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Supreme Court Has Affirmative Action Backers Worried

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

February 21, 2012

The Supreme Court announced today that it will take up its first major affirmative action case since Grutter v. Bollinger.

In Fisher v. Texas, a white student named Abigail Fisher said she was rejected by the University of Texas on the basis of her race. Supporters of racial preferences fear that the stars are aligned in Fisher's favor, with a conservative majority that could conceivably discard Grutter.

About that Romney Win in Maine...

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

February 14, 2012

The Bangor Daily News is reporting that the Maine Republican Party is facing increasing pressure to reconsider its claim that Mitt Romney won the state's caucuses until all the votes are counted.

The Bangor paper quotes a political science professor as saying "It sure looks like they counted what they wanted to count."

Obama Budget: Lots of Tax Hikes, Little Deficit Progress

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, III

February 13, 2012

James Pethokoukis supplies more reasons to dislike the Obama budget.

My Right to Your Money

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

February 2, 2012

Noah Millman is wrestling with a fair-minded compromise between a government trying to enforce a right to health care and religious employers trying to follow their institutional conscience.

Senate Democrats' 999 Plan: 999 Days Without A Budget

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

January 23, 2012

In an interesting bit of scheduling, tomorrow's State of the Union address will occur as a dubious milestone is reached: it will have been 1,000 days since Senate Democrats passed a budget.

Each showdown over continuing resolutions, looming government shutdowns, and temporarily funding the federal government has its roots in the Senate's failure to perform this basic task of governance.

Obama and the NDAA

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

January 2, 2012

Remember when Barack Obama disdained presidential signing statements?

As with so much else, there is a difference between candidate Obama and President Obama. The president signed the national defense authorization act while expressing concern about provisions some have argued could lead to the indefinite detention of American citizens.

Holder: Fast and Furious Will Contribute to Crimes "For Years to Come"

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

December 8, 2011

Attorney General Eric Holder tried to distance the Justice Department from the gun-running Operation Fast and Furious, while acknowledging that the guns the ATF let walk will be used in crimes in both the United States and Mexico "for years to come."

Herman Cain Suspends Campaign

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

December 3, 2011

Businessman Herman Cain today announced that he was suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Cain's rise revealed a Republican Party eager to nominate a candidate to the right of Mitt Romney and demonstrated the importance of the debates. Cain was seen as honest, plainspoken, and not beholden to the establishment. He also contradicted liberal stereotypes about the Tea Party and race.

Senate Tackles Iraq War Powers, Indefinite Detention

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

November 30, 2011

Last night offered an interesting test of the Friedersdorf thesis.

The Senate voted on a resolution to revoke congressional authorization of the Iraq war and an amendment to strip the indefinite detention powers from the defense authorization bill. Both measures failed, but brougth together interesting coalitions on both sides. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who was elected in last year's Tea Party tidal wave, was a leader in both fights.

Situational Constitutionalism

The American Spectator

by W. James Antle, Iii

November 30, 2011

Conor Friedersdorf raises the question of whether Tea Party conservatives are in fact situational constitutionalists.

They might question the constitutionality of the individual mandate, but they have no problem with violations of due process when conducted under the auspices of the war on terror. Why, it's a war. Allowing American citizens to be indefinitely detained, or even killed, without much in the way of checks and balances is part of the deal. Friedersdorf is right that Tea Partiers ought to take the constitutional questions raised by the war on terror more seriously.

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