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Chevron deference, or the legal principle that the federal courts exercise deference to agency interpretations of laws and regulations, is a controversial practice that accumulates vast amounts of unconstitutional power in the federal bureaucracy. Indeed, it moves control of the government further and further away from the people. In this coming Supreme Court term, however, […]

Fair-minded civics curricula teach that America’s founding principles were exceptional for their time and have outlasted and extinguished slavery , racism , and other violations of our natural rights.  That lesson is all the more important considering a 2022 poll showing a record-low level of civics education , the understanding of one’s government and civics

Vice President Kamala Harris ’s decision to pick a fight with Florida ’s history standards is quickly looking ill-advised. More and more, evidence is emerging that the object of Harris’s grievances is customary practice, including in the federal government she supposedly helps lead. The actual controversy is a single line in the Sunshine State’s new

The single anti-abortion Democrat in the House has received a new boost in support after a nail-biting primary, winning the support of the entire House Democratic leadership. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) won the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim

Two doctors and medical advocacy group Do No Harm are suing California over its law requiring that doctors complete “implicit bias” training as part of their continuing medical education. DNH and Dr. Marilyn Singleton, a Los Angeles anesthesiologist, joined Dr. Azadeh Khatibi, a Los Angeles ophthalmologist, in its suit against the Medical Board of California.

The head of South Carolina ‘s Department of Education is on the receiving-end of criticism after local media highlighted concerns about potential First Amendment violations over an email to employees. The message was sent prior to an upcoming Q-and-A meeting, and asked employees planning to attend to state their goals for their students in a

The Department of Education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into Harvard University over its legacy admissions practices, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Harvard and barred the consideration of race in college admissions. A spokesperson for the Department of Education confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that the department had

The Kentucky Board of Nursing mandated nurses to take an ” implicit bias ” course to “recognize the history of racism in healthcare” and threatened “discipline” for failure to do so. The ultimatum to complete the “mandatory continuing education” training, which was developed by the Kentucky Nurses Association , forced nurses to complete the training

The Virginia Department of Education honored parental rights in new model policies on how schools should respond to children who claim to identify as transgender . The new policies, which must be adopted by all of Virginia’s public school districts, prohibit schools and school staff from accommodating a student’s request to use a different name

Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a letter on Tuesday to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen regarding her agency’s recent guidance on so-called “chestfeeding.” The two senators in leadership positions on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee referenced the recent health equity guidance from the CDC