Amy Swearer

12 hours ago | dailysignal.com | Amy Swearer

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government. The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government. In this book, O’Neil reveals how the Left’s NGO apparatus pursues its woke agenda, maneuvering like an octopus by circumventing Congress and entrenching its interests in the federal government.

1 month ago | heritage.org | Amy Swearer

In January, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state statute permanently banning felons from possessing firearms, even as applied to those who commit non-violent, public order offenses. Roughly 18 years ago, Leevan Roundtree was convicted in Wisconsin state court on three felony counts of failing to pay child support for more than 120 days, was sentenced to probation, and subsequently paid his past-due child support.

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Luke Foster |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

Vivek Ramaswamy’s much-discussed Christmas X post reflected several questionable assumptions, but it was right to link a culture’s highest aspirations and its education. One could be forgiven for watching the children’s movies popular in 1990s America and drawing the conclusion that what we most wanted was a life of ease, security and spontaneity—akin to the self-indulgence of an ancient tyrant.

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Thomas Powers |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

In just one month, there has been a massive reset of civil rights politics in the United States that will reverberate for decades. We are still waiting to see how this is going to take precise shape in the context of higher education. Among the Trump administration’s many DEI-related executive orders, none yet outlines a detailed program to address progressive extremism in our colleges and universities (though several do touch on it directly or indirectly).

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Chad Squitieri |Mark Pulliam |Rachel Lu |Amy Swearer

Under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court has demonstrated a willingness to enforce the Constitution’s separation-of-powers principles. This is welcome news for those who think that aspects of the administrative state run afoul of important constitutional lines separating the federal government’s three coequal branches. But not everyone has found the Roberts Court’s separation-of-powers jurisprudence to be cause for celebration.