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It's Congress' Responsibility to Legislate; Not the Courts'

By: Philip Hamburger November 16, 2021
In the News
The U.S. Supreme Court on October 29 agreed to review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that broadly construed the right of individuals to file suit for infringement of their constitutional rights — a sure sign the 9th Circuit will once again be overturned for straying too far from high court edicts. Left-wing…
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Forced Covid Vaccination for Kids Is Unlawful

By: Philip Hamburger November 9, 2021
In the News
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer -BioNTech vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds, expect a wave of Covid-19 vaccine mandates for children. San Francisco announced last week that the city will require children in that age group to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, sporting events, swimming pools and more.…
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Andrew McCarthy Misses the Point on Public Schools

By: Philip Hamburger October 28, 2021
In the News
It is flattering that a commentator as astute as Andrew McCarthy would respond to my Wall Street Journal article questioning the current public-school system. But it is dismaying that, in “The Wrong Way to Fight Progressive Indoctrination in Public Schools,”he misunderstands my argument. According to McCarthy, my view is that “parents have a First Amendment right to control…
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Is the Public School System Constitutional?

By: Philip Hamburger October 22, 2021
In the News
The public school system weighs on parents. It burdens them not simply with poor teaching and discipline, but with political bias, hostility toward religion, and now even sexual and racial indoctrination. Schools often seek openly to shape the very identity of children. What can parents do about it? “I don’t think parents should be telling…
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Kruckenberg: Accused Means Guilty in College Kangaroo Courts

September 27, 2021
In the News
It is a scary time to be on college campuses and not just because of COVID-19. In the last decade the U.S. Department of Education has prioritized the micromanagement of campus disciplinary procedures for students and faculty accused of sexual harassment. Despite having no business telling schools how to properly deal with alleged misconduct, the…
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FDRLST Media, LLC v. NLRB

By: Margaret A. Little September 23, 2021
In the News
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals will shortly hear argument on a case involving a light-hearted joke and the heavy hand of the administrative state. The case presents the court with the opportunity to restore actual aggrievement to the labor law’s explicit statutory requirement for bringing down the force of the administrative state upon Americans. It also…
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