Results for: dissent from supreme power
GOP-Appointed Judges Who Rule Against Trump Aren’t ‘Principled’ and ‘Cautious’
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2025/03/10/g…ho-rule-against-trump-arent-principled-and-cautious-n2653543
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NBC quoted a left-leaning law professor at least twice in articles recently referring to Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy … Alito wrote the dissent, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. … Barrett broke slightly from the five conservative justices on presidential immunity from criminal prosecution regarding Trump…
Do We Have an Amy Coney Barrett Problem?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/03/06/do-we-have-an-amy-coney-barrett-problem-n2653361
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Was putting Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court a mistake? It wouldn’t be the first. John Roberts was a blunder. … The dissent—Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh—saw it for what it was: a judicial overreach trampling executive power. … Look at the smoking gun from January 2025.…
The Rising Tide of Resistance Against Iran's Mullahs
https://townhall.com/columnists/struanstevenson/2025/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-resistance-against-irans-mullahs-n2653073
https://townhall.com/columnists/struanstevenson/2025/03/02/the-rising-tide-of-resistance-against-irans-mullahs-n2653073
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The frenzy of executions, aimed at quelling rising dissent in the rebellious population, has had the opposite effect. … The protests have turned overtly political, with chants of: “This year is a year of blood, Seyyed Ali [Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali … Rajavi and the NCRI to achieve regime change and relieve 95 million Iranians from their oppression and suffering.…
Iranian Democratic Activism Is on the Rise but Can Benefit From the West on Their Side
https://townhall.com/columnists/majidrafizadeh/2025/02/15/ir…he-rise-but-can-benefit-from-the-west-on-their-side-n2652142
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Meanwhile, the regime has struggled to suppress dissent among its own people, and each new surge of unrest has threatened to exploit … leader),” and “down with oppressor, be it the Shah or the supreme leader.” … What’s more, the rally received expressions of support in advance from 50 former world leaders, further illustrating the growth of…
Are Concerns About 'Threats to Democracy' Getting Out of Control?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/02/12/are-co…s-about-threats-to-democracy-getting-out-of-control-n2652108
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Speaking to how "The coasts seethe" and coverage from The Daily Beast on how "Supreme Court Justice Sounds Alarm Over Trump’s 'Monarchy … The Daily Beast article at least references a justice from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. … Perhaps the most recent and most ridiculous example comes from Rep.…
Iran's Presidential Meltdown
https://townhall.com/columnists/struanstevenson/2023/08/12/irans-presidential-meltdown-n2626874
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Now there are visible signs of dissent, even with the ranks of the theocratic regime. … They know that a single spark could ignite a new revolution that could sweep them from power. … There is even growing evidence of defections from the IRGC and their thuggish Basij militia.…
Iranian Regime on Edge as Protest Anniversary Looms
https://townhall.com/columnists/majidrafizadeh/2023/08/31/iranian-regime-on-edge-as-protest-anniversary-looms-n2627789
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Within Tehran's inner sanctums of power and among its suppressive forces, an uneasy apprehension looms. … Within the regime's strategic calculus, the expanding MEK-affiliated Resistance Unitsemerge as foci of dissent. … Recognizing the power of these organized units, the regime strategically shifts to suppress them, employing tactics ranging from calculated…
Biden Must Put Human Rights Front and Center In Iran Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2021/04/11/bide…st-put-human-rights-front-and-center-in-iran-policy-n2587724
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Then-supreme leader Khomeini declared in a fatwa (religious decree) that anyone associated with the principal opposition Mujahedin-e … He has reportedly overseen an escalating crackdown on dissent, aspects of which an earlier Amnesty report titled "Trampling Humanity … effort to consolidate power.…
The Supreme Court's Failures to Act Are Putting America on a Path Toward Tyranny
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffnichols/2021/04/21/the…to-act-are-putting-america-on-a-path-toward-tyranny-n2588295
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From such glaring displays of indefensible Supreme Court inaction, the following incontrovertible truths have been set out in plain … A place where unquestioned obedience is expected and dissent from any of the state’s propaganda narratives can expect to be silenced … After all, how is a nation supposed to lawfully remedy the corrupt silence of a politicized Supreme Court from which there are NO readily…
Manchin Is Not the Media's McCain
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2021/05/21/manchin-is-not-the-medias-mccain-n2589803
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2021/05/21/manchin-is-not-the-medias-mccain-n2589803
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This is where you can sense that the only dissent liberal media outlets seem to enjoy comes from the left of their so-called "mainstream … That's proof that the view is different from the cheap seats." … Their grand power grabs are failing, from voting laws to Supreme Court expansion.…
Iran Regime's Sham 'Elections' and the Alternative
https://townhall.com/columnists/soonasamsami/2021/06/11/iran-regimes-sham-elections-and-the-alternative-n2590791
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But, this year, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is desperate to consolidate power by ensuring his top candidate gets the presidency … When rival factions were purged from the presidential race this week, none of them mustered the courage to voice protest. … Six of its members are appointed by the Supreme Leader himself, while the other six are appointed by the Judiciary Chief, who is himself…
The International Community Must End Iran's Culture of Impunity for It's Leaders
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2021/06/28/untitled-n2591662
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Not to mention that the president is completely subservient to the Supreme Leader, who wields ultimate power in Iran. … On July 10, a different growing voice will be heard from Iran and Iranians. … Tens of thousands of Iranians from all over the world, joined by pro-democracy activists from across Iran are expected to take part…
Unless Checked, Judges’ Power to Unfairly Punish Could Be Used Against January 6th Defendants
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2021/06/23/unless-ch…punish-could-be-used-against-january-6th-defendants-n2591404
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Supreme Court or federal law. … Now, seven years later judges still are not prohibited from doing precisely what those three highly respected Supreme Court justices … House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.…
Justice Scalia's Greatest Dissent
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2016/04/07/justice-scalias-greatest-dissent-n2145129
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Supreme Court has been throwing off sparks at every turn. … Wouldn't any abuse of this statute be checked by Congress' power to impeach a president or the people's power to defeat him at the … , and from the perspective that multiple responsibilities provide."…
11 Principles for a Free America After the Liberals Secede
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/05/12/11…ciples-for-a-free-america-after-the-liberals-secede-n2160995
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We will become a beacon of freedom when the blue states’ Supreme Court finds the whole Bill of Rights unconstitutional.
