Civics

Cowtown Cops vs. the Constitution

If the FWPD Gets the First Amendment Wrong, They Can’t Be Trusted on the Fourth Fort Worth, Texas—Cowtown. The city that still carries the scent of stockyards and the stubborn spirit of independence. Yet this June, at Trinity Pride Fest, officers of the Fort Worth Police Department turned that proud legacy into a black mark. Multiple officers, including a supervisor, warned Christian street preachers that “offensive speech” could earn them tickets and that stepping onto public sidewalks risked arrest for trespassing. One preacher pressed: Could saying “homosexuality is a sin” or addressing a biological male as “sir” get him cited? Officers…

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The Birthright Citizenship Decision

How the Majority Rewrote the Fourteenth Amendment—and Why Congress Must Now Act The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara ranks among the most consequential rulings of the Term. In a 6-3 opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court struck down President Trump’s Executive Order limiting birthright citizenship for children of parents who are unlawfully present or only temporarily in the United States. The majority held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause demands automatic citizenship for virtually every child born on American soil, no matter their parents’ status. On the surface, the opinion gleams with scholarly polish—historical citations to Blackstone and…

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Pride Before the Fall

MLB's Selective War on Christian Conscience Just days ago, three San Francisco Giants pitchers—Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker—took the mound during the team's Pride Night wearing the league-issued rainbow caps. They did not protest. They did not disrupt the game. They simply added a quiet inscription in white: “Gen 9:12-16.” That passage from the Book of Genesis carries the original meaning of the rainbow. God declares to Noah: “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow…

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I Am a Patriot

I Refuse to Apologize for Loving My Country I stand in the same east Plano neighborhood where my wife and I built our life together more than two decades ago. The streets I walked with my kids still carry the echoes of Friday night football lights, backyard barbecues, and the quiet rhythm of working families putting down roots. The mosques have multiplied nearby, the languages in the parks have shifted, and the familiar anchors — the corner stores, the churches where generations were baptized and buried, the schools that once felt like an extension of home — have changed in ways…

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California’s Engineered Election Opacity

How the Democrat Machine Protects Itself and Why Election Day Must Mean Election Day It’s Sunday, June 7 — five full days after Election Day on June 2 — and LA County officials continue counting ballots in the Los Angeles mayor’s race. Incumbent Karen Bass maintains a solid lead at roughly 34.8% and advances to the November runoff. The real contest for second place continues: Independent outsider Spencer Pratt still leads progressive Councilmember Nithya Raman by about 7,500 votes at ~78% counted. Yet each new batch of late mail and provisional ballots narrows that gap. Raman will almost certainly overtake Pratt…

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History Rhymes

Why Democrats Are in Deep Trouble Five months out from the 2026 midterms, Andrew Cuomo delivered a blunt assessment that should send alarm bells ringing through the Democrat Party. He observed that he has never seen a time when his party had no agenda, no message, no coherent vision. This diagnosis is particularly devastating because it directly echoes one of the most instructive midterm cautionary tales in recent American political history: the 1998 Republican collapse under Newt Gingrich. 💥NEW: Stephen A. Smith & Andrew Cuomo *GO OFF* on Dem Party💥SMITH: “They don’t wanna listen!”CUOMO: “The hope is the other side —…

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Because They Lived

Lives of Courage: Memorial Day Stories of Brotherhood and Legacy This Memorial Day, we pause not only in solemn remembrance, but in profound gratitude. We are not gathered at gravesides, before memorial walls, or in quiet moments of reflection merely because brave Americans died in service to our nation. We are here—deeply moved, forever changed—because they lived. In a world that often rushes toward the next distraction, Memorial Day calls us back to what truly matters. It is a sacred invitation to honor the full lives of those who answered the call with courage, served with integrity, and gave everything so…

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Old Billy Was Right

Democrats Judicial Threats and the Erosion of Institutional Guardrails The more I think about it, Old Billy was right. Let’s kill all the lawyers, kill ’em tonight. So sang the Eagles in their 1994 hit “Get Over It,” cleverly nodding to Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part 2 and the infamous line from Jack Cade’s rebellion. Don Henley and Glenn Frey weren’t calling for literal violence — they were mocking entitlement, victimhood, and the instinct to tear down the rules (and the rule-makers) when life doesn’t deliver the desired outcome. More than three decades later, that same impulse is playing out in real…

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Beyond the “Independent Commissions” Soundbite

How Democrats’ Redistricting Bill Codifies Race-Conscious Gerrymandering If you've been following the endless cable chatter or social media loops about congressional redistricting, you've almost certainly heard the polished Democratic soundbite: "Republicans voted against independent commissions to end partisan gerrymandering." It's clean, it's simple, and it requires no further explanation. It paints opponents as defenders of rigged maps and self-interested power-grabs. For many well-meaning citizens who want fair elections, that line lands like common sense. Who could possibly be against "independent" commissions and an end to gerrymandering? But as a constitutional scholar who's studied every redistricting battle for over two decades, through…

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A Once-in-a-Generation Constitutional Trifecta

Three Supreme Court Cases That Could Restore the Foundations of Self-Government In most Supreme Court terms, we see important cases that refine doctrine or settle discrete disputes. But every so often—perhaps once in a generation—the docket aligns on questions that strike at the structural pillars of how Americans choose their representatives, conduct their elections, and define membership in the polity. The 2025–2026 term appears poised to deliver exactly that kind of moment with three pending cases: Louisiana v. Callais, Watson v. RNC, and Trump v. Barbara. In essence, these cases ask: May race predominate in drawing congressional districts to satisfy Section…

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