Tag: Editorials

By significantly weakening or eliminating these requirements with its ruling in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a five-justice majority of the Supreme Court effectively declared on Monday that abortionists are not really healthcare providers, but some other, more special, even sacred species. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Justices play the regulatory power game

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2016 4:01 am

The significance of the Supreme Court's is that neither immigration nor any other topic can be legislated by a single person, not even if that person happens to be the president of the United States. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court stops Obama from acting as a legislature of one

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2016 4:01 am

In April, appearing alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama resoundingly endorsed a "Remain" vote, going so far as to threaten that "the U.K. is going to be in the back of the queue" for trade agreements if it leaves the European Union. (Ben Stansall / Pool via AP)

A smart president would view Brexit as an opportunity

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2016 4:01 am

Civil rights icon John Lewis helped organize the sit-in, which was ironic since Lewis was once mistakenly placed on a terrorist watch list and was even a signatory on a 2014 letter complaining about lack of due process on such lists. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

A stunt unworthy of the people’s house

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2016 4:02 am

Energy and Environment

Fighting back against global warming scalp hunting

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2016 4:01 am

Murphy's bill would allow the government to take away constitutionally protected freedoms with no trial. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Murphy’s law: Ignore civility and the Constitution

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2016 4:01 am

It is not a bad thing that American officials at least want to discredit the Islamic State's propaganda, but their words alone cannot even begin to accomplish this. (AP Photo)

National Security

Deeds, not redacted words, are needed to stop the Islamic State

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2016 4:01 am

The bill to stop those on the Terror Watch list from buying firearms may sound OK, until you realize that anyone can end up on this list, including completely innocent U.S. citizens. (AP Photo)

Beyond the 2nd Amendment: Dems have a problem with the whole Bill of Rights

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2016 9:57 am

This bears all of the characteristic features of a classic Hillary Clinton corruption scandal: the sale of political access, a lack of care with national secrets and secretive behavior in an effort to cover up. (AP Photo)

Top secret clearance for sale, call and ask for Hillary

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2016 4:00 am

Under the terms of its conservatorship, all of Fannie Mae's profits go straight to the Treasury Department, which, as the IG report noted, doesn't give it much incentive to spend wisely. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Fannie Mae must get its house in order

Washington Examiner · June 17, 2016 4:03 am

The conflicts of interest and the number of uncompleted projects could be serious cause for concern. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Don’t forget the Clinton Foundation

Washington Examiner · June 16, 2016 4:01 am

Perhaps Obama is unaware of what it has done in his name, but his administration has broken his promise of transparency. (AP Photo)

Congress pushes Obama to keep transparency promise

Washington Examiner · June 15, 2016 4:01 am