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Minutes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the 49-year-old constitutional right to abortion, President Biden addressed the nation. “Voters need to make their voices heard. This fall, Roe is on the ballot.” Make that late summer. On Aug. 2, Kansas will become the first state to vote on reproductive rights since the… Continue reading Spotlight on Kansas: First Vote on Abortion After Roe Reversal

Above, a New Orleans building housing luxury shops also has one of the nation’s immigration courts, where public business typically knocks off about 11 a.m., reflecting an apparent lack of urgency. By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsJuly 12, 2022 NEW ORLEANS—The courtrooms handling illegal immigration cases here are tucked into the fifth floor of a white skyscraper… Continue reading La.: A Visit to U.S. Immigration Court, Where the Action Is … Not

More than two years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment at American colleges and universities is continuing to plummet. College enrollment had been falling by about 1% each year for a decade before the pandemic, but COVID-19 accelerated that trend. In the past two years, more than 1 million students have walked away from higher… Continue reading College Enrollment is Down – But There’s a Silver Lining

Although it may seem counterintuitive, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center may ultimately help secure a woman’s right to an abortion. By extinguishing Roe v. Wade’s constitutional abortion rights, the court has created the acute need for a national compromise, which can lead to landmark legislation on abortion, and other… Continue reading A Proposed National Agreement on Abortion

This is based on a July 6 talk for a panel, “Tocqueville and America” at “Harvey Mansfield at 90: A Conference on Major Themes of His Work,” sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and the Foundation for Constitutional Government. In 1990, I arrived at Harvard’s Department of Government as a young assistant professor. It was… Continue reading In Appreciation of Harvey Mansfield at 90

The morning after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, I kept hearing one phrase again and again: I didn’t think I’d see this in my lifetime. I had said it too, fearful that the country would forever be trapped by the anti-democratic decision in Roe v. Wade and the harm and pain that decision had brought to our… Continue reading ‘Morning After’ Roe | RealClearPolitics

States are scrambling in different directions in the wake of the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade, but abortion rights might be more advanced if Roe had never existed. Fifty-five years ago Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a permissive abortion rights law that was passed by a bipartisan majority of the California legislature. The… Continue reading The Road Not Taken | RealClearPolitics

Midterm elections involve high stakes, a great deal of groundless guessing, and lots of numbers – oddly similar to lotteries. Unlike lotteries, though, the many numbers associated with midterm elections are meaningful. The six meaningful midterm “lotto” numbers below should help historically ground your anticipation of what is likely or unlikely to happen in this… Continue reading The 2022 House Midterm by the Numbers

Elon Musk surpassed 100 million Twitter followers this week, making him one of the most influential voices in America — if not the world. The dynamic Tesla CEO has now amassed more followers on the social media platform than President Joe Biden, who has 34 million followers, a fraction of his predecessor Donald Trump, who… Continue reading Musk Amasses 100 Million Twitter Followers: 5 Tweets He Should Post Now

The Supreme Court wrapped up its history-making term last week with a shot across the bow at government regulatory agencies. One of its two final rulings, West Virginia v. EPA, saw the court rule 6-3 along ideological lines that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse… Continue reading SCOTUS Decision May Limit More Than Just the EPA