Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined two other justices in a strong dissent to the court's Tuesday decision that states can bar transgender athletes from girls' sports and insisted that Title IX "cannot plausibly" mean that "sex" only refers to a student's birth gender.
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American Chemistry Council (ACC) President and CEO Chris Jahn said at the Council's first policy summit on Thursday that there is a dire need to enact permitting reform, noting that the Empire State Building was permitted and built in only two years.
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Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has called for Moroccan soccer rioters to be deported -- alongside their family members -- after unrest broke out in the Hague following the North African nation's victory over the Netherlands.
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Hollywood’s obsession with ignoring the differences between the male and female sexes is what has killed so many franchises.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said America's 250th anniversary on July 4th serves as a "great opportunity for we, as Americans, to remember and reflect upon the incredible freedoms that we enjoy in this country."
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There’s no such thing as greatness without a great deal of energy. No small part of our greatness today comes from the Made in USA innovation of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
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The Trump administration’s push to examine alleged political weaponization inside the Justice Department is not merely about looking backward. For many patriotic Americans, it is about people whose lives were turned upside down because the government decided to investigate them.
That is where the conversation often gets lost.
Justice isn’t measured only by what happens in the courtroom. It’s also measured by what it costs an innocent person to get there.
Everyone focuses on the indictment, the headlines, and the courtroom drama. Far less attention goes to what comes before a verdict. It does not take a conviction to ruin someone’s life. Sometimes an accusation is enough.
Federal and congressional investigations are expensive. Responding to a subpoena is expensive. Hiring lawyers to review documents, prepare testimony, answer investigators, and defend your reputation can wipe out a lifetime of savings long before a judge or jury weighs the facts.
Winning years later does not restore your bank account. It does not rebuild your business. It does not give you back the years spent living under a cloud.
That reality has become increasingly familiar in Washington. During Donald Trump’s first term, congressional investigations became a defining feature of his presidency. House committees launched a steady stream of oversight inquiries into the administration, with then-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) leading many of the most high-profile efforts.
Democrats argued they were fulfilling Congress’ constitutional oversight responsibilities. Republicans saw something else: a strategy to keep the administration tied up in investigations while forcing witnesses, aides, and associates to spend enormous sums defending themselves.
Whatever your politics, one fact remains undeniable. Every subpoena carries a price tag. Every interview requires lawyers. Every document request takes time. Every hearing pulls someone away from work, family, and ordinary life.
The financial toll rarely makes the evening news.
Former FBI Special Agent Mark Rossini recently offered a glimpse into that reality during a conversation with A.J. Rice on the “Dangerous Laughter” podcast. Rossini, who later received a presidential pardon after pleading to a misdemeanor in a case many conservatives see as part of the weaponization of the Justice Department under Joe Biden, focused less on the legal outcome than on the years leading up to it.
“What a waste of time,” he said, describing what he called “three and a half, four years of this Kafkaesque experience.”
Then came the part that should resonate with anyone who has ever faced the weight of the federal government.
“No one will hire you. You get no phone calls. You lose your income. It’s just debilitating.”
Rossini also encouraged people to read the court filings instead of relying solely on commentary surrounding the case, arguing that public opinion too often forms before anyone examines the underlying record.
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His experience does not settle the whole debate, but it illustrates something too often overlooked: The process itself can become the punishment.
That is why discussions about alleged Justice Department weaponization have struck such a nerve among many conservatives. They are not simply asking whether every investigation was justified or unjustified. They are asking a more fundamental question: What happens when the immense power of government collides with the life of an ordinary citizen?
Government has a duty to investigate credible allegations of wrongdoing. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight. Those powers are essential in a constitutional republic.
But those powers also demand restraint.
When investigations stretch on for years, legal bills climb into six or seven figures, careers disappear, and families absorb the emotional and financial burden, Americans have every right to ask whether the system has accounted for those costs.
That is what makes the current conversation about Justice Department reform more significant than another round of partisan finger-pointing. It raises a basic question of public trust: Can Americans have confidence that extraordinary government powers will be exercised fairly and consistently, regardless of politics?
By the time an investigation ends, the damage may already be done. A dismissed case does not erase years of legal fees. A pardon does not restore lost income. Favorable headlines at the end of the story do not undo the quiet suffering that came before it.
Justice isn’t measured only by what happens in the courtroom. It’s also measured by what it costs an innocent person to get there.
Trump suffers major Supreme Court defeat as justices uphold birthright citizenship. Once again, Justices Roberts and Barrett joined the three liberal justices.
The Supreme Court's Bruen (2022) ruling was key to the preliminary injunction secured by the NRA against Virginia's "assault weapons" and magazine ban.
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The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Tuesday to reject President Donald Trump's reform of the nation's birthright citizenship policy, which now grants the huge prize of citizenship to nearly all infants born in the United States, even if the parents are illegal migrants or temporary visitors.
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