Tag: elections

VIRGINIA ALLEN, THE DAILY SIGNAL Last month, Judge Reggie Walton ruled in favor of True the Vote, a conservative voting rights group that first sued...

Founders Corner Library Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story, 1833 Volume 3, Chapter 11,  ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS OF CONGRESS § 812. THE...

SAMUEL C. CASOLARI, CENTER FOR VISION & VALUES After losing New Hampshire, Florida, and Illinois, the presidential candidate limped along with declining support and amid...

ROMINA BOCCIA, HERITAGE FOUNDATION If budgets are about priorities, the U.S. Congress favors the elderly. About two-thirds of federal spending goes to transfer payments, and...

Juan Carlos Hidalgo, CATO INSTITUTE Panamanians voted on Sunday against the efforts of their president, Ricardo Martinelli, to stay in power even though he was...

MARK W. HENDRICKSON When House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled his latest budget proposal earlier this month, political commentator/consultant Dick Morris warned Republicans against it,...

DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ The Washington Times has just reported a key development in the battle against IRS censorship. The IRS may be backing down: The IRS said Wednesday...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON The approval ratings for the U.S. Congress are abysmal. According to realclearpolitics.com, the average score on polls of Congress’ popularity taken...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY In 2012 the Democrats were so sure that North Carolina was a happy hunting ground for their votes that they held their...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY The reelection of Barack Obama as President in 2012 was such a big shock to Republicans that they can't stop trying to...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY The reelection of Barack Obama as President in 2012 was such a big shock to Republicans that they can't stop trying to...

BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Let me tell you about a rare unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on a controversial redistricting issue. Every ten years...

Mike Brownfield, Heritage Foundation Last night’s nail-biter in Iowa marked the beginning of election year 2012. And with Americans heading to the polls — next...

Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow in response to the...

By Carl L. Bankston III The mass protests in Russia against efforts by Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party to maintain its control and return Putin...

American Minute with Bill Federer In a Radio Address, NOVEMBER 3, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge stated: I therefore urge upon all the voters of our country,...

Heritage Foundation, Common Sense North Carolina’s Governor Bev Perdue suggested suspending elections to allow lawmakers to solve America’s problems without considering Americans' opinions. Peter Orszag,...

Liberty Alerts, Ann Shibler, JBS.Org There’s a new wrinkle in the old game of manipulating the outcome of elections: A single organization is behind a...

I hate what our process has become. I KNOW negative ads are effective – but the death penalty for speeding would be effective, too - but is that a good idea?

The sheer enormity of the 2010 mid-term elections has caused disfavored political players to scramble and posture.