In this week’s Daily Caller Op-Ed, Michael Thielen, RNLA Executive Director, highlighted how the extreme left and many Democrats are against verifiably honest elections in America. His piece explains how left-wing ideologues have written "articles"--what tantamount to opinion pieces--and passes them off as news articles. The piece goes on to praise, the too often vilified, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and his efforts to ensure more honest elections in Kansas.

Both houses of Congress held hearings today on Russian interference in the 2016 election.  What did we learn?  Not much.  Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.  A variety of officials testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  

Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down another opinion as it winds down its 2016 Term. The opinion issued today was Matal v. Tam, also known as "The Slants" case. The crux of this case was whether the U.S. Government could withhold trademark protection from words or terms that could offend society, in the opinion of government bureaucrats. Resoundingly, the Court declared, "No!" in an 8-0 decision. Both wings of the Court met at the middle, albeit emphasizing different means to get there.

This week in the Daily Caller, RNLA Vice President for Election Education David Warrington submitted an op-ed reviewing this week's Senate hearing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The article praises his testimony and offers a comparison to the former Obama Administration:

This morning, we were startled by sad and shocking news that a deranged individual opened fire and deliberately targeted members, associates, and staff of the U.S. Congress while they were practicing for a charity baseball game later this week. His target was, apparently, to hurt and kill Republicans. In the chaos, five people, including Majority Whip Steve Scalise, were injured and the assailant died while in custody.

If you only have time (or the desire) to watch one Senator “question” Attorney General Sessions in today’s hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, may I suggest watching Senator Cotton. 

RNLA member Eric Wang lamented how California's new attorney general is continuing the political crusade against non-profit organizations that was a hallmark of the previous attorney general's tenure:

Over the last week, President Trump has nominated 21 judges to fill various lower Federal Court openings, including 8 who were named this past Wednesday. Currently, there are 132 judicial openings throughout the Federal Court system, nearly half the openings have been classified as “judicial emergencies” by the government's Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The most recent batch of judicial nominations is receiving the praise of conservative and libertarian legal scholars and leaders.

One of the most important items discussed during today's hearing, former FBI Director Comey stated unequivocally that he was "confident" that no votes were altered by the Russian Government (he made these remarks during Chairman Richard Burr's initial round of questioning). Put another way, the Russians did not steal the election.  Hillary lost and President Trump won.  Period.   

“There remains NO evidence that voting machines were hacked or that anyone tampered with the result of the election,” David Becker prominently declared in his article in Center for Election Innovation and Research.