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What’s in a Name? Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Law School Name Change

Summary What’s a name worth? A lot, according to a case the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear. In 1878, more than 145 years before this...

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Zack Smith

Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight: 5th Circuit Declares Switchblades Are ‘Arms’ Protected

Are knives—or at least certain types of bladed weapons—presumptively protected by the Second Amendment? That’s the question the 5th U.S. Circuit...

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Zack Smith

Is Cooking for a Terrorist Organization Enough to Deny Immigration Benefits?

What constitutes “material support … to a terrorist organization” under federal law? That’s the question the Supreme Court of the United...

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Zack Smith

The results are in: Tough-on-crime works, rogue prosecutors don't

We already know how to reduce violent crime to significantly lower levels.

10.04.2026 10

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Zack Smith

Federal Reserve Firing at the Supreme Court. Here Are the Facts.

Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook. This case came to the court on an expedited basis because in August... Read More...

28.01.2026 20

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Zack Smith

Minneapolis ‘Protesters’ Must Be Prosecuted

First Amendment freedoms are sacrosanct—especially the right to gather together and worship God.  But over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend,...

22.01.2026 30

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Zack Smith

Judge Dismisses Letitia James and James Comey Cases. What Next?

Because Democrat senators have refused to confirm many of President Donald Trump’s preferred picks to serve as U.S. attorneys around the...

25.11.2025 30

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Zack Smith

The Big Apple Deserves Better Than Alvin Bragg’s Incompetence

Frank Sinatra once said of New York City, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” But the Big Apple is increasingly plagued... Read...

15.10.2025 20

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Zack Smith

Déjà Vu: Soros-Backed Rogue Prosecutor Refuses to Prosecute

As Yogi Berra famously quipped, “It’s [like] déjà vu all over again.”  Monique Worrell, the George Soros-backed rogue prosecutor in Orlando,...

15.10.2025 20

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Zack Smith

Texas Ends ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly in the Lone Star State

In the little over 100 years since its founding, the American Bar Association has transformed from an organization designed to promote best practices...

07.10.2025 20

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Zack Smith

The Show Goes On: Pensacola Theater Continues with Plan To Host Christmas Drag Show

Let the blame game begin. It’s clear that Jeffrey Sharp, the general manager of Pensacola’s Saenger Theatre, placed the city in a no-win...

26.08.2025 20

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Zack Smith

Faulty DC Crime Stats Say: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes About Crime in Our Nation’s Capital

Those complaining about President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. crime crackdown claim that crime isn’t as bad as it seems. Even more...

18.08.2025 20

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Zack Smith