(Akiit.com) The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the U.S. Supreme Court is about to bring a 60-year battle to a head. For decades the country has witnessed a fight between those who believe the Constitution speaks for itself and others who believe it says whatever the judges think it says, ...
(Akiit.com) To read the reaction to the news of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement you would think something terrible has happened. It’s quite the contrary. The Economist said those who wanted the Supreme Court “to float above America’s partisan divide reacted with….dismay. The news website VOX said Kennedy was “one of the ...
(Akiit.com) Last weekend, President Donald Trump argued that those foreigners who enter the United States unlawfully should simply be taken to the border, escorted across it and let go. According to the president, this would save precious government resources, avoid the business of separating children from their parents and free up ...
(Akiit.com) This week, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., issued a clarion call to Democrats outraged at the policies of the Trump administration: It’s time for mob action. In the wake of mobs targeting Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Waters explained: “God is on our side! ...
(Akiit.com) The Trump administration has separated some 2,000 children from their parents, most of whom have come to the United States seeking asylum. Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible, Romans 13, as justification for this zero-tolerance immigration policy. The first verse reads: “Everyone is to obey the governing authorities, because there ...
(Akiit.com) Dick Gregory left us in August of last year. At least a year before passing away, he told me we’d soon be facing chaos. Well, naturally, since so many, including me, thought that Hillary Clinton would be our President and our nation would function normally, we could not imagine what ...
(Akiit.com) Usually, I call him 45. Don’t want to feed the ego of a narcissist by calling out his name. But every shred of ignominy that is associated with this era needs to be associated with this putrid 45th President of the United States. So let’s call it, the Trump era. ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats have nothing to offer voters this election cycle except outrage and protests. As a recovering liberal myself, I’ve told my radio audience for years “democrats make you mad, so you don’t have to think.” Heading into the midterm elections, it’s clear their strategy hasn’t changed post-Obama. I’ve grown increasingly ...
(Akiit.com) The bitter acrimony directed toward President Trump and his family is unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime. Many attackers are has-been “personalities” who think attacking him will somehow reboot their failed careers or save whatever career they think they have. Take, for instance, Kathy Griffin. She was no better-known ...
(Akiit.com) After Sarah Sanders and her family were kicked out of a restaurant owned by a Trump-hater, Rep. Maxine Waters said on MSNBC, “I have no sympathy for these people that are in this administration who know it’s wrong for what they’re doing on so many fronts.” She added, “I want ...
(Akiit.com) The idea behind the justice system is that it’s designed for just that: justice. It’s meant to be impartial, honest, and, most importantly, fair. Despite this, however, there’s one thing that happens far too often. Innocent people are wrongfully convicted of crimes that they didn’t commit. Of course, these are ...
(Akiit.com) Every single day, hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to situations of injustice. This is a sad fact. What’s more? The majority of these individuals tend to come from marginalised groups in society – minorities who often do not have the means to fight their own corner effectively. Now, ...