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Peter Morici: Better ways to appoint Supreme Court justices
How about this new year’s resolution for Congress: find a better way to appoint Supreme Court justices. The spectacle of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings — character assignation largely motivated by his fairly conservative approach to the Constitution — illustrates that Congress has made the process toxic. And, it has...
Mitt Romney: How a president shapes the public character
The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been...
Pat Buchanan: 2020 year of the Democrats? Maybe not
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable. Their victory on Nov. 6, adding 40 seats and taking control of the House of Representatives, was impressive. And, with the party’s total vote far exceeding the GOP total, in places it became a rout. In the six New England...
F. Vincent Vernuccio: Pa. leads way to protect worker freedom
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME restored First Amendment rights to millions of public employees across the country. The decision allows them to now choose whether they want to pay a union or not, without fear of losing their jobs. Unfortunately for these employees, the...