2. … We need to strike down laws that protect entrenched business interests by keeping others from competing. … So, the loss of the blue states from the United States would be less a loss than an opportunity.…
The Clarence Thomas Story: An American Masterpiece
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2016/07/07/the-clarence-thomas-story-an-american-masterpiece-n2188783
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Supreme Court, inaugurating a tenure marked by unwavering commitment to principled originalism.Justice Thomas’s life is an only-in-America … The current era of muscular federal power showcases that courts need not coddle federal power to protect Washington from the states … This was a reference to Justice John Harlan’s 1896 solo dissent in Plessy v.…
The Left's Different Approach to Rights That It Opposes
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/07/01/the-lefts-different-approach-to-rights-that-it-opposes-n2185993
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/07/01/the-lefts-different-approach-to-rights-that-it-opposes-n2185993
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You probably don't think so, particularly if you took part in the celebratory riot of good feeling in the wake of the Supreme Court's … -- have the unilateral power to put American citizens on a secret list barring them from exercising two constitutional rights: the … As Justice Clarence Thomas put it in his Hellerstedt dissent: "The Court employs a different approach to rights that it favors."…
As If On Cue…
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2015/01/11/as-if-on-cue-n1941405
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2015/01/11/as-if-on-cue-n1941405
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I had to check to see if somehow they were running a show from 2008. They weren’t; it was new. … Radical Islam operates on a mentality from 1,000 years ago. … One side believes in the largess of the state, the other the power of the individual.…
Rudy’s Right and His Critics Know It
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2015/02/23/rudys-right-and-his-critics-know-it-n1960866
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2015/02/23/rudys-right-and-his-critics-know-it-n1960866
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Enforcers from the Left are scrambling to delegitimize Rudy Giuliani’s statement that he doesn’t believe Barack Obama loves America … He opposes the Constitution’s restraints on national and executive power. … He opposes its protections of people’s property, speech, and active dissent.…
Another Dred Scott Ruling?
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2015/03/11/another-dred-scott-ruling-n1968954
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2015/03/11/another-dred-scott-ruling-n1968954
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That 1857 ruling of the Supreme Court said it was legal to take slaves from slave states into free territories and the slaves would … Justice Curtis’ dissent in Dred Scott. … This is what the Supreme Court threatens in its latest entry into legislating from the bench.…
First Lessons for the Trump White House
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2017/02/08/first-lessons-for-the-trump-white-house-n2282841
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Supreme Court nominee – this White House has tackled many issues in whirlwind fashion. … Sure, they have a right to protest and register their dissent. … from establishment Republicans.…
BREAKING: Neil Gorsuch Confirmed 54-45, Will Join SCOTUS Next Week
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/04/07/breaking-neil-gorsuch-confirmed-will-join-us-supreme-court-n2310099
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McConnell endured endless carping from his colleagues across the aisle, kept GOP dissent to a minimum, and ignored Democrat-friendly … objections from the press. … They will certainly be back in power someday, but so will Republicans after that. …
America Should Be Ready, Venezuela Might Become the Next Syria
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidgrantham/2017/04/24/ame…uld-be-ready--venezuela-might-become-the-next-syria-n2317171
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidgrantham/2017/04/24/ame…uld-be-ready--venezuela-might-become-the-next-syria-n2317171
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In their quest for more and more power, Chavez and then Maduro made reliable access to basic necessities a virtual impossibility. … Maduro then had the Supreme Court dissolve the Congress after the Venezuelan people stocked the legislature with opposition members … This administration would rather starve its people than relinquish power.…
Liberals Want To Kill Free Speech, So We Patriots Must Fight Back
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/04/24/li…to-kill-free-speech-so-we-patriots-must-fight-back-n2317165
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Understand that if America is stupid enough to let liberals take power again, they will persecute and prosecute normal Americans like … us who dare to dissent. … Look, the left has told us what it wants – the power to force us to be silent and submit.…
Gorsuch Is More Liberal Than Garland
https://townhall.com/columnists/jacobsullum/2017/04/19/gorsuch-is-more-liberal-than-garland-n2314966
https://townhall.com/columnists/jacobsullum/2017/04/19/gorsuch-is-more-liberal-than-garland-n2314966
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Supreme Court this week. … Gorsuch's concern about the proper application of criminal statutes was also apparent when he dissented from a 2016 decision in which … Another 2016 dissent shows that Gorsuch shares Scalia's respect for the zone of privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment.…