Gun Rights Actually Are a Civil Rights Issue

March 29, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where conservative lawmakers demand another special counsel to look into questionable actions by the FBI and Justice Department in pursuing Trump but not Clinton. Fred Lucas reports. An actual Russian connection emerges in a filing by the current special counsel, Chuck Ross finds. Speaking of investigations, Kevin Mooney writes that a labor expert seeks a probe of a Democrat on the National Labor Relations Board. Plus: Mary Kate Hopkins on the purchase power of tax cuts, Peter Parisi on Obama's sad legacy for Christians, Chrissy Clark on historic womanhood, and Jarrett Stepman on the shared history of gun rights and civil rights for black Americans.
Commentary Gun Rights Actually Are a Civil Rights Issue Some of the first states to pass highly restrictive gun control legislation were in the Reconstruction-era South. They implemented so-called "black codes" to restrict the rights of former slaves, including the right to bear arms. Read More
News Calls Grow for Second Special Counsel to Probe Justice Department Conduct Congressional Republicans increase pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to probe aspects of the Justice Department's disparate conduct toward the 2016 presidential candidates, including that of then-FBI Director James Comey. Read More
News Policy Watchdog Asks Investigation of Labor Board Member for Leak Allegations that a pro-union Obama appointee on the National Labor Relations Board improperly disclosed internal deliberations should be investigated, a Washington labor policy analyst tells the agency's inspector general. Read More
Commentary Tax Reform Boosts Take-Home Pay for Millions of Americans. Here's the Proof. Ninety percent of Americans will get to keep more of what they earn as a result of the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department. Read More
News Mueller Says Trump Aide Knowingly Communicated With Former Russian Spy The revelation comes in a sentencing memorandum filed about Alex van der Zwaan, a London-based lawyer who pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with Trump campaign aide Rick Gates and the ex-spy. Read More
Commentary Obama Judges Rule Cross Monument Must Go, Showing Elections Do Have Consequences A federal court packed by Obama appointees ruled that the Peace Cross, a monument honoring men killed in World War I, must be torn down after nearly a century. Read More
Feature 25 of the Most Influential Women in American History To wrap up Women's History Month, meet 25 American women who continue to inspire us here at The Daily Signal. Read More
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