McClaughry: Minnesota First Amendment case long overdue
It’s long overdue for courts to declare that people can’t be forced to take part in speech that they find morally repugnant.
Billado: Democratic leadership now under attack from within its own ranks
To be the representative republic we claim to be, the elected members must represent the people in truth instead of just going through the motions and then deceiving and pretending.
Opinion: California’s Private Attorneys General Act serves as a warning for Vermont
Introduced by State Sen. Alison Clarkson and Rep. Selene Coburn, these PAGA bills would deputize ordinary state residents to enforce Vermont’s labor law. The legislation would allow employees to file employment claims “on behalf of and in the name of” the state labor commissioner.
Here’s why we aren’t — and never should be — a pure democracy
Is America a democracy or a republic? This debate, if you can call it that, was launched on Twitter by two freshmen lawmakers, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas.
No, the Electoral College is not ‘affirmative action’ for rural voters
The Electoral College, the New York Democrat said on Instagram last week, is a “scam” that “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then she doubled down, tweeting that the Electoral College is nothing more than “affirmative action” for rural voters.
McClaughry: A renewed attack on the First Amendment
Section 1 of their “Democracy for All” Amendment authorizes Congress and the states to “regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.” This would allow a future left wing Congress to revive and strengthen BCRA.
Roper: The corrupt political process in Vermont exposed
While I am grateful to Rep. Ralph for his exposé, at the end of the day I don’t want him making decisions for me and my family any more than I want Mitzi Johnson, Tim Ashe, Jill Krowinski, Becca Balint or any of the lot making those decisions.
Flemming: US has lowest drought level in years
California’s drought ended in March, and the rest of the U.S. is similarly in good shape, at least water wise. Of the 30 lowest U.S. drought weeks in the past 1023 weeks, 19 have occurred in 2019.
John Klar: Vermont is going insane. Will the rest of America follow?
If America looks ahead, it will see the chilling dystopia unfolding in Vermont, where bizarre government-imposed perversions of identity, culture and society are being augmented by swelling poverty and an opioid crisis.
Opinion: The New York Times works for the left, and now everyone should know it
The New York Times essentially is bowing to leftist demands and becoming an activist organization. It has abandoned even the pretense of being dedicated to covering important news and evenhandedly informing readers.
Dem presidential candidate says opposing $15 minimum wage is immoral and unchristian
If Buttigieg has overwhelming evidence indicating that the vast majority of the poor would see an overall increase in their pay (despite working fewer hours), then he could conceivably have an argument.
Keelan: So who is really in charge of Vermont?
The governor was quite clear — the Vermont Agency of Education is an independent entity and is not answerable to him. This got me thinking about other agencies and entities that are state/legislature created that the governor has no control over.