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The FBI Shouldn’t Be Above the Law Either

Monday, May 7, 2018 - 10:00am
The Daily Signal

May 7, 2018

Good morning from Washington, where President Trump says the rights of gun owners are “under siege.” He made pledges on this and other issues at the NRA’s annual meeting, as Fred Lucas reports. Wonder what a thoughtful program to arm teachers looks like? Kelsey Harkness puts some advocates on camera. It’s perfectly proper for Congress to question the work of the FBI and Justice Department, David Harsanyi writes. Plus: David Inserra on a homegrown terrorist, Bob Moffit on preserving parents’ rights in health care, Hans von Spakovsky on a new court challenge of executive amnesty for illegal immigrants, and your letters.

Commentary

The FBI Shouldn’t Be Above the Law Either

 

Most liberals have taken the exceptionally convenient position that not only should the president not have a say over the goings-on at the Justice Department but Congress also has no right to demand oversight.

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This nonprofit teaches teachers and administrators to take the offensive against active shooters.

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In Government-Controlled Health Care, Bureaucrats’ Whims Trump Parents’ Rights

 

For Americans, this British case is a teachable moment. Government control of health care is government power over health care.

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Case of Teen Planning to Attack Dallas Mall Is 90th Homegrown Terrorist Plot Since 9/11

 

Azizi-Yarand’s homegrown radicalization indicates that even as ISIS crumbles as a military force on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, its ideology and propaganda continue to resonate around the world.

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4 Takeaways From Trump’s NRA Speech

 

“It seems that if we’re going to outlaw guns … we are going to have to outlaw immediately all vans and all trucks, which are now the new form of death for the maniac terrorists,” says President Trump.

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Commentary

DACA Should Be Overturned. A New Lawsuit Might Succeed in Doing That.

 

The new lawsuit correctly says DACA must be invalidated because Obama had no legal right to create the program “without congressional authorization.”

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We Hear You: Betsy DeVos 'Headed in Right Direction' at Education Department

 

“Federal funding has literally turned universities across the nation into breeding facilities for socialism,” writes Glynnda White.

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