Dan McLaughlin

Italy is as picturesque as advertised, but getting to everything worth seeing is an adventure.

The Battle of Long Island required a stroke of providence to stave off disaster for the American cause less than two months after independence was declared.

There’s no guarantee that Trump’s latest birthright citizenship orders will stand up in court, but they reflect a more serious effort to work within existing law while pushing its borders.

Our strategic, political, and moral dilemma in the Iran war derives from never deciding why we’re at war in the first place.

The Court faces tough questions as a result of an overreaching Trump order colliding with an overreaching district judge.

The latest arguments for Court-packing are nothing but a lawless mask for power that would destroy the rule of law.

One needs more than a close case and divided dissenters to overturn 128 years of precedent.

It is neither a business nor a sports league; if it was either, it would celebrate and protect a hugely popular generational talent.

The vice president’s theory that the Nixon coalition was stronger and more durable doesn’t survive contact with reality.

Once again, the Court deals in reality on sex differences instead of ideology.

The history and usefulness of an independent central bank is no substitute for a constitutional power to separate it from the political branches.

The Court has given the president full control of one of the three branches of constitutional government — and created a separate fourth branch in the Fed.

250 years ago today, resourceful men and the humble palmetto tree saved the South.

Trump’s immigration policies may play hardball, but in two cases, the Court found that the plain meaning of the law written by Congress is on his side.

The Court took care in three cases to ask where the power to file lawsuits came from.

Freedom is still always just one generation from extinction. Let’s keep it going together.

Franklin’s contributions to the Founding of the American nation were as varied as his interests.

Stabbing people and showing no remorse are bad no matter what color your skin is. These should not be controversial points.

All nine justices agreed that marijuana users are not categorically too dangerous to have a Second Amendment right to a gun.

Petitions to rein in the EPA and the Bureau of Land Management should take their place on the Supreme Court’s docket.

A case about who can sue to enforce federal law descended into a bitter battle between Justices Barrett and Jackson over legislative history.

Executive power, transgender sports, and birthright citizenship lead a docket crowded with immigration, gun rights, and election law cases — and much more.

Pulling a Biden or Torricelli swap will not be that easy.

Two victories for federal agencies and one for makers of generic drugs.

Moral choices in voting are hard work.

Walking away from the war with Iran may be the lesser evil compared with accepting a bad deal.

After 54 years, the commission will no longer bar settling defendants from speaking.

Nothing in the Constitution prevents the execution of dumb guys who kill people.

Once again, Trump is doing the quiet part loudly.

The Supreme Court should make the FDA do its job before it exercises power.