Chuck Grassley Demands Legal Arguments Behind Obama’s ‘Pen and Phone’ Strategy
A top Senate Republican wants access to the legal opinions that justify President Obama’s plans to step up his use of executive orders.
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Conservative Legal Activist, Who Succeeded at Trial Court, Asks Supreme Court to Hear NSA Case
The conservative legal activist who won the first court ruling questioning the legality of the National Security Agency’s massive phone-call tracking database is asking the Supreme Court to short circuit the normal appeals process and take up the case directly.
Child Soldier: Shocking Video Surfaces of Purported 4-Year-Old Jihadist in Syria
Al Qaeda fighters in Syria may have sunk to a new low with a video that appears to show a four-year-old boy squeezing off rounds from an AK-47 as jihadists exhort him on with cries of “Alahu Akhbar.”
Farm Bill Moves Forward in Senate with Final Passage Expected Tuesday
The Senate moved forward Monday on long-awaited legislation to authorize farm spending, voting to end debate on the measure so that the chamber can vote on final passage Tuesday.
Forgetting Gun Was in Glove Box Could Land Veteran in Canadian Prison for 3 Years
Retired Army Sergeant Major Louis DiNatale was on his way to Vermont for vacation in his wife’s car when he took a wrong turn, ended up on a bridge to Canada, and was charged for possession of a firearm after Canadian customs agents found a small-caliber pistol in his wife’s console.
One of Gov. Christie’s Bodyguards Charged With Shoplifting in Pennsylvania (+video)
One of Governor Chris Christie’s bodyguards has suspended without pay from the New Jersey State Police, charged with shoplifting in Berks County, Pa.
Obama on IRS Scandal: ‘Not Even a Smidgen of Corruption’
President Obama, in an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, tried to put behind him the scandals that have hung over his second term, suggesting his administration did not mislead the public on the Benghazi attack and going so far as to say the IRS targeting scandal had “not even a smidgen of corruption.”
Obama to O’Reilly: Fox News Reason for My Problems
President Barack Obama twice blamed Fox News Channel for misinforming the public on issues that have bedeviled his presidency in the past year during a pre-Super Bowl interview with the network’s Bill O’Reilly.
Does the Right to Self-Defense Have Boundaries?
The U.S. Supreme Court repeatedly has sided with defenders of the Second Amendment, ruling that the Constitution protects an individual’s right to bear arms and that states cannot unreasonably restrict that right.
Best Super Bowl XLVIII Commercials (+video)
Average and okay.” That’s Lee Garfinkel’s three-word assessment of this year’s crop of Super Bowl ads. And Garfinkel knows of what he speaks. The CEO of DraftFCB NY is the auteur of numerous classic Super Bowl ads, most notably a series of iconic Pepsi spots featuring Cindy Crawford.