RNLA member Eric Wang wrote today about how the "Honest Ads Act" currently pending in Congress would burden Americans' free speech rights while doing very little to prevent foreign political ads:

People often ask how bad is the Senate confirmation process? It is not that different from the past they say.  Yesterday, a prime example happened of how wrong and how ridiculous the Senate Democrat obstruction has become.  As Senator James Lankford (R-OK) stated on the Senate Floor (emphasis ours):

RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen wrote today in the Daily Callerabout yesterday's House Committee on Administration hearing on state voter registration list maintenance and the importance of accurate voter registration records:

Yesterday, Allen Dickerson of the Center for Competitive Politics (as of today, now called the Institute for Free Speech) testified to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Information Technology on the dangers posed to free speech by proposals to regulate internet advertisements (footnotes omitted):

Tomorrow at 11:00 AM, the Committee on House Administration is holding an important hearing on "State Voter Registration List Maintenance."  RNLA sent a letter in support of accurate voter registration lists to the Committee today:

Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt ended the "sue and settle" practices by which environmental activist organizations controlled a portion of the regulatory process at the EPA during the Obama Administration:

Next Wednesday evening at the City Club of Washington, DC, the RNLA will host a reception honoring Larry Levy, who was selected by the RNLA Board of Governors as the 2017 Republican Lawyer of the Year.  RNLA'sleadership praised Mr. Levy as very deserving of this honor:

Last week's op-ed by RNLA Vice President for Election Education David Warrington on efforts by Democrats on the FEC to regulate political speech on the Internet provoked an odd, though perhaps predictable, response on Twitter, ending with former FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel tweeting that the "point of the article" was to generate death threats against her.  This week in the Daily Caller, RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen responded:

President Trump's White House continues sending excellent judicial nominees to the Senate for consideration.  While everyone wants his or her favorite nominee to be the first considered, Roll Call laid out the practical factors that will affect the schedule in the Senate.