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The Left’s War on the Rule of Law B

By Ed Meese and Kelly Shackelford - May 16, 2023

Principles of Government · August 26, 2023 ·

By Ed Meese and Kelly Shackelford – The left was able for decades to get through the courts, including the Supreme Court, what it couldn’t get through Congress. Today, however, liberals are trying to subvert the legitimacy of the Supreme Court because it contains a majority of justices committed to the Constitution and the rule of law. Suddenly, instead of repeatedly approving the left’s agenda, the federal judiciary has become one of its greatest impediments. Believing they can no longer win at the court, progressives now want to change the rules of the game. Rather than improving their legal arguments and strategy, they are attacking the referees. Read More

The Deep State Is All Too Real A

By David Bernhardt - May 9, 2023

Principles of Government · September 5, 2023 ·

By David Bernhardt – Grade-school civics teaches that Washington is designed to operate under a system of checks and balances, constrained by the Constitution and empowered by the consent of the governed. In practice, however, power has become concentrated in the executive branch and largely wielded by unaccountable career bureaucrats. The notion of a “deep state” isn’t a conspiratorial talking point but a manifest political reality….The separation of powers is an animating principle of our nation’s founding documents.
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The ‘Hurtful’ Idea of Scientific Merit A

By Jerry A. Coyne and Anna I. Krylov - April 27, 2023

Principles of Government · August 26, 2023 ·

By Jerry A. Coyne and Anna I. Krylov – The crux of our argument is simple: Science that doesn’t prioritize merit doesn’t work, and substituting ideological dogma for quality is a shortcut to disaster. In some ways this new species of Lysenkoism is more pernicious than the old, because it affects all science—chemistry, physics, life sciences, medicine and math—not merely biology and agriculture. The government isn’t the only entity pushing it, either. “Progressive” scientists promote it, too, along with professional societies, funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health and Energy Department, scientific journals and university administrators. When applying for openings as a university scientist today, job candidates may well be evaluated more by their record of supporting “social justice” than by their scientific achievements. Read More

Putin’s War Is America’s Opportunity B

By Walter Russell Mead - May 29, 2023

Principles of Government · August 26, 2023 ·

By Walter Russell Mead – These concerns are real and have their place, but they miss the main point. Vladimir Putin’s ill-judged, ill-planned and ill-prosecuted war has ignited a national awakening in Ukraine. The country emerging from Putin’s War will be a formidable new force in Europe whose interests and outlook place it firmly in alignment with the U.S. Read More

The Left’s War on the Rule of Law B

The Deep State Is All Too Real A

The ‘Hurtful’ Idea of Scientific Merit A

Putin’s War Is America’s Opportunity B

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