Tag: State

Mississippi Abortion Initiative Divides State – HotAir

Democrats have made no secret of the fact that they plan to run on abortion in this year’s elections. (What else are they going to run on? Bidenomics?) They are ramping up efforts in a number of traditionally red states to put the issue on the ballot, most recently in Mississippi and Missouri. Unfortunately, Republicans […]

The Transgender Administrative State

Woodrow Wilson, the father of the American administrative state, once wrote: “Government does now whatever experience permits or the times demand.”  Well, the times now “demand” the construction of a massive transgender architecture across the labyrinth of the federal government. Perhaps if Wilson were able to gaze a century into the future and see the […]

Trump Rallies Troops to Texas, Declares State ‘Must be Given Full Support to Repel the Invasion’

Support from Republicans around the country for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to continue to deploy concertina wire along the U.S. border with Mexico near Eagle Pass despite a Supreme Court ruling to the contrary. On Thursday, both the Republican Governors Association and former President Donald Trump issued statements encouraging Abbott and the authorities working […]

Pro-Palestinian protests move from streets to state capitals for rowdy start to legislative sessions

DENVER — State legislatures wield little, if any, influence over U.S. foreign policy, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that from the pro-Palestinian demonstrators converging on state capitols. Crowds of anti-Israel activists are spilling from the streets and universities into the chambers and rotundas, greeting lawmakers at the start of the 2024 legislative sessions with noisy […]