By Dave Andrusko In late October, we wrote there was a growing sense that the Supreme Court would weigh in one of the most significant free-speech (or in this compelled speech) cases of our time. That was confirmed this morning when the Los Angeles Times’ David Savage wrote, “The justices are to hear arguments in … Read more
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch For decades, the pro-abortion makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked efforts to gain legal protection for unborn babies. The Supreme Court created an essentially unlimited “right” to abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973. Only a tiny handful of countries anywhere in the world have a policy so … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Editor’s note. Sen. Jeff Sessions was just confirmed as Attorney General. The vote was 52-47. Earlier today National Right to Life sent out an alert, reminding our supporters that the sledgehammer pro-abortion attack against pro-life Betsy DeVos was a dress rehearsal for what could easily be … Read more
Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Yesterday, it took the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence for the Senate to confirm President Trump’s nominee as Education secretary, Betsy DeVos, 51-50. The nastiness of that confirmation fight is just a taste of what’s to come in the battle to confirm President Trump’s outstanding nominee to … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Pro-abortion Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Three related items, following last night’s announcement that Judge Neil Gorsuch is President Donald Trump’s choice to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. First, there is a small group of picketers who, Monday through Friday, hold a sign on the sidewalk of the … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Pro-life President Donald Trump You likely recall on January 11, at pro-life President Donald Trump’s first formal press conference following his election, he told reporters, “I’ll be making the decision on who we will put for justice of the United States Supreme Court, a replacement for the great, great justice Scalia, that … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Pro-life President-elect Donald Trump If you have 48 minutes, go to YouTube and watch pro-life President-elect Donald Trump spar with reporters at his first formal press conference since he was elected. It no doubt foreshadows what we will see for the next 4-8 years. Here’s what the President-elect said today when asked … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Hats off to Hotair.com’s “Allahpundit” for a fascinating analysis posted late last night. It is an endlessly intriguing look at data points in the exit polls that I had missed entirely. How many times did NRL News Today write about how the next President would nominee as many as three justices to … Read more
By Carol Tobias, President, National Right to Life Editor’s note. The following President’s column appears in the March digital edition of National Right to Life News. You can read Carol’s important insights at www.nrlc.org/uploads/NRLNews/NRLNewsMarch2016.pdf. The entire 41-page issue can be read, downloaded, and/or forwarded to your pro-life friends and family. Please help us by sharing … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Following up on Wednesday’s initial story, today, Friday, and Monday we will running a series of posts about Wednesday’s oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. Today’s will be both general-there was a lot of atmospherics about the pro-abortion challenge to two parts of HB 2, the omnibus Texas 2013 law, … Read more