Articles by Cully Stimson

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Interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro stands during her swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Make DC Safe Again—2.0

Cully Stimson | August 07, 2025

President Donald Trump is right to be angry about violent crime in D.C. As one of us (Cully Stimson) wrote in these pages in January,… Read More

LawCommentary

A 5-Word Legislative Fix Could Help Quell Riots

Cully Stimson | July 27, 2025

Brevity is the soul of wit, as Polonius said in Shakespeare’s classic drama “Hamlet.” And while we would never, ever, compare any legislation to the Bard’s creations,… Read More

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that individual judges cannot grant nationwide injunctions to block executive orders, including the injunction on President Trump’s effort to eliminate birthright citizenship in the U.S. The justices did not rule on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship but stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days.

DOJ Sues More States Over In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens

Cully Stimson | July 02, 2025

Attention, all parents and college students worried about the ever-rising cost of college tuition. The Department of Justice has finally—after three decades—started enforcing the federal… Read More

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Pete Hegseth, in a blue suit and red, white and blue tie, prepared remarks in hand, walks up step to platform.

Students for Fair Admissions and Naval Academy File Motion to Vacate Opinion Allowing Academy to Use Race in Admissions

Cully Stimson | July 01, 2025

Imagine judging a trial, ruling for one party, and writing a 179-page opinion, only to find the same parties asking you to vacate your opinion… Read More

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Trump Didn’t Need Congressional Approval for Iran Strike

Cully Stimson | June 26, 2025

President Donald Trump was on solid legal ground in the military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Not only did he not need congressional approval to… Read More

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Attorney Pam Bondi, in an army green jacket, testifies at a House hearing.

Contempt Authority: The Key to Empowering Immigration Judges

Cully Stimson | June 24, 2025

For nearly three decades, it has been an uphill battle to give immigration judges their fair share of judicial tools to do their ever-increasingly difficult… Read More

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Attorney General Pam Bondi in a beige suit sits behind microphone.

DOJ Finally Gives Immigration Judges Tools to Prune Their Dockets

Cully Stimson | June 11, 2025

This April, the acting director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review issued a memo clarifying the requirement of immigration judges to effectively manage their… Read More

LawAnalysis

Sanctuary Cities Forced to Comply With Federal Immigration Rules Due to Innovative Program

Cully Stimson | June 11, 2025

Sanctuary cities’ runaround of the law may have finally come to an end, thanks to a creative program called Operation Guardian Angel. Launched by Bill Essayli,… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Pete Hegseth in a blue suit salutes at D-Day ceremonies.

Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think

Cully Stimson | June 09, 2025

On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using… Read More

LawCommentary

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at an event to announce a drug trafficking bust.

DOJ Sues Texas to Enforce Law Prohibiting States From Offering Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition—and Wins

Cully Stimson | June 05, 2025

On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Justice Department finally did what every prior administration (including Trump 1.0) for the past three decades refused to do—enforced… Read More

LawCommentary

Matthew Graves’ Abysmal Legacy as US Attorney for DC

Cully Stimson | June 01, 2025

The legacy of Matt Graves, the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is now coming into focus, and it’s not pretty. In April, I… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Riverhead, NY, Police Officer Bill Krause stands in front of the black wall etched with the names of New York officers who have lost their lives. Officer Krause's reflection is seen in the wall.

Thank a Cop This Police Week

Cully Stimson | May 13, 2025

Last year, 147 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the United States, an increase of 25% from 2023. Their names will… Read More

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Sign with white lettering against black background reading Judge Hannah C. Dugan 615.

Judges Who Break Federal Law Can and Should Be Prosecuted

Cully Stimson | April 30, 2025

As the old saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. How else can you make sense of or explain how two unrelated state court… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Why DC Remains One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities

Cully Stimson | April 28, 2025

Once in a blue moon, you run across a statistic or record that is mind-boggling. Some are amazing, like Alex Ovechkin’s 895 goals or Serena… Read More

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Close up of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Could New York Attorney General Letitia James Become the Next Marilyn Mosby?

