Victor Joecks’ column appears in the Opinion section each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
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Brett Kavanaugh is going to be confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. He has more of a defined approach to the Constitution than Justice Anthony Kennedy, but it’s not possible to say how he’d rule in a case seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade. That’s all according to Thomas Jedding, senior legal fellow with the free-market Heritage Foundation.
Clark County’s inability to stop illegal fireworks — even building a website that ended up highlighting its own impotence — was a fitting tribute to Independence Day.
Politics is a dirty business, but politicians usually avoid attacking charities supported by their own church. Not Steve Sisolak.
Every mass shooting exposes the impotence of government. Thursday’s horrific shooting at a Capital Gazette is no exception.
Two of the Supreme Court’s most high-profile decisions this week involved unions and abortion, but the principle at stake was free speech.
Adults with children caught crossing the border illegally should be released into the country if they claim asylum. A physical barrier wouldn’t deter border crossings, and Republican efforts to outlaw family separation aren’t worth supporting. That’s according to Hardeep “Dee” Sull, a Nevada attorney, who’s part of Lawyer Moms of America.
If you want to raise teacher pay, tell them how to opt out of membership in the Clark County Education Association. That’ll save them hundreds of dollars a year.
Some mass shooting are more equal than others. At least when it comes to media coverage. Last Sunday morning, one of the worst mass shootings of 2018 took place in Trenton, New Jersey, but the tragedy barely made a blip on the national news.
Democrats are positioning themselves to vote down a bill that would permanently prevent the separation of illegal immigrant parents and children. Remember this the next time you see liberals compare President Donald Trump and his administration to Nazis on this issue.
The recent Democratic primary was a setback for progressives, and the governor’s race will come down to which candidate voters trust.
If you want to understand why Republicans think the news media is biased, contrast how two recent stories were — and weren’t — covered.
“What happens here, stays here” isn’t just a slogan the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority uses to promote Las Vegas. It’s the attitude CEO Rossi Ralenkotter and his staff have when it comes to inappropriately spending taxpayer money.
If you want to ease the housing crunch, start by reigning in the environmentalists.
Steve Sisolak won the Democrat nomination because of his appeal to older voters. Sen. Dean Heller’s formidable campaign team will help him in a hotly contested Senate race, according to political consultant Zac Moyle.
Nevada Democrats have selected their candidate for governor, but in many ways it didn’t matter who won Tuesday’s primary. Steve Sisolak, Chris Giunchigliani and their allies spent millions showing they are radical leftists who want Nevada to look like California.
