Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the woman who refused to define the word “woman” in her confirmation hearing, still seems unable to grasp the concept that a man does not become a woman just by saying so. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two women’s sports cases—West Virginia v. P.B.J. and Little v. Hecox—where the American Civil Liberties Union, representing male athletes who claim to identify as women, is challenging the constitutionality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia protecting women’s sports. The ACLU claims that forbidding men from competing in women’s sports violates the Constitution by engaging in discrimination on the basis of sex. However, the organization also suggests that discriminating on the basis of “gender identity” constitutes the same thing as sex discrimination. That’s where Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confusion comes in. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., famously asked Jackson to define the word “woman” in her confirmation hearing in 2022, but Jackson refused, stating, “I’m not a biologist.” The justice has had nearly four years to come up with a definition, but her questions in oral arguments this week suggest she’s still out to lunch on the basic distinction between men and women. Jackson’s ‘Transgender Girls’ Jackson first suggested to Michael Williams, West Virginia’s solicitor general, that it was unfair for “cisgender girls”—girls who don’t claim to identify as boys—to compete in girls’ sports while also barring “transgender girls”—boys who claim to identify as girls—from competing with them. “For cisgender girls, they can play consistent with their gender identity, for transgender girls, they can’t,” she said. Williams explained that this very fact shows the law doesn’t discriminate on the basis of gender identity. “That’s useful evidence as to the lack of a transgender-based discrimination, because if the legislature were just sort of unsettled by the notion of transgender athletes, I think the answer would have been to bar them” from sports. ?LANGUAGE GAMESKetanji Brown Jackson muddies the waters on women's sports by saying "cisgender girls can play consistent with their gender identity, for transgender girls they can't."The problem is, "transgender girls" aren't girls, and we all know that. pic.twitter.com/iqF27li5eJ— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 15, 2026 Jackson Still Doesn’t Get It The justice later asked Alan Hurst, the solicitor general of Idaho, why the law doesn’t discriminate on the basis of gender identity. “The law expressly aims to ensure that transgender women can’t play on women’s sports teams, so why is that not a classification on the basis of transgender status?” she asked. Hurst painstakingly explained, “The question is whether the application of the law turns on transgender status, and it doesn’t. It turns on sex. The legislature did not want to exclude transgender people from sports, it wanted to keep women’s sports women-only and exclude males from women’s sports.” “But with respect to two individuals, a cis woman and a trans woman, who both want to play on a team that reflects their gender identity, this law operates differently based on their sex, right?” Jackson asked. Hurst, somehow retaining his composure, explained, “The law does operate differently based on their sex, as your honor just said. It does not operate differently based on their transgender identity.” “But it treats transgender women differently than cisgender women, doesn’t it?” Jackson persisted. Hurst explained that the law poses a different impact to men who identify as women than it does for women who do not question reality. However, he added, this is a downstream effect from the law’s distinction between men and women according to biology, not identity. Ketanji Brown Jackson again reveals that she doesn't understand a man cannot become a woman. She asks if laws protecting fairness in women's sports treat "treats transgender women differently than cisgender women." That's because "transgender women" are actually men. pic.twitter.com/9y9R2UkF0O— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 16, 2026 The Language Game Throughout these exchanges, Ketanji Brown Jackson used the language of “cisgender girls” and “transgender girls” to obscure the fact that she was talking about girls and boys. She also used the language “girl assigned at birth” to suggest that the recognition of biological sex is somehow suspect, as opposed to a person’s claimed gender identity which is solid. Any notion of unfairness immediately evaporates when we speak the honest truth: boys should not be allowed to compete in girls’ sports. Boys are not girls, no matter how they claim to identify. Boys who take experimental drugs to make their bodies look like girl bodies are also still boys, no matter how tragic their gender confusion is. Laws reserving women’s sports for women do not violate the Constitution because the standard here is consistent: all men, regardless of