Randy Barnett of Georgetown Law wrote a great piece on conservatives going full-throttle, with Constitution in hand, under the Trump administration: Yes, despite current complaints about supposed Republican obstruction of Obama administration judicial appointees, Hans von Spakovsky reports that “President Barack Obama has actually had almost the same number of district, appellate, and Supreme Court […]
Read the articleAn interesting op-ed by Diane Banister in the Washington Examiner on Trump’s manager Kellyanne Conway: Unfortunately, the major media outlets did not poll on the Kellyanne factor. A lovely yet unabashed conservative setting the record straight on show after show. Turning loaded questions right back onto the questioner, Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Chuck Todd and […]
Read the articleStories surfaced this year to the effect that federal employees would quit if Donald Trump were elected. Unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen. “Most of what we think of as federal law is written by federal agencies,” Benjamin Ginsberg, a professor at Johns Hopkins pointed out recently at the Cato Institute. “In the most recent […]
Read the articleThis ‘Whiteness Forum’ also had a ‘Make America White Again’ display to poke fun at Donald Trump: Students at Cal State San Marcos on Thursday hosted a “Whiteness Forum” as part of a communications class they are enrolled in, setting up more than a dozen displays that highlighted what they contend is how white privilege […]
Read the articleOh, the irony: The Obama administration has used informal regulatory “guidance” to accomplish some major parts of its agenda, including the imposition of a low evidence standard in campus sexual-assault proceedings. It has also used guidance – which is basically an agency saying “this law means X,” without taking outside input – to force schools to let […]
Read the articleBeing offended at a post-it note that said to suck it up (regarding the election of Donald Trump as President) sounds like a new low for today’s college students: A Catholic college reported a crude Post-it note to city police as a hate crime because it told students to “suck it up” in response to […]
Read the articleFrom The Daily Caller: Republican Texas Reps. Louie Gohmert and Brian Babin told The Daily Caller Monday they would support legislation to cut off federal funds from universities and colleges which have a stated policy of protecting illegal immigrants. In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s election, campuses around the country have announced they will not […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: On the eve of Veteran’s Day, Hampshire students upset over Donald Trump’s election burned an American flag that had been lowered to half-staff on a campus flagpole, prompting a national controversy that was only inflamed by the school’s response. While Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash initially expressed disappointment with the students, he […]
Read the articleCollege students were upset at representations of history, such as the Ku Klux Klan, in an art exhibit at Salem State University: Salem State University has shuttered a controversial art exhibit after offending students. The university invited artists to create works inspired by the 2016 presidential election, Inside Higher Ed reports. The works in the […]
Read the articleDonald J. Trump is labeled by CNN as a liar on a regular basis, while the dead communist tyrant Fidel Castro is lauded as a revolutionary hero. American reporters are in Havana, Cuba to film people crying on their way to honor a dictator who had recommended that the Soviets launch a nuclear attack on […]
Read the articleIt may seem like a lot of he-said-she-said accusations from both sides, but it still should be investigated whether the graduate student’s friend was hit by an anti-Trump mob, his pro-Trump hat was stolen and his American flagpole bent out of shape. In response, he posted a Facebook status blasting California-Santa Barbara’s illegal immigrant services […]
Read the articleHas the AAUP verified the number of hate crimes since Trump’s election, or have they forgotten that several have been exposed as hoaxes? From Campus Reform: The American Association of University Professors has endorsed the “sanctuary campus” movement seeking to provide illegal immigrant students protection from immigration officials. AAUP’s national council approved a resolution Tuesday […]
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