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☆ Opinion | Donald Trump and American Justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The former and possibly future president of the United States is now on trial in Lower Manhattan, the first criminal prosecution of an American elected to the nation’s highest office. Donald Trump, who relentlessly undermined the justice system while in office and since, is enjoying the same protections and guarantees of fairness and due process before the law that he sought to deny to others during his term. It may be the only one of the four criminal cases against the former president that comes to trial before the November election. Mr. Trump is no victim. A guiding principle of the American experiment is that the law applies to everyone equally.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump Locations: United States, Lower Manhattan

☆ Military Aid to Israel Cannot Be Unconditional - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his ultranationalist allies in government have defied American calls for more restraint and humanitarian help. The United States commitment to Israel — including $3.8 billion a year in military aid, the largest outlay of American foreign aid to any one country in the world — is a reflection of the exceptionally close and enduring relationship between the two countries. A bond of trust, however, must prevail between donors and recipients of lethal arms from the United States, which supplies arms according to formal conditions that reflect American values and the obligations of international law. The question is not whether Israel has the right to defend itself against an enemy sworn to its destruction. In the immediate aftermath of that attack, President Biden rushed to demonstrate America’s full sympathy and support in Israel’s agony.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mr, Netanyahu, Biden Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, States, United States, America, Israel

☆ Opinion | The Persistent Threat to Abortion Rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During oral arguments, they questioned whether the doctors had suffered the harm necessary to bring the suit in the first place. The presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, has indicated support for a 15-week national abortion ban. And while the Supreme Court, in overturning Roe, ostensibly left it to each state to decide abortion policy, several states have gone against the will of their voters on abortion or tried to block ballot measures that would protect abortion rights. Anti-abortion forces may have had a tough week in the Supreme Court, but they remain focused on playing and winning a longer game. Even potential victories for reproductive freedom may prove short-lived: The mifepristone case, for instance, is far from dead.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Donald Trump, Samuel Alito Organizations: Republican Locations: America

☆ Opinion | Trump’s Conquest of the Republican Party Matters to Every American
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

With Donald Trump’s victories on Tuesday, he has moved to the cusp of securing the 1,215 delegates necessary to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. The party has become a vessel for the fulfillment of Mr. Trump’s ambitions, and he will almost certainly be its standard-bearer for a third time. This is a tragedy for the Republican Party and for the country it purports to serve. In a healthy democracy, political parties are organizations devoted to electing politicians who share a set of values and policy goals. Perhaps his most important advantage, however, is that there are few remaining leaders in the Republican Party who seem willing to stand up for an alternative vision of the party’s future.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump’s, Trump Organizations: Republican, Republican Party, Republicans, Democrats, White Locations: United States

☆ Opinion | The Challenges of an Aging President
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Because of his age and his determination to run for a second term, President Biden is taking the American public into uncharted waters. He is the oldest person ever to serve as president, is the oldest ever to run for re-election and, if he is successful, would be 86 at the end of his tenure. Ronald Reagan, by comparison, was an unprecedented 77 when he ended his second term in 1989. A remarkably broad swath of the American public — both Mr. Biden’s supporters and his detractors — have expressed increasing doubts about his ability to serve for another five years because of his age. His assurances, in other words, didn’t work.

Persons: Biden, Ronald Reagan, Biden’s, —, Nate Cohn, Biden’s ‘, ’, Robert K, Mr, Hur, snappish, teleprompters, Donald Trump Organizations: “, Times, Mr Locations: Siena

☆ Republicans Against Border Enforcement
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( David Leonhardt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United States has had a porous border with Mexico for decades, and the situation has worsened in the past few years, with more than 10,000 people entering the U.S. on some days. Mayors, governors, and immigration experts — as well as voters — have long urged Congress to fix the problem. And for anybody who has grown cynical about Washington, the plan offered reasons for both surprise and further cynicism. The surprising part is that productive bipartisanship seems to be alive, even on an issue as divisive as immigration. So do the editorial boards of The Washington Post, which leans left, and The Wall Street Journal, which is deeply conservative.

