John Malcol is vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and Director of the Meese Center and Simon Center.
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Now that the election is over, many conservatives who were concerned about the future of the federal courts are breathing a little easier. President-elect Donald… Read More
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The current presidential election notwithstanding, there are very few topics that generate as much passionate debate as the Second Amendment and gun control. Every time… Read More
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As the United States Supreme Court begins its new term next Monday, one of the first cases it will hear is Salman v. United States,… Read More
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On May 18, then-future Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump put out a list of 11 individuals, all sitting judges, who he would consider as a… Read More
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Has it really come to this? On the heels of dramatic disagreement between the two major party presidential candidates about how to react to ongoing… Read More
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Sen. Chuck Schumer has reminded us just how important the upcoming presidential election will be in shaping the federal judiciary, calling getting a progressive Supreme… Read More
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Gun rights advocates have fired a new salvo in the ongoing saga against the District of Columbia’s overly restrictive gun laws. Three District residents have… Read More
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“I am confident that I never sent or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received.” That is what… Read More
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On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in the case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who—with his wife Maureen—had… Read More
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President Barack Obama has publicly opined that mandatory minimum sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison for drug offenses do not “fit the… Read More