Cully Stimson | April 22, 2025

In an attempt to get a lower mortgage rate on a vacation home in Longboat Key, Florida, one controversial elected prosecutor in a major U.S…. Read More

SecurityCommentary

Meet Jason Williams: The Rogue Prosecutor Whose Policies Are Wreaking Havoc in New Orleans

Cully Stimson | April 04, 2025

This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and the threat… Read More

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Judge Reyes’ Abominable Transgender Opinion

Cully Stimson | March 25, 2025

Judge Ana Reyes, a federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction last week barring the Trump administration from expelling certain transgender… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Barbed wire fencing and a guard tower at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The Meritless ACLU Lawsuit to Stop Trump From Sending Illegal Aliens to Gitmo

Cully Stimson | March 13, 2025

Earlier this week, the Trump administration brought about 40 illegal aliens it had taken to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a… Read More

EducationCommentary

Students protesting holding signs and banners, rallying for illegal immigrants

Taxpayer-Subsidized College Tuition for Illegal Aliens—but Not for Citizens

Cully Stimson | February 07, 2025

Did you know that 25 states offer in-state college tuition to illegal aliens? Probably not. And did you know that there is a federal statute… Read More

LawCommentary

If Prosecutors ‘Followed the Science’ as They Claim, We’d Have Less Crime, Not More

Cully Stimson | February 02, 2025

“Follow the science” is a common chorus among progressives. But often they, not those they moralize against, are the real science deniers. Take progressive prosecutors…. Read More

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two police officers in Metropolitan Police Department jackets walk down a sidewalk with their backs to the camera holding up police caution tape as they walk under it to a crime scene

Make DC Safe Again

Cully Stimson | January 16, 2025

It’s time to make Washington, D.C., safe again. Washington is one of the most dangerous capital cities in the civilized world. Tourists, diplomats, members of… Read More

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When a Judge Incorrectly Rules Race as Legit in Naval Academy Admissions (Part 3 of 3)

Cully Stimson | December 20, 2024

Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in admissions decisions, even though the Supreme Court last year expressly forbade the use of race… Read More

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The front gate entrance of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

US Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (Part 2 of 3): The Witnesses

Cully Stimson | November 26, 2024

Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in admissions decisions, even though the U.S. Supreme Court expressly forbade the use of race in… Read More

Law PoliticsCommentary

Bob Casey in a black suit raises his fist

Pennsylvania Officials Openly Admit to Trying to Steal Senate Seat

Cully Stimson | November 18, 2024

So much for the Left’s trope that election fraud is a myth. Enter the chairwoman of the Bucks County Board of Commissioners, Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a… Read More

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Rogue Prosecutor George Gascon Loses Reelection as LA County District Attorney

Cully Stimson | November 06, 2024

In perhaps the least surprising outcome of this election cycle, incumbent Democrat George Gascon got a shellacking Tuesday from his opponent, independent Nathan Hochman, in the… Read More

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George Gascon’s Lame Debate Performance Reflects His Tenure as LA’s District Attorney

Cully Stimson | November 01, 2024

Soros-funded prosecutor George Gascon recently debated his challenger for reelection as Los Angeles County district attorney. Gascon’s onstage performance was a perfect reflection of his… Read More

Law PoliticsCommentary

DA Larry Krasner, 2-Time Campaign Finance Violator, Sues Elon Musk Over Voter Lottery

Cully Stimson | October 28, 2024

Philadelphia’s rogue prosecutor, Larry Krasner, has sued billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, arguing that he conducted an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law because he said he… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Real-World Consequences of Soft-on-Crime Prosecutors, Brought to You by George Soros

Cully Stimson | October 21, 2024

A first-of-its-kind documentary for The Heritage Foundation is the culmination of years of work, scholarship, live events, and debates, highlighting the radical nature of the… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Naval Academy Ignores Students’ Right Not to Recite Preferred Pronouns

Cully Stimson | October 15, 2024

Something is amiss in Annapolis, home of the U.S. Naval Academy. A rot growing like kudzu across this bucolic campus is undermining the Naval Academy’s… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict

Cully Stimson | October 02, 2024

By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in… Read More

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