Persons: —, James Lankford, Chris Murphy, Kyrsten, Donald Trump Organizations: Washington, Oklahoma Republican, Connecticut Democrat, The Washington Post, Street Locations: States, Mexico, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Arizona

☆ Opinion | Another Political Failure on Immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The crush of asylum seekers crossing the southern border has overwhelmed the government’s capacity to deal justly with their claims. But Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, insists that Republicans reject the legislation taking shape in the Senate. Several Senate Republicans have said Mr. Trump is blocking it to keep immigration alive as a campaign issue. Senator Todd Young of Indiana called this move to derail the negotiations “tragic.” Mr. Young and the other Senate Republicans nevertheless continue to work with their Democratic colleagues to hammer out a compromise. House Republicans, however, don’t seem interested in writing laws; they have instead submitted to Mr. Trump’s demands.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Todd Young, Mr, Young, don’t, Trump’s, Mike Johnson, Alejandro Mayorkas Organizations: Republican, Republicans, Democratic, House Republicans, Democrats Locations: States, Indiana

☆ Ted Cruz tries to turn his 2021 Cancun disaster into an awkward punchline: 'Humor is always a good thing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Ted Cruz keeps joking about how he fled to Cancun during deadly storms in Texas in 2021. AdvertisementNearly three years ago, Sen. Ted Cruz committed severe political malpractice. wrote Cruz. pic.twitter.com/cgVjhbqK7b — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 15, 2024It wasn't the first time he'd referenced the Cancún incident unprompted. Cruz wrote last May, including a photo of him gesturing at the sign for a restaurant called "Cancún Grill" in Midland, Texas, affixing "#Cancun" to the tweet.

Persons: Sen, Ted Cruz, Cruz, who's, —, Aidy Bryant, cgVjhbqK7b — Ted Cruz Organizations: Service, Texas Republican, Texans Locations: Cancun, Texas, Cancún, Midland , Texas, Midland , TX

☆ Opinion | When States Try to Take Away Americans’ Freedom of Thought
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Professors and students are supposed to debate the issues of the moment, gaining understanding of the other side’s views, refining and strengthening their positions, and learning how to solve problems. Argument thrives in a culture of openness, and maintaining that culture ought to be paramount for universities, as well as any institution that wants to shape public policy or debate. But the threat that Americans should be most concerned about is any attempt by government to limit the freedom of individuals to express their views or to dictate what they say. He refused to do so, calling the requirement “McCarthyist” and an affront to his free-speech rights. The campus has lost many other speakers for the same reason, and students say they are missing out on the chance to hear a variety of voices.

Persons: Nathan Thrall, Thrall Organizations: University of Arkansas, Israel Locations: Arkansas, Israel, Gaza

☆ Taylor Swift’s Carbon Allowance
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taylor Swift arrives before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 13. Photo: Ed Zurga/Associated PressNo one escapes the climate police these days, and that includes Taylor Swift . The pop star has been criticized recently for emitting CO2 on her frequent trips on a private jet to see her beau Travis Kelce play for the Kansas City Chiefs. The mega-star joins a growing concert of companies and countries that are using these climate indulgences to offset their CO2 emissions. While the credits have a notional financial value, their primary purpose is to deflect criticism.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Ed Zurga, Travis Kelce, Swift, they’re Organizations: NFL, Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs Locations: Kansas City, Mo

☆ The Politicized EV Charger ‘Revolution’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThe government rollout of EV chargers has been a slow-motion affair, and as you’d expect the reason is politics. The feds are throwing billions of dollars to build charging stations, but they’ve added social-justice and union mandates that make the build-out more complicated than necessary. In a better Washington, there would be no subsidies for EV chargers. The market would meet demand, as it did with gasoline stations. But we live in the age of subsidy, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) last week announced $623 million in new awards for charging stations.

Persons: Mark Kelly Organizations: EV, Federal Highway Administration Locations: Washington

☆ Palestinian ‘Pay for Slay’ Keeps Growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: AP/Reuters Composite: Mark KellyRecently we told you that Palestinian Authority law requires the Oct. 7 terrorists to be compensated financially for a massacre well done. Now the PA has taken steps toward making that a reality. It acted just in time for Secretary of State Antony Blinken ’s visit to Ramallah. Last Wednesday’s Al-Hayat Al-Jadida , the PA’s newspaper and mouthpiece, announced 23,210 additional “martyrs,” using the Hamas-supplied Gaza casualty figure that includes every dead Hamas terrorist. The PA pays a one-time lump sum plus a monthly stipend for life to the families of any “martyr” killed attacking Israel or in a confrontation with Israel.

Persons: Mark Kelly, Antony Blinken ’, Al, Hayat Al, ”, Israel Organizations: Reuters, Palestinian Locations: Ramallah, Last, Gaza, Israel

☆ Iowa Gives Trump II a Boost
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump Photo: sergio flores/ReutersDonald Trump romped to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, launching the former President on his quest for a third GOP nomination. The vote nonetheless revealed weaknesses that could pose problems in a general election, so Republicans in New Hampshire should think hard if they want to gamble on another Trump run. Mr. Trump’s victory was the widest in Iowa caucus history for a non-incumbent race, with close to 51% of the vote at this writing. Ron DeSantis with about 21% was running slightly ahead of Nikki Haley for a distant second. The result is a show of organizational strength that Mr. Trump didn’t have in 2016 when he lost the state to Ted Cruz .

