Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

Today I'm joined by Professor Brian Fitzpatrick, a former Scalia law clerk and current law professor at Vanderbilt University. Brian gives us an expert opinion on the current trends in the lower courts and their threat to democracy.  Following up on his congressional testimony, Fitzpatrick argues that unless we reform the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts, any anomalous and extreme judge among the 7,000 district judges can wield enormous power. He warns that if you’re counting on a conservative Supreme Court to catch every mistake of the lower courts, you will surely be disappointed. SCOTUS is continuously reducing its workload and is very cautious to weigh in. Given that the Left is shopping around its lawsuits to courts that will give it victories and nationwide injunctions, the cases are never even brought to the Supreme Court.    He sees the most immediate needs as dividing up the Ninth Circuit and having Congress ban universal injunctions as the best remedies. We also discuss the need to transfer more power to state courts, particularly from lower federal courts. Congress has enormous power over the courts, if it will only use it.      Show links Prof. Fitzpatrick’s congressional testimony on reforming the courts  [written testimony] Why Gorsuch’s Dimaya ruling on criminal aliens is so dangerous Mexicans can now sue the Border Patrol for doing its job Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are two major policy betrayals emanating from this White House – both of which are being pushed by Javanaka. In this show we delve into the problems with the soft-on-crime “jailbreak” agenda and the stupid economics behind Ivankacare. First, we go through the details of the jailbreak bills that nobody is willing to study, much less oppose. Don’t listen to the platitudes of “criminal justice reform.” Look at what is actually happening with crime and incarceration and compare against what the bills actually do. Then, we discuss the insane social and economic values behind Marco Rubio’s “Ivankacare" bill. Europe’s experience shows that this is a dumb idea that only exacerbates family problems and creates a glass ceiling for women.  Are we going to allow Trump to drift on such fundamental issues?   Show links Bush judge demands that Trump be a king Rubio’s Ivankacare is the worst idea imaginable Jared and GOP senators getting Trump to violate his principles on crime   Why we need a very different type of criminal justice reform Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another ‘foreign policy Friday’ and we are joined by CR’s national security correspondent, Jordan Schachtel (@Jordan Schachtel). We go around the map and update you on what’s going on in Iran, Israel, Turkey, and North Korea and asses everything from a standpoint of what is in our interest and what is not.  We also asses where the administration is making progress and where they need to hear a vision from conservatives in order to right the ship.  The foreign policy swamp is big and powerful and unless conservatives develop their own policies and get in the ears of Trump, even the best of cabinet picks will be overwhelmed by the forces of the status quo.  We also discuss the bombshell revelation of Dianne Feinstein employing a Chinese spy for 20 years. Finally, we dissect the cancer of the Kochs and how they push left-wing policies.  They are being empowered by Jared and Ivanka who are now both pushing jailbreak and socialist paid family leave programs.  Now is a time for conservatives to be bold and brave and demand that Trump orient all his policies and personnel with his rhetoric.  Show links State of play in Iran Iran’s threat in the Straits of Hormuz Dave Brat’s bill to bar funding of religious institutions from terrorist nations Is Jared pushing a new “peace” plan? Kochs funding anti-Israel leftists   Rubio’s Ivankacare is a disaster on every level   Dianne Feinstein employed a Chinese spy for 20 years Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives need to stay focused on actually implementing our agenda rather than being scared to prod the president into action.  In many cases, he is very open to our position. This is evident with the budget fight.  But if we fail to get involved, he will drift to the gravitational pull of the swamp.  We do him nor his agenda any favors by not properly guiding him on the budget fight, crime bills, and how to fight the courts.  We give a vision on how to navigate this budget fight over the next month.  We also give an update on the latest insane court decisions and how one recent court opinion on First Amendment rights demonstrates how easy it is for the executive branch to push back – if it so chooses.  At some point, the unwillingness to push back is akin to a 250-pound boxer being held up by a 100-pound woman.   We also, touch on jailbreak – the insane Koch initiative that never dies.  This bill violates everything Trump promised on crime, drugs, and immigration.     Show links It’s time to test the limits of judicial supremacy Racist judge rules blacks too dumb for normal ballots Hilarious CRTV video on racist arguments against photo id Judge orders hurricane relief that doesn’t exist in statute More updates on the terrible soft on crime bill Trump is supporting   Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Beth Williams, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, to discuss the new religious liberty task force established on Monday by Jeff Sessions.  Ms. Williams updates us on some of the growing concerns throughout the country that religious liberty has now been read out of the Constitution, even though it is the very first right in the Bill of Rights.  We discuss the challenge of the lower courts codifying new rights against the inalienable rights of religious liberty, even after some important Supreme Court victories. Later in the show, we give an update on immigration, other crazy court cases and the fight to even have a fight over the budget.  We also discuss the latest data on the drug crisis and how all signs point to the border issue, not prescriptions as the culprit.  Either way, the Left is zealous about their views with a degree of religious fervency that is absent from the Right.  