Amendment protections in the Constitution.

This Saturday, February 28, was the 156th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address, which was delivered at Cooper Union, in New York City. It was the speech that launched Lincoln to the White House in the election of 1860; it was the speech that paved the path for a newly-formed Republican Party to take the White House for the first time, buoyed by its identification with the boldest and most unmistakeable principles.

Donald Trump is going after the media, threatening to sue publications for writing negatively about him. He adds, about two newspapers in particular, “If I become president, oh, do they have problems. They’re gonna have such problems.”

President Obama is going after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for vowing to block his upcoming nomination to replace Justice Scalia in the Supreme Court.

At the funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia, his son Paul, giving the homily, cited his father’s belief that the success of America arose from the blessing of God — a blessing experienced in part because of faith’s role in the life of this nation.

Jeb Bush is being ridiculed for a February 16 tweet containing a photo of a handgun and the word, “America.”

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) refused last year to intercede and reverse a Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the “assault weapons” ban in Chicago’s Highland Park. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas dissented–Antonin Scalia joining him–suggesting that wordsmiths were finding categories of guns to ban by listing types of firearms outside those explicitly in focus in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).

President Obama challenged Republicans, who vowed to block his nomination to the Supreme Court, repeatedly citing the Constitution as the reason they should confirm his future nomination instead of blocking it until the next president.

WASHINGTON, DC—As the United States mourns the loss of a legal titan, Justice Antonin Scalia, many Americans are wondering what happens now at the Supreme Court, especially on issues that were expected to go 5-4.

Conservative host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners Monday that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a staunch enemy to those on the left because of his intellectual acumen and his incisive ability to see through arguments that attempted to undermine the Constitution.

On the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate George Washington’s Birthday, often inappropriately called “Presidents Day.” Even more unfortunately, this holiday doesn’t even fall on Washington’s Birthday due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which pushed numerous holidays to Monday in order to create more three-day weekends. Washington’s real birthday does not occur until February 22.

Do not pretend and accept the developing narrative that paints this as just political gamesmanship. This is about the future of America and our place as the dominant good actor on the world stage.

Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s “most fundamental contribution” was “originalism,” or viewing the Constitution as a fixed document that does not evolve over time.

Pundit, author, Constitutional law expert, and former appellate court clerk Ann Coulter joined host Stephen K. Bannon on a Breitbart News Radio special Saturday night to discuss the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died today of apparent natural causes, according to officials, after attending a private party at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas. In memory of his long career of constitutional originalism on the Supreme Court and his characteristic wit and good humor, here is a list of some of his greatest quotes:

After learning the news of the February 13 death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement praising Scalia’s intellect and made clear the Senate must hold to “80 years” of precedent in not

Former Florida Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he would like to see the Supreme Court overturn the famous Citizens United v. FEC case, which ruled that the First Amendment protects the right of nonprofits to dedicate expenditures towards independent political endeavors. Citizens United disagrees with Bush’s assessment, saying that he has embraced the “left’s view of the First Amendment.”