Why No Wall during a Republican Congress?

Jussie Smollett Hires Defense Lawyer; Rope Was Purchased by His Friends

Jussie Smollett, the Trump-despising star of television’s Empire who has said he was attacked by two guys yelling a pro-Trump slogan, has now...

Making the World a Better Place

I do not think that Kara Swisher of the New York Times is stupid, and that is what makes it remarkable that she can write this sort of thing: . . ....

Does Congress Care about Its Own Prerogatives and Constitutional Standing?

I oppose what Trump is trying to do with the national-emergency portion of his border-spending plus-up, not because I’m sure it’s illegal (I’m...

Goldsmith on the Emergency Declaration

In a post worth reading in full, he knocks down some of the hysteria about this action: Trump’s actions have been greeted with now-familiar...

Abortion: The Later, the Worse?

An email: You’ve been writing a lot about late-term abortion but here’s the problem: You guys want to ban all abortion. You say that a...

How Is There a National Emergency If Trump Can Sign the Spending Bill?

I’ve already opined that (a) a president should not have the power to declare a state of emergency except in dire circumstances (such as an attack...

A Sitdown with Gaddis

Earlier in the week, I mentioned a Q&A with Charles Hill, a grand strategist at Yale. I said I would have another one, with another grand...

How Law Schools Need to Change

Legal education hasn’t changed much in the last century, except for the addition of lots of tendentious courses — “bad sociology, not law”...

JAMA Pushes Health-Care Rationing

I believe our would-be technocratic overlords had a two-step plan: First, pass Obamacare to centralize federal control over the health-care system....

Pompeo Meets with Top European Diplomat after Pence Slams EU Approach to Iran

Brussels — One day after the vice president rebuked Germany, France, and the United Kingdom on a world stage over their approach to Iran, Secretary...

The Case for Trump: Order the New VDH Book Today

Yours Truly was in the midst of drafting a Corner post about the forthcoming VDH book when Rush Limbaugh did my work for me by spending a healthy...

Sasse Warns Trump That National Emergency Could Set Dangerous Precedent

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Friday condemned President Trump for declaring a national emergency to secure border-wall funding and warned that...

What Would Be the Point of Another William Weld Campaign?

The point of a primary run against President Trump can’t be to actually win. I know that 2016 should make all of us leery of saying that some...

New York’s Corporate-Welfare Boondoggle Flops

The city and state of New York were prepared to spend billions of dollars in taxpayer money to attract Amazon’s partial second headquarters....

Who Wants Bill Weld?

I thought that John Kasich was the worst possible choice to challenge Donald Trump. I was wrong. He at least won an election in a swing state. ...

Keystone Koup

Alan Dershowitz says that if anyone attempted to use the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from power when he retained the capacity to...

Immigration Landmines in the Funding Bill 

The text of the funding bill was released last night/this morning, and lawmakers are expected to vote on the 1,169-page measure as early as this...

We’ll Regret This

Mitch McConnell says the president will sign the budget deal and he will also declare a national emergency to build the wall, as I expected....

Courts Should Not Defer to Trump’s National-Security Pretext

Earlier today, Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that President Trump will sign the compromise government funding bill and “will also take other...

AOC Aide: No Covered Hip Replacements for Oldsters

The universal health coverage, planned as part of the “Green New Deal,” would apparently not cover hip replacements for the elderly or private...

Only a Crazy Person Would Fire Us

In an interview with 60 Minutes’s Scott Pelley, Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said that when President Donald Trump fired Director...

Jussie Smollett Changes His Story Again

The actor Jussie Smollett continues to talk about the alleged January 29 attack on him during a frigid night in Chicago, giving Good Morning...

Long Island City: A Taste of Things to Come?

Business Insider : Amazon has canceled its HQ2 project for New York City, the company announced on Thursday in a blog post. “After much thought...

Get Ready for Many, Many Hours of Democratic Presidential-Primary Debates

Right now, the Democratic presidential field includes nine declared candidates: New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg,...

The Newest Episode of the Editors Is Here

Conscription

For a summary of the vagueness, silliness, and posturing being used to market the so-called Green New Deal — an advertising campaign without a...

Valentine’s Day Links

A dose of cynicism for Valentine’s Day. Video: The Science of Chocolate (aka the real meaning of Valentine’s Day). The history of those chalky...

The Justices’ Sense of Timing

I wrote earlier that Justice Thomas has no plans to step down. At HotAir, Allahpundit suggests that he should step down while a Republican...

Justice Thomas Isn’t Stepping Down This Year

Political Conversation, 2019

The Dems Are Hilariously Bad Presidential Candidates

These past few weeks have been a tonic and a delight for any Republicans depressed by the midterms. So far the Democratic presidential slate is a...

Muslims and the Supreme Court

A recent controversy over an execution in Alabama — one discussed at NRO by David French — has helped to revive the progressive talking point...

Charlie’s Wars

Last week, I found myself at Yale University, and took the opportunity to record a couple of Q&A podcasts — with two venerable professors, who...

Rand the Utopian

Some of my friends and readers have taken offense at my describing Ayn Rand as a “utopian.” I am mystified by their offense. Rand famously took...

NRPlus: NR Plus More NR

I may be biased, but I think NRPlus is a pretty good deal. For about two cups of coffee a month, you can get access to all NR articles, take part...

Did the Hoaxers Do Anything Wrong?

The academic empire has struck back against the one professor in the group of three hoax-paper writers who currently has an academic appointment,...

A Question for Your Consideration

A question for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez et al.: What does California’s failed bullet-train project tell us about the Green New Deal?...

Tax Refund Nonsense from the Democrats

Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) notes that the average tax refund is $170 lower than last year, and comments, “Let’s call the President’s tax...

The Green New Deal Giveth and Taketh Away

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal. This is a political no-brainer. Let Democrats...