Quotes: As Justice Story wrote in “Commentaries on the Constitution” (3: § 1870) “The rights of conscience are, indeed, beyond the just reach of any human power. They are given by God, and cannot be encroached upon by human authority.” During the House floor debate over the First Amendment on August 20, 1789, James Madison explained the purpose of the Establishment Clause as follows: “Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience.” [Emphasis added]. Show notes What Maryland teaches us about the drug crisis 9 nutty court decisions from last week DC metro can ban religious ads, according to DC Circuit   Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress might be on vacation until after Labor Day, but the lower courts are working overtime to destroy this republic.  You will come away from this episode understanding, once and for all, why the judiciary is irremediably broken, why simply appointing “better judges” alone won’t help, and why nothing matters in terms of elections and Congress until this issue is dealt with. We go through a list of about 10 insane court decisions dealing with cultural, fiscal, and immigration issues just from last week.  These cases alone have the ability to alter our country in a way that even Democrat control of Congress would never do.  Fundamental rights have been so bastardized by the courts that what is a true right, such as property, religious liberty, and self-defense, can be regulated into oblivion, while the “right” to self-immolate for the sexual identity movement and to kill one’s baby cannot be touched and must be subsidized.   Get ready to hear the case against the current judiciary everyone else is scared to make.          Show links     Jim Jordan calls for budget fight before the election 10 ways to reclaim power from the courts Court ruling on an immigration case over which it has no jurisdiction Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., to discuss the significance of Jim Jordan’s run for speaker. Biggs was one of the first members to endorse his candidacy.   He gives us an inside look at how House leadership is failing us. They have no proactive agenda and always cave to the liberal Senate, thereby making House Republicans always explain themselves and remain on defense. “Whoever is explaining is losing,” said Biggs. He elucidates how a leader like Jordan will turn the tables on the Senate and make them explain why they are opposing our winning bills.  He believes that most House Republicans, perhaps unlike Senate Republicans, would do the right thing with an aggressive and proactive leadership. Andy also discusses the problems with illegal immigration and an out-of-control judiciary. Congress has been completely MIA on those issues.  Later in the show, we place the GDP numbers in their proper context. We show that, while the tax cuts did a good job infusing the economy with capital in the short run, there are still a lot of mitigating factors that hurt our economy and will make it harder to grow at 4 percent for the entire year, absent more free-market reforms to our fiscal policy and the Federal Reserve.  Show links The true crisis of illegal immigration  Don’t miss the Andy Biggs podcast every week! Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we can understand the significance of the speaker’s race, we need to understand what is wrong with Congress. In today’s show, I go through the recent betrayals in Congress and how there is no forward-looking conservative movement to hold people accountable. Absent conservative leadership, the president is drifting into the establishment camp. This is where Jim Jordan comes in. Jordan has an opportunity to finally get our views, ideas, and strategies on the map and to push the president to the right. He can help conservatives trying to keep their seats disentangle from the morass of the GOP and rebrand themselves — but only if we as a movement actually push for these ideas.    Show links Jim Jordan’s run for speaker is the last chance to save Congress Americans overwhelmingly oppose illegals voting in elections Judge allows lawsuit against asking citizenship status on Census Republicans just voted for something worse than amnesty  Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we are joined by Joseph Humire, our expert on Latin America and terrorism, to discuss the nexus between our own immigration crisis, instability in Nicaragua and Venezuela, and a subversion campaign by the axis of Russia-China-Iran. Humire explains why you should care about Latin America, particularly what is going on in Nicaragua and Venezuela. Central American migrants are being used to destabilize the region and bring in Middle Easterners. The threat from Middle Easterners at the border has never been graver and will only get worse as these key transit countries deteriorate. Who is behind much of the destabilization? Russia. We can only secure our border if we stop the flow in Central America itself, according to Humire, which is why the Russians are establishing ties with the bad guys there to foist upon us the same migration crisis they helped bring upon Europe with the destabilization of Syria. We need a doctrine to signal our priorities to potential allies in the region and to deter Russia and China. We also give you the latest perfidy from Republicans stabbing us in the back on immigration and the courts.   Show links Judge suspends immigration law again Russia’s threat in Latin America Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all but forgotten that our debt crisis is now worse than it was under Obama. Republicans keep increasing spending every week, and nobody pays attention and nobody on the “Right” is pressuring Trump to dust off his veto pen. In this episode, I explain why the source of the debt is mainly from spending, not the tax cuts, and how it is hurting our economy and national security. I offer a legislative update on the spending bills, farm bill, and some ridiculous health care bills that will wind their way through Congress. GOP leaders continue to miss the point. Health care is the lynchpin to the debt crisis and getting rid of third-party interference is the lynchpin to solving health care. But they are headed in the opposite direction.    Show links Even with tax cuts, we will never grow the way we should because of debt Countering Russia the right way Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices