For some conservatives, the most sacred initials in policymaking are WWRRD: What Would Ronald Reagan Do? Whenever America encounters a situation similar to one faced by the Gipper, they say the proper course is to follow his lead. Barack Obama’s undeclared war in Libya is such a situation, but I’m afraid Republicans are drawing the wrong analogy. When Libyan rebels rose up against Muammar … [Read more...]
Reagan Would Not Support Obama on Libya
April 5, 2011 By Ben Johnson
Filed Under: Conservatism, Constitution, Floyd Reports, Foreign policy, History, Jihad, Obama administration, War on Terror Tagged With: Amin Gemayel, Barack Obama, Bashir Gemayel, Bettino Craxi, Constitution, Foreign policy, Founding Fathers, George Schultz, Gulf of Sidra, Gulf of Sidra Incident (1981), Hezbollah, Islamic Terrorism, Israel, John Quincy Adams, Lebanon, Libya, Media bias, Muammar Qaddafi, Neoconservatives, Osama bin Laden, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestinians, Peter Arnett, Reagan administration, Republican Party, Richard Lugar, Robert "Bud" MacFarlane, Ronald Reagan, Syria, terrorism, War on Terror, William F. Buckley Jr.
Sotomayor’s Racialist Judicial Activism
June 26, 2009 By Ben Johnson
This article originally appeared as the weekend lead for Friday, June 26, 2009. Five months later, it was chosen for inclusion in Opposing Viewpoints, America's Prisons, vol. 2. The inclusion is a special honor for me. Not only is the Opposing Viewpoints series in nearly every high school library in the country, but it provides an invaluable service: fairly representing conflicting views on an … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Affirmative Action/Race, Bill Clinton, Constitution, FrontPage Magazine, History, Obama administration, Obama appointees Tagged With: Affirmative Action, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, BlackLetter Law Journal, California, capital punishment, Civil Rights, Constitution, cultural bias, death penalty, Department of Justice, disparate impact, disproportionate impact, felon disenfranchisement, Founding Fathers, Fourteenth Amendment, FrontPage Magazine, Harry Blackmun, Harvard, Hayden v. Pataki, Institutional Racism, Jason Schall, Jeffrey Reimen, John Roberts, Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, judicial activism, LatinoJustice, Legal Left, Maine, meritocracy, Minnesota, minority racism, negative liberties, NYPD, Obama appointees, Ohio, Opposing Viewpoints, Oregon, Pericles, Princeton, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Reagan administration, Rep. Ephraim R. Eckley, reparations, reverse discrimination, Ricci v. Stefano, Richardson v. Ramirez, Sonia Sotomayor, stare decisis, Supreme Court, testing bias, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, Vermont, Voting Rights Act, Warren Burger, wealth redistribution, William Rehnquist, Yale Law School
