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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. On Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, Georgia’s state Senate voted to erect a monument to U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Thomas. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Supreme Court takes on the administrative state and power-hungry bureaucrats

Justice Clarence Thomas sent a warning shot across the bow of the expansive administrative state in a recent opinion suggesting it was time the court upend the litany of agencies that act as quasi-judges and slap fines or other penalties on people with only an abbreviated chance for regular judges to get involved. Published April 21, 2023

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the FY2024 budget hearing for DHS Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

DHS’s Mayorkas orders 90-day ‘sprint’ review of U.S. vulnerabilities to China

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has ordered a "90-day sprint" review of six areas where the U.S. is vulnerable to China, including fentanyl smuggling, Chinese control of the supply chain and preventing China from exploiting the immigration system to insert its operatives into the U.S. Published April 21, 2023

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Republicans are jump-starting an immigration and border enforcement package. The House Judiciary Committee will be digging into a proposal that would remake immigration law, including giving the Homeland Security secretary the power to stop migrants from entering the United States if the secretary determines the U.S. has lost “operational control” of the border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s bill to stiffen border security clears Judiciary Committee

Republicans powered a stiff new border security bill through the House Judiciary Committee overnight Wednesday, brushing aside Democrats' complaints of cruelty and taking a first concrete step to unravel President Biden's lenient immigration policies. Published April 20, 2023

Migrants wait along a border wall Aug. 23, 2022, after crossing from Mexico near Yuma, Ariz. President Joe Biden's administration announced in early January that it would admit up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela for two years with authorization to work when they apply online. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argues that the new rules are designed to weaken cartels who help migrants cross into the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS to release illegal immigrants ahead of new border surge

The Department of Homeland Security is far short on detention space and will have to release illegal immigrants to prepare for a surge of newcomers at the border next month, the country's deportation chief told Congress on Tuesday. Published April 18, 2023

Martha Williams (center), director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, talks with Jimmy Laurent (left), regional energy coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Thomas Harris, secretary for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, as they visit the B-5 orphan well site in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Lottie, La., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Dozens of scientists from universities across the nation are challenging whether Williams has the education needed to run an agency in charge of managing endangered species. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

Wokeness valued over mission for Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams has gone all-in on wokeness, labeling the push for diversity, equity and inclusion her "number one priority" at an agency whose mission is to protect species and preserve their habitats. Published April 18, 2023

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Sabbath work case gives justices new chance to crack ‘separation’ of church and state

When the Supreme Court first looked at whether employees could be forced to work on their Sabbath, it was the 1970s. The issue returns Tuesday to the high court, with a much different lay of the land. Jefferson's wall of separation has been breached, and a majority of justices believe their predecessors' attempt at neutrality turned into outright hostility toward the faithful. Published April 16, 2023