It’s basic civics that, of the three branches of democratic governance, it’s the legislative which makes the laws and the judicial which makes judgments about those laws. Too many judges seem to have skipped Civics class. Activist judges, as they are known, seem to labour under the delusion
Peter Ridd’s case against James Cook University will be heard by the High Court at the end of this month. The case is a potential landmark judgment on academic freedom. But, considering it’s framed against a background of climate alarmism and allegedly dodgy science, don’t expect the
Whatever you may think of Israel Folau, the man’s a fighter. When Folau was hit with the leftist fatwa of being cancelled by the Twitter mob and their journalistic hangers-on, he didn’t back down. Instead, Folau stuck to his guns. When Rugby Australia sacked him for the
You had to be listening hard through the word soup to hear that the Prime Minister believes that you don’t need a target to reduce violent crime, all you have to do is reduce the prison population. Hon Judith Collins: Why does the Government have a target to reduce
As analysis published by The BFD has shown, “Critical Race Theory” claims to be “anti-racist”, while being very, very, very racist indeed. Imagine, if you will, Florida governor Ron De Santis announcing that he would not give interviews to Hispanic reporters; or Ted Cruz refusing to talk to black
Free Speech Union Because the issues are so important, Professor Philip Joseph, the author of New Zealand’s leading textbook on Constitutional and Administrative Law, has volunteered to support the Free Speech Union’s lead barrister Jack Hodder QC before the Supreme Court in its appeal relating to the banning
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk California’s legislature is attempting to introduce major amendments to the state’s assisted suicide law that would remove safeguards and physician’s rights of conscientious objection, only five years after the law came into effect. In 2015, California became the fifth state
The Free Speech Union is announcing its support of an appeal to the Supreme Court, of parts of last month’s Court of Appeal decision in the Goff “divisive speaker ban” case. Last month, the Court of Appeal told Auckland Council it could not hide from human rights law behind
I’ve always thought road maggots were selfish and inconsiderate users of roads they don’t pay for. Yesterday in Auckland they proved that categorically by illegally riding on State Highway 1 over Auckland Harbour Bridge. All egged on by a former Associate Transport Minister who once promoted the Vision
You know you are over the target when you start copping flak. Simeon Brown is certainly copping a fair amount after calling out the lawlessness of criminal gang members who have reacted like a bunch of cry-babies. Now they have taken to the ultimate cry-baby action of all,
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union The UK government has introduced a draft “Online Safety Bill” which would force websites to clamp down on legal speech, and even block them if they don’t comply. Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, said that the bill would “protect children on the
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust One of the standout stories that dominated headlines this week was the unprovoked coward-punch attack on Fau Vake in Auckland. Vake was waiting for a taxi when he was punched in the back of the head, hospitalised, and has since succumbed
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is leading the way in making sensible laws that will improve the lives of New Zealanders. Since our nine ACT MPs joined me in Parliament just over six months ago, we have all sponsored a Member’s Bill. These Bills will improve policy
Gabriel Hays newsbusters.org Staff writer for MRC Culture. Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow. University of Dallas Class of ’16. Governor Greg Abbot (R-TX) just signed into law one of the nation’s most important abortion bans in history in the state of Texas and boy, are abortion lovers
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust In the wake of the coward punch attack on Fau Vake over the weekend, a petition set up by the Sensible Sentencing Trust to bring in harsher sentences for these attacks has already reached well over eleven thousand signatures in less than
