Supreme Court
Affirmative action was hurting black students
Harvard may have a slightly more difficult time poaching black students from Boston College, Miami University of Ohio, or other…
America’s abortion debate isn’t coming to Britain
Politicians are lining up to condemn the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Activists are warning us that…
How the war on Roe was won
When did it become certain that American women’s abortion rights would fall? The Supreme Court’s ruling that ‘Roe was egregiously…
Are Kamala Harris's days as Veep numbered?
President Joe Biden promised last week to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court. ‘Long overdue,’ he says.…
Lord Sumption was right to quit the Supreme Court
There used to be a saying: ‘never discuss religion or politics’. That was just a societal rule, a prudent tip…
The law is not fit to stop Extinction Rebellion’s street protests
Extinction Rebellion (XR) are once again blocking London’s streets, reportedly emboldened by the Supreme Court’s recent Ziegler decision – which…
The Supreme Court’s shameful statement on Hong Kong
In a statement which will doubtless surprise the scores of lawyers, democratic politicians and human rights activists who are currently…
Pro-choice activists shouldn't celebrate Roe v Wade
A striking curiosity of American life is that the names of legal cases can insinuate themselves into everyday dialogue. None…
The twisted logic of Shamima Begum's defenders
Shamima Begum is back in the news. Firstly because she’s had a makeover. She can be seen on the front…
The problem with the Supreme Court’s Uber ruling
They are monitored by the firm. They don’t have the option of working for other companies. And they are entitled…
Is America still a democratic republic?
‘Disappointed but not surprised.’ I suppose that describes my initial feeling about the summary dismissal by the Supreme Court last…
US Supreme Court ends Trump's last hope
This is the end, my only friend, the end. The Supreme Court yesterday struck down Texas’s legal bid to challenge…
Dear Democrats, pack the court and nuke the filibuster. I dare you
In the end, there was nothing the protesting left, the heavily slanted progressive media or the Democratic party could do.…
The Barrett hearings show the Democrats have wised up since Kavanaugh
There was nothing original about Amy Coney Barrett’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee other than her incessant professions of…
The GOP’s Faustian bargain with Trump pays off
I don’t know who is going to win the election. I write this on the fourth anniversary of the Billy Bush Access…
Trump’s right, the US election could easily be rigged
In the furore over Trump’s bid to fill the vacant Supreme Court slot, commentators have pointed out that his nominee’s…
Their rantings betray them
The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…
Amy Coney Barrett is the ultimate Walmart soccer mom
The biggest takeaway from the 2016 presidential election was that Main Street America was so sick of elites in Washington…
Will Amy Coney Barrett save America — or wreck it?
Americans hate the Supreme Court. You wouldn’t think so from a look at the polls, which usually show that the…
Democrats must face their own SCOTUS hypocrisy
‘Oh the hypocrisy!’ cried the Democrats after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would bring President Trump’s new Supreme…
The pagan rites of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg succumbed to cancer, #RestInPower immediately trended. The ACLU, New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand, actress Reese Witherspoon and the ostensibly…
Fill the seat
When you have power in Washington DC, use it. That saying is true for both parties. There has been much…
The 'Notorious RBG' and her triumph over tribalism
Ruth the Moabite is the only Biblical figure to merit the description ‘eshet chayil’ – ‘a woman of valour’. One…
Donald Trump should nominate a Supreme Court Justice today
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear: the Bulwark is fretting that he who shall not be named might, sneaky devil…
The persistent myth of a non-political Supreme Court
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a terrible blow to Democrats, but there is an important point to…
