AFA Action

Illinois is pushing a new definition of "quality" education that sidelines parents and promotes government overreach. This isn't about academics; it's about control. Read the warnings from AFA's Jenna Ellis below: https://lnkd.in/gAMEGPkG

TUPELO, Miss. — Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement today in defense of Judge Boasberg is false. Roberts states, “[f]or more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.” Roberts is either lying or ignorant. ? As Phillip Jauregui, senior counsel at AFA Action’s Center for Judicial Renewal, states in his recent op-ed for the Washington Times, “Some say Congress cannot impeach judges for their rulings in cases. History says otherwise. The first federal judge impeached and removed from office was Judge John Pickering in 1804 for ruling a case that defied the law. The articles charge that Pickering ruled ‘said act of Congress not regarding, but with intent to evade the same’ and that he ruled ‘contrary to his trust and duty as a judge of the said district against the law of the United States and to the manifest injury of their revenue.’ The same generation that drafted and ratified the impeachment and removal clauses knew them best and used them to remove Pickering for his radical rulings. The same can be done today.” ? Additionally, Members of the House and Senate should begin the process of reducing the budget of the entire judicial branch. ? “The Constitution provides that compensation for judges and justices ‘shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.’ However, it is entirely permissible for Congress to freeze judicial salaries, reduce the overall budget for the judicial branch by any amount, and force the court to maintain its salaries commensurate with the Constitution but reduce its budget in other areas,” says Jauregui. ? “Speaking of Congress’ power of the purse, President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson and the Department of Government Efficiency might jointly investigate fraud, waste and abuse in the judicial branch and let those findings drive cuts in the judicial budget. That prospect might encourage the Supreme Court to better police its own branch.” ? The people will not stand for fake little presidents in black robes.

America's worst fake presidents wear little black robes. Read more in the op-ed from AFA Action Senior Counsel, Phillip Jauregui in The Washington Times. https://lnkd.in/gzgaFddQ

Governing without knowing what you're for or what you're against is no way to govern at all.

Governing without knowing what you're for or against, is no way to govern at all.

Is Justice Barrett's passivity a cause for concern? A closer look at her judicial approach from our Center for Judicial Renewal's Phillip Jauregui. https://lnkd.in/gwj_TWkE

America's foundation rests on biblical truths.

Happy to join Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the Center for Christian Virtue to discuss marriage and other policy ideas for Ohio families and businesses.

There is no dignity in enabled dependency.

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