RENEWAMERICA STAFF — On August 12, Callan Stone submitted to the Utah Supreme Court a formal Reply to Respondent's opposition to his Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, a critical brief he submitted to the Court on July 8... (more)

BOB UNRUH — Courts base their decisions on U.S. law and the Constitution, right? So it should be no surprise that the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited the Constitution in its decision to reinstate a lawsuit by two filmmakers in Minnesota who had sued the state for trying to coerce them into saying something they didn't want to say.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A "conscience rights" rule implemented by the Trump administration that exempts physicians from providing "treatments" that violate religious faith such as abortion has been challenged by lawsuits in New York and California.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A report authorized by Facebook concluded the company has taken "some steps" to address the censorship concerns of conservatives. But it fell short of even beginning to address the real problem. That's according to a new statement released by nearly two dozen conservative leaders.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed a three-week course of radiation therapy to treat a cancerous tumor on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. The 86-year old justice tolerated the therapy well and no further treatment is required, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., announced that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Tina Smith in 2020, the Star Tribune is reporting. "Let the battle begin," he said on Thursday. The newspaper reported he called the Senate "the last firewall for freedom" in the face of liberals like U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the other three members of what is called the progressive "squad" of House Democrats.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13). "...I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live" (Deuteronomy 30:19). Remember good ole boy Johnny Edwards -- actually North Carolina Democrat Senator John Edwards (1998-2012), VP candidate in 2004 and presidential candidate in 2008? Edwards is hard to forget because he burst upon the national stage as the golden-tongued lawyer who was famous for defending the rights of the unborn.... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — The New York Times, through what it is calling "The 1619 Project," has decided to rewrite American history by identifying the date of our "true founding" as August 20, 1619, 400 years ago today. The Times has picked that date because that's the day when "20. and odd Negroes" (sic) were off-loaded from a Dutch man-of-war in Jamestown, Virginia, and slavery first came ashore in what became the United States.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — I recently preached a sermon on the subject of stealing in our church's series on the Ten Commandments. And one of the points I made is that socialism is a form of theft. I mentioned the slogan going around during the 1960s -- " property is theft." But the Bible says, "Thou shalt not steal." Implied in that commandment is the sanctity of private property -- I'm not allowed to simply take it because someone else owns it. And the Bible does not say, "Thou shalt not steal, unless thou art the government."... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — President Trump said Wednesday that he is "seriously" considering issuing an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump argued that it is "frankly ridiculous" that the U.S. affords citizenship to babies born to immigrants who entered the country illegally.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Donald Trump had a question for the prime minister of Denmark. "How much do you want for Greenland?" he asked Mette Fredericksen. He didn't have a trace of embarrassment about publicly asking her the question, nor was he embarrassed about canceling his trip when he got her negative response.... (more)

ANN COULTER — Even before The New York Times launched its "All Slavery, All the Time" project, no one could accuse that paper of skimping on its race coverage, particularly stories about black males killed by white(ish) police officers.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that Colorado's Electoral College electors aren't required to cast their vote for the presidential candidate who wins the most votes in their state. The case began in 2016 when three of Colorado's nine electors, the "faithless" electors, voted for John Kasich instead of Hillary Clinton in an attempt to undermine Trump's election.... (more)

GREENWICH TIME — Joe Walsh, a pugnacious former congressman, is preparing a Republican primary challenge to President Trump that he previewed as a daily "bar fight" with the incumbent over his morality and competency. Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina governor and congressman, said he is inching closer to a bid of his own by sounding out activists in New Hampshire and other early-voting states about an insurgency focused on the ballooning deficit.... (more)

MERCURY NEWS — A Democratic National Committee meeting erupted into a bitter battle Thursday morning over the question of holding a climate-specific presidential debate, with party officials stamping down a resolution calling for a such an event in the face of raucous opposition from activists.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Evangelist Franklin Graham warns anyone who would consider the advice of the Southern Poverty Law Center that the organization is a "sham." While it once focused on fighting the KKK, SPLC now routinely slaps the "hate" label on Christians and Christian organizations because of their religious beliefs.... (more)

BYRON YORK — There will be much to learn in Inspector General Michael Horowitz's upcoming report on the Trump-Russia investigation, but most of it will likely boil down to just two questions. One, how much did the Obama Justice Department spy on the Trump campaign? And two, was it justified?... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump is insisting the U.S. already has "very, very strong background checks" for gun purchases and is noting many of his supporters "are strong believers in the Second Amendment," in another sign he is backing away from supporting expanded checks.... (more)

REV. MARK H. CREECH — According to Governing, during the last election Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) backed 40 winning candidates at the state, county, and municipal levels. Eleven of the candidates were endorsed by the national Democratic Socialists organization, and twenty-nine others were supported by local chapters.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Russian collusion bombed. The Mueller report collapsed. Impeachment in the U.S. House isn't moving. And now a leading voice of the left is so frustrated with its inability to take down President Trump it's decided to change history.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Sen. Ted Cruz criticized The New York Times on Sunday for being "partisan propagandists" in a tweet touching on the same subject that President Donald Trump broached earlier in the day.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Ripping the "new low" for the media in the coverage of his administration, President Donald Trump ripped "crooked journalism" for being "an evil propaganda machine for the Democrat Party."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is claiming that his people are historically at home in Israel. "We are the Canaanites," he said, according to a report from Asharq Al-Awsat. "We will remain in our homeland, and the outsiders on this land ha[ve] no right in this country. The land is for its inhabitants, this land is for the Canaanites who were here 5,000 years ago, and we are the Canaanites."... (more)

FOX NEWS — Personnel at the New York City prison where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide last week have not been initially cooperative with investigators from the Department of Justice, a federal source told Fox News Friday.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Days ago the Wall Street Journal reported that, "with varying degrees of seriousness," President Donald Trump has "repeatedly expressed interest" in buying from Denmark the world's largest island, Greenland.... (more)