Persons: Donald Trump, sergio flores, Reuters Donald Trump romped, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Trump, Ted Cruz Organizations: Reuters, GOP, Trump Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire

☆ The Case for the Supreme Court to Overturn Chevron Deference
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews pollster Mark Penn. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThe Supreme Court has been trying to restore the proper constitutional balance of power, and its next opportunity comes Wednesday when it hears two cases challenging its own landmark Chevron doctrine (Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc., v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept. In 1984 in Chevron v. NRDC, the Justices ruled that courts should defer to administrative agencies’ interpretation of laws when the statutory text is silent or ambiguous. In practice this has become a license for Congress to write vague laws that delegate legislative power to administrative agencies. Over the last 40 years the federal register of regulations has grown by tens of thousands of pages.

Persons: Paul Gigot, pollster Mark Penn, Mark Kelly, Raimondo Organizations: Zuma, Bright Enterprises, Inc Locations: Chevron v

☆ California Invents a Crazy New Tort
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images/wawog_now via Instagram Composite: Mark KellyBusinesses are often sued for selling allegedly faulty products that aren’t actually defective. Last week a California appeals court ruled that businesses can also be sued for failing to develop a product. Some 24,000 patients have sued Gilead Sciences in California state court for failing to introduce an allegedly safer version of an HIV drug. The plaintiffs don’t argue that the drug is defective or lacked adequate warnings.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Jason Riley, Dan Henninger, Kelly, Gilead Organizations: Getty, Gilead Sciences, Drug Administration Locations: California

☆ Opinion | The Responsibility of Republican Voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He is facing criminal trials for his conduct as a candidate in 2016, as president and as a former president. In this, his third presidential bid, he has intensified his multiyear campaign to undermine the rule of law and the democratic process. At this critical moment, it is imperative to remind voters that they still have the opportunity to nominate a different standard-bearer for the Republican Party, and all Americans should hope that they do so. Mr. Trump’s construction of a cult of personality in which loyalty is the only real requirement has badly damaged the Republican Party and the health of American democracy. But some Republicans have set an example of integrity, demonstrating the courage to put their convictions and conservative principles above loyalty to Mr. Trump.

Persons: ” Donald Trump, Mr, Trump, Tom Emmer, Mike Johnson, Emmer, Bill Barr, Doug Ducey, Mike Pompeo, Bob Vander Plaats Organizations: Iowa Republicans, “, Justice Department, Republican Party Locations: New Hampshire, United States, Arizona

☆ Is There a Constitutional Right to Vagrancy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal challenging a judicial ruling that established a de facto constitutional right to vagrancy. ( City of Grants Pass v. A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2022 blocked the Oregon town of Grants Pass from enforcing “anti-camping” laws on public property. The judges said the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits cities from arresting or imposing penalties on homeless people for squatting on public property if there aren’t enough shelter beds for every vagrant.

Persons: Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, Johnson Organizations: Zuma, Mark Kelly Good, West, Ninth Circuit Locations: West Coast, Grants, Oregon

☆ The New Segregation on Campus
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Claudine Gay says she is a casualty of "extreme voices." Images: Reuters/New York Times Composite: Mark KellyIf you’ve heard that the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda is going away, don’t believe it. An emerging practice at elite medical schools segregates students by race to teach them about alleged structural racism in healthcare. The University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine requires that first year students take a class called “Structural Racism and Health Equity” as part of the standard curriculum. In one exercise for the course, students divide by racial group and retreat to different areas to discuss antiracist prompts.

Persons: Claudine Gay, Mark Kelly, you’ve Organizations: New York Times, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Equity ”

☆ Gavin Newsom Objects—to Us
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Surveying the record of his three years in office, Mr. Biden has decided his re-election turns on two events: the Capitol riot of 2021 and Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in several states. Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThese columns caught Gavin Newsom ’s attention this week, we’re delighted to say. The California Governor is upset that we reported on the wealth-tax proposal in the state Assembly because Mr. Newsom says he doesn’t support such a tax. Mr. Newsom on Wednesday presented his budget for the coming year, including ideas to close a $68 billion shortfall. He called us “ideological warriors,” “a broken-clock” and “shameful” for criticizing a wealth-tax bill that was getting an Assembly hearing that day.

