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How to Know if an Allegation is Credible
According to the people who surround me (predominantly Leftists), there are a few things that are plainly true: Brett Kavanaugh is guilty of assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, Clarence Thomas is guilty of harassing Anita Hill, Roy Moore is guilty of assaulting a lot of...
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Living in a Bubble | Episode 45 of The New Guards Podcast
Welcome to the shortest episode in New Guards Podcast history! Richie breaks down two recent "minibus" bills and addresses the rampant progressive bias in his law school. When students live in a bubble, they don't know any better than to accept professors' philosophy...
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Did Mike Lee Just Vote to Fund Planned Parenthood??
Syndicated radio host and Conservative Review contributor Shannon Joy took to Facebook Live on Friday to break the news that a congressional appropriations bill (a “minibus,” as she called it) had just passed through both chambers of the legislature with virtually no...
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The Kavanaugh Chronicles: Blumenthal’s Plea | Episode 44 of The New Guards Podcast
Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein (CA) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) beg Brett Kavanaugh to set aside the law in favor of their Leftist ideology. And just because something is taboo doesn't mean it's good. Monologue Feinstein to Kavanaugh Matt Christiansen on...
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Feinstein to Kavanaugh: How Can You Reconcile Justice with an Unjust World?
We’ve finally reached the end of the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (thank goodness), and if you’ve been paying attention to any media whatsoever, Left or Right, you’ve likely heard soundbites from one of my senators, Kamala...
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Giving John McCain the Ted Kennedy Treatment
Legendary Arizona senator and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain passed away last week, just more than one year after he was diagnosed with glioblastoma -- a highly malignant brain tumor. As scores of conservatives have already addressed, the Left and the...
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Make Self-Government Evident Again
The greatest threat to the "experiment of self-government" is that self-government is no longer self-evident. Americans have lost their self-governing ways. Their blue-collar identity as American Whigs has turned Loyalist red. Americans have abandoned enlightenment...
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Breyer v. Scalia: Dawn of Justices | Episode 43 of The New Guards Podcast
To better understand the opposing perspective, Richie presents a 2006 debate between two Supreme Court justices, Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer, over textualism and purposivism. Monologue Scalia/Breyer...
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The Left’s Perception of Law
Only two weeks into law school, my understanding of the way the Left views and approaches law has changed dramatically. It’s incredibly easy to strawman the Left by saying that they hate the Constitution or that they think judges should rule based on what they wish...
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