Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. If a criminal figures out a more effective way to break into people’s homes to steal more, should he receive a lighter sentence per dollar of what he steals? Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown...
According to a new Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in late January, only 26% of voters think that it's a good idea to make race and gender the basis for choosing Supreme Court Justices. While Trump let people know in advance the people he would appoint to...
While President Biden's commission on what changes should be made to the US Supreme Court has gotten the most attention, Democrats are also promising to increase the number of federal Circuit and District court judges --- also known as packing the courts. Trump was...
KTNV reporter Ross DiMattei: "This is the number one thing that I've been asked about from viewers in the past couple of days." Biden: "Well you've been asked by the viewers who are probably Republicans who don't want me continuing to talk about what they're doing to...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death and the Democrats' Reaction. They also got into the issue of Democrats repeated promises to get rid of the filibuster. (Wednesday, September 23, 2020, from 8:35 to 8:44...
It looks likely that Amy Coney Barrett will be appointed to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. For those interested in her views on the Second Amendment, this is the case of hers to read. Her 37-page dissent from a 2019 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The Second Amendment is hanging in the balance, and Trump’s Supreme Court nomination this Saturday will determine its fate. All of Trump’s likely nominees – 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 11th Circuit Judge...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Newsweek. While Senate Republicans promise to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court and Democrats threaten to pack the Court, leading Democrats claim precedent is on their side. "Mitch McConnell set...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News on the fact that even if Trump is president for two terms, Democrats will still control most of the lower courts. His latest piece starts this way: Republicans are ecstatic and Democrats are livid about Brett Kavanaugh’s...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Fox News where he explains how to evaluate the Democrat's reaction to Trump's Supreme Court pick. Here is a simple rule of thumb: you can judge the caliber of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee by how angry the Democrats get. The...
John Lott's newest piece at Investor's Business Daily is as follows: Even if President Obama doesn’t get another appointment to the Supreme Court, he has already shaped the federal judiciary more than any president in decades. With almost a year to go, he already has...