If the Supreme Court were to grant review, it would have to consider two issues: the first is whether this state-imposed fine and others like it are covered by the Eighth Amendment; if so, the second issue would be whether the fine of $464 million is excessive.
Unless the Biden administration changes course and encourages Israel to achieve its legitimate military goal of defeating Hamas, terrorism will win and civilization will lose.
International law, and especially the law of war, is largely an academic enterprise. Enforced mechanisms are entirely political and not deserving of the respect accorded real judges.
Were I not invited to speak in defense of Israel, none of these issues would have been raised.
The Middle East and the world would be a safer place without the current Iranian regime.
Since the day the mullahs arranged to take over the American embassy and hold our citizens hostage in 1979, Iran has been in a state of war with the United States.
Hamas knew that by crossing into Israel and murdering, raping and kidnapping its civilians, it was signing a death warrant for many Gazan civilians whom Hamas intended to use as human shields.
Leftists who have been on the forefront in denying free speech rights to those deemed politically incorrect have now begun to champion the First Amendment in defense of those who advocate the killing of Jews.
For Harvard President Gay, context apparently matters only for genocidal threats against Jews.
The protests are exclusively anti-Israel, anti-American, pro-Hamas, and pro-terrorism.
The United States and Israel must assume that unless it is stopped, Iran will soon — how soon is always a matter of degree — have a nuclear arsenal.
Does a dead Muslim baby matter less if she was killed by a Muslim than by a Jew?
The 14th Amendment was never intended to be used to deny voters the right to decide who their next president would be in all future elections.
Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ Reflects, at Best, Ignorance of the Term’s Meaning and, at Worst, Complicity With Hamas Terrorists.
Today’s “progressives” champion the First Amendment when it comes in defense of those who advocate the killing of Jews.
Doctors Without Borders holds itself out to be a politically neutral medical provider that cares about all people equally. That was its pretend pose when it won the Nobel Peace Prize. In actuality, it was always a hard-left group that played politics with medicine. But recent events have exposed the depths of its bigotry and destroyed its fraudulent claims of neutrality.
In her testimony last week, Gay defended her refusal to punish students who call for genocide against Jews by asserting that “we embrace a commitment to full expression.”
It was no surprise to me that Harvard was ranked dead last among major universities in supporting free speech.
To sacrifice victory in order to placate the civilians of Gaza, or to reduce criticism of Israel from the biased international community, academia or the media, would be wrong, both morally and strategically.
The media needs to condemn Hamas for using Palestinian babies and civilians as shields.
There is often no sharp line between combatants and civilians when it comes to Hamas terrorists and their facilitators, since Hamas does not have a regular army with uniforms and other criteria for distinguishing between the two.
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