Seth Lipsky
The Archive
Why Queen Elizabeth is all smiles about Trump's royal visit
Too bad President Trump can’t run for prime minister of Britain. He arrived in London for his long-awaited state visit just as Britons showed themselves to be a lot Trumpier...
Democrats' questions to Barr made them look like fools
In the battle unfolding in Congress between the Democrats and Attorney General William Barr, I’m on the side of the US Constitution. That means defending not only Barr but also...
An outrageous push to mutilate a war memorial
It looks like America’s next big religious-freedom case could center on the war memorial known as the “Peace Cross.” The Supreme Court justices recently agreed to hear the case this...
'Hard Brexit' is the best way forward for the UK
Now that Britain’s Parliament has rejected a half-in, half-out compromise on membership in the European Union, what’s best for the lovers of liberty in the UK? The answer is to...
We all need to cool it with the 'treason' talk
One positive thing could come out of the fiasco of the sentencing hearing for Gen. Michael Flynn — a national teaching moment in respect of the meaning of “treason.” We...
Trump is dead wrong about birthright citizenship
President Trump is making a blunder with his vow to end birthright citizenship. He’d compound the error were he to try to snuff out this constitutional beacon with a mere...
A different insider dish on Trump
With all the books about President Trump, one mystery has been ignored. How did this supposed clown manage not only to learn Ronald Reagan’s economic formula but also carry it...
Nikki Haley triumphed at the UN because she saw through it
Nikki Haley’s tour as ambassador to the United Nations is going to be studied for years — and it’s not hard to understand why. She’s upstaged just about everyone who...
How the Kavanaugh travesty is changing the Senate
No matter which way Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation goes, the institution that will be damaged the most will be neither the Supreme Court nor the presidency. It’ll be the US...
Kavanaugh, his accuser and 'innocent until proven guilty'
With the possibility that Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser will appear before the Judiciary Committee next week, Senate Republicans need to get one thing clear: This is bigger than one nominee....
Ken Starr proves the perils of prosecutors probing presidents
Almost the whole gang’s here. The hottest names in the news today make appearances in the new book by Ken Starr, the independent prosecutor who tried to topple President Bill...
Democrats' mental breakdown over Kavanaugh
It’s tempting to hope the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh will finish the way they began. That’s with what amounts to a mental breakdown by the Democratic minority. The...
The true perils of betting on impeachment
None too soon to think about the prospect of impeachment. It’s in the headlines, after all, in the wake of the guilty verdicts against Paul Manafort and the guilty pleas...
Andrew Cuomo is now at war with the Bill of Rights
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyers will be in federal court in Albany next month, when they’ll try to get a judge to dismiss the lawsuit against him by America’s largest civil...
Kavanaugh is right to have major doubts about special counsels
Sen. Chuck Schumer is opening a new line of attack against President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. He thinks a Justice Brett Kavanaugh might vote to free Trump from...
Will Schumer drop Israel for Ocasio-Cortez?
What will Chuck Schumer do if he has to choose between the Democrats and Israel? The question begs for an answer with the rise of the party’s new “it” politician,...
Losing the Supreme Court can teach Democrats same valuable lessons
If President Trump succeeds in moving the Supreme Court to the right, it could turn out to be the best thing to have happened to the Democrats in years. This...
Democrats' new 'religious test' for the Supreme Court
Does the Constitution’s prohibition on religious tests for public office apply to senators confirming justices of the Supreme Court? That’s a question as President Trump mulls a successor to Anthony...
Supreme Court’s travel-ban ruling is a smackdown to activist judges
So much for the claim that Donald Trump’s strident campaign rhetoric about Muslims rendered him unfit to wield the powers of the presidency. The Supreme Court will have none of...
Brits are finding it's hard to leave the European Union
Britain will mark this weekend the second anniversary of its vote for Brexit, and it’s learned one thing for sure: It’s a lot easier to get into Europe than it...