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The results are in: Tough-on-crime works, rogue prosecutors don't

We already know how to reduce violent crime to significantly lower levels.

10.04.2026 2

The Hill

Zack Smith

Federal Reserve Firing at the Supreme Court. Here Are the Facts.

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook. This case came to the court on an expedited basis because in August... Read More...

28.01.2026 9

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Minneapolis ‘Protesters’ Must Be Prosecuted

First Amendment freedoms are sacrosanct—especially the right to gather together and worship God.  But over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend,...

22.01.2026 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Judge Dismisses Letitia James and James Comey Cases. What Next?

Because Democrat senators have refused to confirm many of President Donald Trump’s preferred picks to serve as U.S. attorneys around the...

25.11.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

The Big Apple Deserves Better Than Alvin Bragg’s Incompetence

Frank Sinatra once said of New York City, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” But the Big Apple is increasingly plagued... Read...

15.10.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Déjà Vu: Soros-Backed Rogue Prosecutor Refuses to Prosecute

As Yogi Berra famously quipped, “It’s [like] déjà vu all over again.”  Monique Worrell, the George Soros-backed rogue prosecutor in Orlando,...

15.10.2025 6

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Texas Ends ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly in the Lone Star State

In the little over 100 years since its founding, the American Bar Association has transformed from an organization designed to promote best practices...

07.10.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

The Show Goes On: Pensacola Theater Continues with Plan To Host Christmas Drag Show

Let the blame game begin. It’s clear that Jeffrey Sharp, the general manager of Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre, placed the city in a no-win...

26.08.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Faulty DC Crime Stats Say: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes About Crime in Our Nation’s Capital

Those complaining about President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. crime crackdown claim that crime isn’t as bad as it seems. Even more...

18.08.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Theological Commitments Are Worthless If They Can’t Be In The Public Sphere

Southern Baptists remain united on the Gospel, but things get tricky — and less unified — when the rubber starts to meet the road on other policy...

25.07.2025 6

The Federalist

Zack Smith

Pensacola’s Historic Saenger Theatre Set to Host Drag Show Mocking Christ Two Days Before Christmas

Pensacola, Florida’s city-owned Saenger Theatre has decided to host a drag show mocking Christ’s birth two days before Christmas.  The timing of...

22.07.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Does Anyone Judge the Judges? We the People Do—And Should

Who judges the judges? That question has taken the forefront in recent days as questions swirl about whether certain federal judges have the authority...

15.07.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

IRS Finally Recognizes That the First Amendment Permits Pastors To Speak From the Pulpit

Surely, in today’s America, the federal government can’t punish pastors for preaching from the pulpit about how to apply God’s Word to everyday...

11.07.2025 6

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Look to London for a Glimpse of NYC’s Future

Time zones aren’t the only way London runs ahead of New York. While the U.K. capital is only five hours forward of NYC by time... Read More The post...

11.07.2025 6

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Wyoming’s Plan for State-Issued Stablecoin Presents Unique Constitutional Issues

Wyoming apparently plans to issue its own state-backed stablecoin, a decision that raises unique constitutional issues that haven’t been explored...

04.06.2025 6

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Minneapolis’ Rogue Prosecutor Orders Assistants to Discriminate Based on Race

Minneapolis’ disgraced-public-defender-turned-prosecutor, Mary Moriarty, put out a memo innocuously entitled “Negotiations Policy for Cases...

30.04.2025 9

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

DC Courts Are Such A Mess Because Leftist Judges, Not POTUS, Pick Their Colleagues

Fixing the broken D.C. judicial appointment process is straightforward: Replace it with the process that already exists for nominating, confirming,...

23.04.2025 6

The Federalist

Zack Smith

7 Changes Congress Should Make Before Restoring D.C.’s Bloated Billion Dollars in Funding

Should the District of Columbia be allowed to spend over $1 billion furthering a radical leftist agenda harming those who live, work, and visit our......

25.03.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

If American Bar Association Keeps Forcing DEI on Law Schools, It Should Lose the Authority to Accredit Them

Virtually every law school in America must be accredited by the American Bar Association, an organization that has abused this position of trust to...

12.03.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith

Key Judicial Body Does Sheldon Whitehouse’s Dirty Work With Proposed Changes to Amicus Disclosure Rules

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has declared war on the judicial branch. Among his many complaints, he has insinuated without proof that judicial...

19.02.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Zack Smith