their “gender identity,” are excluded from women’s sports, which are held separate in order to give women opportunities to compete fairly. No amount of verbal gymnastics can erase the fact that a man is a man and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman. Yet Ketanji Brown Jackson cannot admit this, because if she does, the entire edifice of gender ideology falls apart. I may not be a biologist, but I know what a woman is. I may not be a Supreme Court justice, but I can recognize an Orwellian attempt to twist language into a weapon for a false ideology. One thing’s for sure: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in this case is going to make for entertaining reading. The post Ketanji Brown Jackson Demonstrates That She Still Doesn’t Know What a Woman Is appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A pro-life policy organization is calling on President Donald Trump to do more to protect the unborn.   Pro-life leaders are seeking to advance policies to protect the unborn and mothers from the harms of the abortion pill. While Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America says no president has done more for the pro-life movement than Trump, she argues the president has not championed the issue as he did during his first term.   Dannenfelser says she “spoke often with the president in the first term,” adding, “we were great allies.”   Dannenfelser served as national co-chair of Pro-Life Voices for Trump during the president’s reelection bid in 2020, and led Trump’s pro-life advisory council during his first presidential campaign in 2016. “We delivered a lot … in the battleground states. He made very strong commitments, followed through on all of them, [which] led to the overturn of Roe v. Wade,” Dannenfelser explained.   Today, there appear to be fewer conversations about abortion compared to Trump’s first term in office. Have conservatives moved on from the issue? Dannenfelser joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to discuss.   Also on the show, Dannenfelser explains why the abortion pill is the biggest issue facing the fight for life in 2026. Plus, the Department of Health and Human Services received criticism after releasing millions in funding to Planned Parenthood. But did they have a choice?   All this and more on this week’s edition of “Problematic Women.”   Enjoy the show!  Here’s the links: The post Biggest Issue Facing Fight For Life appeared first on The Daily Signal.

As fraud scandals rattle the American Midwest, Republican Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams has announced that he and fellow Republican Ohio state Rep. DJ Swearing have introduced legislation to prevent fraud at daycare centers receiving state taxpayer dollars. “If you are taking taxpayer money, you will provide attendance, prove services, improve compliance, or you will lose funding and face potential prosecution if we find waste, fraud or abuse,” Williams said at the Thursday press conference. Attorney General Dave Yost was also present to lend his support. Fraud Concerns Spread After large-scale fraud at childcare centers was exposed in Minnesota, concern spread to Ohio. In response, Williams called for immediate investigations into the publicly-funded childcare system in Ohio, as The Daily Signal previously reported. On Dec. 30, 2025, Williams led dozens of other state representatives in a letter to Director of Children and Youth Kara Wente emphasizing a need for unannounced visits to daycare centers. Williams’ and Yost’s press conference comes after Republican Gov. Mike DeWine gave remarks during a press conference of his own last week, as well as appeared on a podcast. When asked by The Daily Signal if he believed DeWine was doing enough, Williams spoke about the executive branch not using all of its authority to combat fraud. “I think the executive agency, [the Department of Children and Youth], has more power than they’re using. Speaking with DCY they made it perfectly clear that they get a ton of pushback from providers when they try to provide additional oversight,” he said. “You can just imagine, unlike a legislator who is elected by the people, or attorneys general, or auditors, they get a tremendous amount of pressure, they get accusations, ‘You’re only doing this to me, you’re only doing it for these particular reasons,’ and it puts a strain on that relationship of the providers.” Williams still expressed hope about the role for the department, however. “Now, I mean even my letter, DCY appreciated, because they said, ‘Now we can tell providers, when we go and do additional unannounced visits, the reason we’re doing it is because of Representative Williams,'” he offered, adding that “it took the pressure off of [the department].” Williams argued his bill will standardize enforcement so that “no one can complain about the oversight because it’s a uniform rule by the legislature across the state of Ohio.” New Legislation to Combat Fraud Williams unveiled his legislation, The Childcare Fraud Prevention Act, to combat fraud at