![The Kavanaugh Hearings Should Focus on Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Not Roe v. Wade The Kavanaugh Hearings Should Focus on Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Not Roe v. Wade](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/kavanaughbrett_090418am6_lead-1-516x260.jpg)
By Andrew Willis
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09.06.18
In the first few days of his confirmation hearings,Judge Brett Kavanaugh has already been doggedly questioned on his views on abortion, specifically whether he will overturn Roe v. Wade. The attention on his views is warranted. If Judge Kavanaugh is...
![Dianne Feinstein’s Big Fat Abortion Lie Dianne Feinstein’s Big Fat Abortion Lie](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Dianne-7-516x260.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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09.05.18
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) claimed that approximately 1.2 million women died from illegal abortions in the 20 years preceding the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion nationwide. That is not what the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute reports.
![If Confirmed, Will Justice Kavanaugh Help the Pro-Life Cause? If Confirmed, Will Justice Kavanaugh Help the Pro-Life Cause?](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Brett_Kavanaugh_6-516x260.png)
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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09.05.18
Based on the response from the left, you would think that the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court would virtually guarantee the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Why, then, are some conservative and pro-life groups opposing his confirmation?
![No More Tax Dollars for the Planned Parenthood Chop Shop No More Tax Dollars for the Planned Parenthood Chop Shop](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Defund_PP-516x260.png)
By David E. Smith
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08.22.18
Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives supported the $1.3 trillion dollar “omnibus” budget bill which included hundreds of millions of dollars for Planned Parenthood.
Yes, federal lawmakers continue to fund what Daniel John Sobieski described in an op/ed...
![No Surprise, Leftists Want to Fight Dirty No Surprise, Leftists Want to Fight Dirty](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SCOTUS_2-516x260.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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07.16.18
"Progressives" control academia, government schools, the mainstream press, professional medical and mental health organizations, the arts, and are infiltrating even churches. And now they seek absolute control over the judiciary through “court-packing.” They want constitutional revisionists to dominate the Supreme Court even if that means expanding the number of Justices. And some of them openly share their reasons for this proposal, thus exposing the brazenness of their tyrannical quest to transform America into a totalizing and totalitarian “progressive” dystopia.
![Be of Good Cheer About Brett Kavanaugh Be of Good Cheer About Brett Kavanaugh](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Brett-Kavanaugh-6-516x260.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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07.11.18
In an email, conservative Chicago attorney Joseph A. Morris, former Assistant Attorney General of the United States, President and General Counsel of The Lincoln Legal Foundation, and frequent guest on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight,” told IFI that he is “thrilled by the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh,” elaborating...
![SCOTUS Allows Lower Court to Ban prayer from Public Square SCOTUS Allows Lower Court to Ban prayer from Public Square](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Praying-3-516x260.png)
07.03.18
In case you thought that the potential to flip Justice Kennedy’s seat alone will bring us back to the constitutional promised land, think again. So long as the lower courts are not restrained, we will never return to the Constitution and the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
![The Overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Possibility of Cultural Change The Overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Possibility of Cultural Change](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SCOTUS-1-516x260.png)
By Dr. Michael L. Brown
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07.02.18
Within hours of Justice Kennedy announcing his imminent retirement, voices on the left began announcing the imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade.
David Cole, national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, “If Donald Trump, who has promised...
![SPLC Admits Defamation, Conservative Organizations Threaten Lawsuits SPLC Admits Defamation, Conservative Organizations Threaten Lawsuits](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SPLC_liberal-hate.jpg)
By John Biver
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06.25.18
It’s often difficult to distinguish truth from satire on websites like The Onion and the Babylon Bee, and a few days ago many woke up to this headline:
Southern Poverty Law Center Apologizes for Mislabeling Group as Anti-Muslim Extremists, Agrees...
![Important U.S. Supreme Court Decision Summaries (and Some Much-Needed Good News) Important U.S. Supreme Court Decision Summaries (and Some Much-Needed Good News)](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Life_Court-3-516x260.png)
By John Biver
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06.21.18
Many pro-family conservatives ask, “Isn’t there any good news to report?” Yes, there is. Some examples are the growing national economy, record low unemployment numbers for minorities, foreign policy changes from the G.W. Bush and Obama years, and, lately, even...
![Troubling SCOTUS Decision on Cake-Baker Troubling SCOTUS Decision on Cake-Baker](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jack_Phillips-516x260.png)
By Laurie Higgins
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06.08.18
In a 7-2 decision the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips who was sued by a homosexual couple, Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins, for declining to bake a wedding cake for their pseudo-wedding. While the...
![The Internet Sales Tax: A Threat to Small Businesses and Federalism The Internet Sales Tax: A Threat to Small Businesses and Federalism](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Internet-sales-tax-516x260-516x260.jpg)
06.07.18
A number of critical decisions are set to be released by the U.S. Supreme Court this month. One in particular could have wide-ranging impact on our economy and on the very principle of federalism.
![Strict Scrutiny and the ERA – A Bad Combination for Women Strict Scrutiny and the ERA – A Bad Combination for Women](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WaronWomen-1-516x260.png)
04.23.18
On the surface, the Equal Rights Amendment seems quite innocent. The main text states, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied by the United States or any state on account of sex.”
![Senators, Confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State Senators, Confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pompeo-sec-of-state-516x260.png)
04.21.18
Written by Rob Chambers
President Donald Trump nominated Mike Pompeo, current Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, to become the next U.S. Secretary of State.
During a recent Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing, Mr. Pompeo was asked about past comments he...
![A Black-Robed Counterrevolution A Black-Robed Counterrevolution](https://illinoisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/federal-appeals-courts1-516x260.png)
By Robert Knight
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04.18.18
Federal judges sit on the bench for life and can either uphold the law or rule like tyrants. This puts judicial appointments right near the top of the most important things a president can do.
The newest U.S. Supreme Court...