Judges Throw Out North Carolina Congressional Maps Ahead of 2020 Elections
Carolyn Kaster / AP North Carolina’s congressional maps were likely designed as “extreme partisan gerrymanders” and must be redrawn before the 2020 election, a panel of three state judges ruled Monday. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit brought by Eric Holder’s group seeking to end gerrymandering. The group challenged maps the Republican state legislature had drawn…
James Mattis Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book
Chip Somodevilla/Getty After James Mattis flew across the country nearly three years ago to interview with Donald Trump for the Secretary of Defense post, the retired Marine Corps general was sure he had flunked the test. “I certainly won’t be hearing back from those guys,” Mattis later recalled to his staff in one of many…
Will Missouri Become the First State Without an Abortion Clinic Since Roe v. Wade?
Abortion rights supporters take part in a protest on May 30 in St. Louis. Jeff Roberson/AP Photo A hearing this week will determine the fate of Missouri’s only remaining abortion clinic—and whether Missouri will become the first state in the country not to have a single abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade. At the conclusion…
Pelosi Just Announced a Full House Vote on Impeachment Proceedings
Caroline Brehman/Zuma The House of Representatives will vote this week on continuing the impeachment investigation and opening proceedings to the public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday. In a letter addressed “Dear Democratic Colleague,” Pelosi reiterated that the Constitution does not require the House to hold a vote before beginning an impeachment investigation—and noted that…
Trump Supporters Want John Roberts to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial
Tom Williams/Zuma Follow me, if you will, on a brief hypothetical journey. Let’s say the House of Representatives draws up and passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Per the Constitution, Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over Trump’s trial in the Senate. Now, imagine Roberts—a George W. Bush appointee—recusing himself from the trial…
Historical Truth Is More Important Than “Believable Myths”
Here is the current cover of National Review: I’m ashamed to admit that I had to look up the word clerisy, which turns out to mean nothing more than intelligentsia. I guess that’s the price of going to a state university. Anyway, Lowry’s essay is now available to us non-subscribers, so I read it. It’s…