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American Conservative
The Way They Say It Matters
The Supreme Court has a chance to make a strong defense of equality under the law in its upcoming affirmative action rulings.
It’s springtime, so the U.S. Supreme Court is coming to the end of its term and releasing long-awaited decisions. Among the most interesting and consequential decisions should be the two affirmative action cases, in which Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. filed suit against both the University of North Carolina and Harvard. The cases are handled slightly differently because UNC is a public university while Harvard is a private college; nevertheless, because Harvard takes federal funding, the legal arguments are quite similar: The plaintiff argues that any race-conscious admissions policy discriminates against students from non-favored groups and violates both the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Bearing Arms
Yes, the Founding Fathers knew repeating firearms existed
It never fails. Someone talking about the Second Amendment will trot out the old comment, “In the time of the Founding Fathers, all anyone had was a musket.”
There are a ton of ways to dispute this, including the fact that rifles existed, but the truth is that they were familiar with repeating firearms.
In fact, there were quite a lot of them. Not only that, but the Founding Fathers were smart men. They knew advancements would happen.
During the 19th century, firearms improved more than in any other century. As of 1800, most firearms were single-shot muzzleloading blackpowder flintlocks. By end of the century, semiautomatic pistols using detachable magazines with modern gunpowder and metallic cartridges were available. Would the Founders be surprised by the improvements in ability to exercise Second Amendment rights? Perhaps not, given the tremendous advances in firearms that had taken place before 1791. And certainly not, given that James Madison, author of the Second Amendment, initiated a federal government industrial with the specific aim of vastly improving the quality and quantity of firearms manufacture.
Daniel Greenfield
HITLER’S MULTICULTURAL SUPPORTERS
“The world today needs a Hitler,” CNN correspondent Adeel Raja tweeted. Tala Halawa, the BBC’s “Palestinian” specialist, had previously tweeted a rant that included #HitlerWasRight.
Researchers have found that the #HitlerWasRight hashtag was intertwined not just with the usual white supremacists, but with more “progressive” hashtags like #FreePalestine.
Raja, a Pakistani Muslim, and Halawa, who hails from Israel’s West Bank, don’t fit the image of what people think Hitler’s fanbase looks like, but they’re more typical than you might think.
During the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists, Pakistani celebrities and politicians praised Hitler.
Victory Girls
Mob Assaults Marines in San Clemente
San Clemente, California — a staid, staunchly Republican city on the Pacific coast at the southernmost tip of Orange County. Many residents are civilian employees at USMC’s Camp Pendleton. It may shock, but it shouldn’t be surprising that an incident of unchecked mob violence broke out. Even Marines trying to enjoy a quiet evening at the beach are not immune from delinquents who feel public spaces belong to them.
Three US Marines were assaulted by a crowd of teenagers on Friday at a California beach, according to police.
One of the victims, Hunter Antonino, told KCAL-TV that the teenagers were acting aggressively and lighting firecrackers at the beach in the San Clemente Pier Bowl area and when he asked them to stop he was hit in the head with debris and the fight started.
Federalist
Massachusetts Man Faces Prosecution For Defending Himself From Violent, Anti-Republican Attacker
By now, most Americans have heard of Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran being charged by Manhattan’s Democrat district attorney for defending his fellow citizens from an erratic Jordan Neely on the New York City subway. There’s also a good chance they’ve heard of Daniel Perry, the Army sergeant recently convicted in Austin, Texas, for protecting himself from an armed Black Lives Matter demonstrator.
On their own merits, both cases represent a seemingly growing trend of Democrat prosecutors allowing violent criminals to walk free while punishing law-abiding Americans for defending themselves from horrendous acts of violence. Case in point: Kevin Mackie, a Massachusetts resident charged for allegedly protecting himself from a violent, anti-Republican attacker.
