Editorials
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In DACA ruling, the Roberts court chooses politics over law
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday threw up yet another obstacle to President Trump’s repeal of an Obama-era executive action.
When it comes to guns, the justices duck
The Supreme Court has declined to take up Rogers v. Grewal, a case dealing with a restrictive New Jersey law that prohibits the carrying of a firearm unless a "justifiable need" to do so can be demonstrated. The decision punts on the next logical question in Second Amendment jurisprudence, following the District of Columbia v. Heller decision of 2008: How restrictive can gun laws become before they start abridging a constitutional right?
Supreme Court casuistry on sex differences
A man and a woman both show up to the same workplace on the same day. They are dressed identically, in the same dress and same high heels. You wouldn’t send home the woman dressing as a woman. So then, it must follow, or so argues Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, that the boss who objects when a man dresses this way is discriminating, not based on behavior or comportment, but based on his sex.Do we want a civilization based on vandalism?
When demonstrations triggered by the death of George Floyd spread to Philadelphia, vandals defaced a statue outside City Hall of an old white man. They spray-painted the words “colonizer” and “murderer” on it. But the statue was of Matthias Baldwin, a 19th-century businessman and abolitionist.Assault on open speech is an attack on America
June 15, 2020 12:00 AM On Flag Day, we need a unifying symbol more than ever
June 14, 2020 12:00 AM Trump shouldn't take his eyes off of North Korea
June 13, 2020 12:00 AM Seattle’s experiment in lawless self-governance will end in tears
June 12, 2020 12:00 AM WHO's deadly incompetence
As the coronavirus spread around the world, few institutions distinguished themselves as badly as the World Health Organization. When the public needs reliable medical information, the WHO has failed again and again.
Protesters must back reform rather than defunding the police
In one of the more humiliating political episodes in recent memory, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey groveled before a crowd of protesters last weekend only to be forced to walk away in shame.
Something is horribly wrong with police training and tactics
Anyone familiar with U.S. crime statistics, and especially murder statistics, is aware that the nation has gotten much safer in recent decades. Homicides, in particular, have declined since the 1990s.If you want more accountability, rein in police unions
The death of George Floyd has prompted important questions about law enforcement, criminal justice reform, and realistic steps toward holding accountable the officers who serve and protect. One such step is to reconsider law enforcement’s relationship with the powerful police unions that protect bad cops.CBO shows Democrats' plan to extend unemployment benefits would hinder economic comeback
June 06, 2020 12:00 AM Trump should heed warning signs about his crisis leadership
June 05, 2020 12:00 AM Are social gatherings infectious? Apparently not if the governor likes your politics
June 04, 2020 12:00 AM Debt matters, even in a pandemic
June 03, 2020 12:00 AM Trump is right: Antifa is a terrorist group. It always was
The term “anti-fascist” began as a lie. It remains a lie today.