Persons: Biden, Mark Kelly, Gavin Newsom ’, we’re, Newsom, ” Locations: California

☆ Anthony Fauci Fesses Up
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Biden addressed concerns with a $6 trillion spending spree that's had little effect on them. Images: SMG/Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyAnthony Fauci has never struggled to speak his mind. For instance, the six-feet rule for social distancing “sort of just appeared” without a solid scientific basis. It’s not news that the six-feet rule lacked scientific rhyme or reason. It noted that the virus’s transmissibility depends on many factors, including ventilation, the host’s viral load and symptoms, and the duration of exposure, among other things.

Persons: Biden, that's, Mark Kelly Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health potentate Organizations: SMG, Zuma Press, Getty, National Institutes of Health

☆ Biden Strikes the Houthis, at Last
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The '2023 Reagan National Defense Survey' highlights China as the greatest national security threat to the U.S. and finds strong support for arming Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Images: Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThe press is reporting that Thursday’s U.S.-British strikes against the Houthis in Yemen risk escalating the current conflict in the Middle East. The conflict was already escalating. The question has been whether the U.S. and its allies would respond to Houthi efforts, backed by Iran, to hijack commercial shipping and shoot at the U.S. Navy. The Houthis have been using these weapons depots, radars and launch sites to “endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most vital waterways,” as the White House said in a statement.

Persons: Mark Kelly, Biden’s Organizations: Reagan National Defense Survey, Zuma Press, Getty, U.S . Navy, White Locations: China, Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, U.S, Yemen, Iran, ”

☆ Wisconsin’s Act 10 Is in Jeopardy
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley, Dan Henninger & Paul Gigot. Images: Getty Images/AP/ Composite: Mark KellyWisconsin progressives went for a judicial abuse trifecta last week, filing a lawsuit to overturn Act 10, the landmark 2011 law that limited the ability of public unions to bargain collectively. The case is part of the Democratic campaign to use the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court to redraw the state’s legislative district maps and end school choice. Scott Walker , has saved the Badger State from turning into Illinois or New York, where public unions essentially run the state government for their own benefit. According to the MacIver Institute, Act 10 has saved Wisconsin taxpayers $16.8 billion since it was passed in 2011, making public finances more manageable at every level of government.

Persons: Bill McGurn, Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley, Dan Henninger, Paul Gigot, Mark Kelly Wisconsin, Scott Walker Organizations: Democratic, Gov, Badger, MacIver Institute Locations: Illinois, New York, Wisconsin

☆ The Supreme Court and a Wealth Tax
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court in Washington. Sensing a threat to their designs for a wealth tax, they turned the runup to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday oral arguments in Moore v. U.S. into tax Armageddon. “Supreme Court Will Hear Case That Could Upend The Current Tax System,” headlined Forbes. The Washington Post called it “the Supreme Court tax case that could blow a hole in the federal budget,” as if Congress hasn’t already done that. Even former House Speaker Paul Ryan pushed the panic button, but he’s been led astray.

Persons: oliver, Shutterstock, Moore, ”, Paul Ryan, he’s Organizations: Forbes, The Washington Post Locations: Washington, Moore v .

☆ Congress Takes on the EV Mandate
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: EV dealers ask Biden where they're supposed to put the glut. Images: AP/Shutterstock Composite: Mark KellyHouse Republicans have teed up a vote this week on legislation to block President Biden’s back-door electric-vehicle mandate. Democrats are spinning the legislation as an attack on public health, innovation and free markets. The Environmental Protection Agency “is not imposing an EV mandate,” says a memo from Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee opposing the GOP legislation. But the EPA in April proposed tailpipe emissions standards for greenhouse gases that would effectively require that electric vehicles make up two-thirds of car sales in 2032.

Persons: Biden, they're, Mark Kelly, Biden’s, ” Organizations: Republicans, Environmental Protection Agency, Energy, Commerce, GOP

☆ Treasury’s Hidden Stash of Covid Cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: EV dealers ask Biden where they're supposed to put the glut. Images: AP/Shutterstock Composite: Mark KellyIf you thought Washington’s pandemic-cash bonanza was behind us, keep an eye on the Treasury Department. The Biden Administration made a quiet move late last month to let states spend up to $90 billion of leftover “emergency” money. The rule change pushes back the deadline for states to claim cash from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, a pandemic aid giveaway that President Biden set up through the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act. Now Treasury plans to give out unspent cash beyond next year, as long as states say what they’ll spend it on by April.

Persons: Biden, they're, Mark Kelly Organizations: Treasury Department, The Biden Administration, State, Treasury

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