Pelosi's Court: How the Jan. 6 Committee undermined its own legitimacy
In 1924 Lord Gordon Hewart famously declared “justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done." The Lord Chief Justice of England, believed that even a small allegation of possible bias by a court clerk meant justice was not seen to be done and, thus, was not done. Lord Hewart's quote came to mind while watching the opening night of the House’s Jan. 6 Select Committee public hearings. House Speaker Nancy Pel
Read MoreBill Maher hits Fox News over Jan. 6 hearing coverage
HBO host and comedian Bill Maher criticized Fox News over its decision not to air the House Jan. 6 committee's first public hearing on its primary channel and the way it prioritized news stories around that time on its website. During his opening monologue on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday, the host quipped, “Fox News wouldn't even show it. They had their regular programming. They put it on Fox Business Network because I think we could all agree this is a business story.” “The Fox News website today had — you
Read MoreWill Alito apply leaked draft abortion reasoning and vote to uphold New York’s concealed carry gun law?
There has been a lot of debate about the implications of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion for the constitutional right to abortion. But the draft also has strong implications for another highly politically charged case the court is expected to decide later this month: the challenge to New York’s concealed carry law in the midst of the continuing awful and
Read MoreWhat will actually make schools safer
As the school year ends across the country, parents are asking a question that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: Is my child safer because they are not going to school today? Such a question should be unthinkable, but the murder of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, was another reminder that schools — like shopping centers, churches and movie theaters — have become targets for mass shootings. The assailants are almost always young men, who express their anger or grievances with a gun, often an AR-15. Students across the country are asking th
Read MoreHousing prices being driven up by migration to South and West, data shows
Story at a glance New data from Freddie Mac identifies four main drivers of increasing home prices. Limited supply, low mortgage rates, an aging population and the pandemic have all contributed. The data has joined the group of other research noting a shift in where Americans are choosing to live, avoiding major cities and settlin
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