Thursday’s press conference The “widespread fraud in Minnesota,” Williams said, showed the state “was turning a blind eye to fraudsters ripping off the American people,” and inspired the legislation. This bill, Williams shared, came “in response to an overwhelming request for better oversight of our publicly funded childcare system in Ohio.” The legislation “has a very simple purpose,” Williams said. “If the government is taking money from Ohio taxpayers and using it to fund childcare, the government has a moral and legal obligation to protect that money and protect the children tied to those state funds.” I am proud to be partnering with Representative @DJSwearingenOH and Attorney General @DaveYostOH on this incredibly important piece of legislation.We owe it to Ohio's citizens to be good stewards of their tax dollars and make sure they aren't being stolen by fraudsters.The…— Rep. Josh Williams (@JoshWilliamsOH) January 15, 2026 What’s in the Bill? As Williams explained about his bill, it will: Install cameras with a clear line of sight to both the exterior and interior of every entrance; Install cameras in general childcare areas, excluding restrooms, changing areas, administrative offices, and other private spaces; Retain video recordings for a minimum of 60 days; Provide the Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY) with instant access to live and stored video for attendance audits, administrative oversight, and child safety concerns; Utilize a secure system developed by DCY to conduct and log visual attendance audits; and Face immediate suspension or termination of public funding upon credible suspicion of waste, fraud, or abuse. Cases of fraud are turned over from the Department of Children and Youth, but may be referred to the attorney general’s office for prosecution. An “enforcement pipeline,” Williams explained, “ensures that fraud is not quietly handled internally like we’ve seen, and not forgotten or swept under the rug because the department or the administration does not want to have a black eye or appear to demonize a particular community or group.” Williams also expressed concerns that the system currently in place with its safeguards is not catching fraud, pointing to public tips following videos from citizen journalists, as well as questioning how much fraud is actually taking place that is not caught. Williams argues his bill can more efficiently catch fraud. “Ohio must shift from a reactive enforcement mechanism to a preventative enforcement mechanism using technology, transparency, and immediate consequences so the system cannot be gamed or exploited in the state of Ohio,” Williams stated. Williams claimed his bill, “attacks fraud at the root by making attendance reporting verifiable, audit friendly, and enforceable in real time.” The shutdown of money when fraud was detected was a provision that Williams stressed was “the difference between real enforcement and political messaging.” Yost Welcomes the Bill “This bill is welcome because my office is, in many ways, a creature of statute,” Yost said upon his turn to give remarks. “We have the authority that is granted to us by the legislature, and we do not have other authority we might wish to have,” Yost explained. Yost detailed how he does not have the authority to open an investigation into a daycare. “This bill appropriately creates some independence for integrity purposes through the auditor’s state’s office and brings the state’s chief legal officer—the attorney general—into play where the auditor has done sufficient work to predicate the possibility of legal action,” Yost explained. 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President Donald Trump has his eyes set on Greenland and may tariff countries opposed to the US acquisition of the island. But Congress is skeptical of Trump’s designs for the Denmark-owned island. On Friday, Trump said at a White House event that he “may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security.” After leaders from Greenland and Denmark visited Capitol Hill Thursday, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is leading a bipartisan weekend trip to Denmark. The urgency of the trip was spurred on by Trump’s insistence that the United States should be in control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous facet of the Danish Kingdom. The Congressional delegation has attracted high-ranking members of the Senate, including Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Durbin criticized Trump’s pressure campaign against Denmark on X: “President Trump’s continued threats toward Greenland are unnecessary and would only weaken our NATO alliance.” I am traveling to Denmark tonight as part of a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation. Denmark is a strong partner of the United States and this bipartisan CODEL reiterates that the United States Congress stands firm in our partnership, despite the President’s unnecessary…— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) January 16, 2026 “[The] United States Congress stands firm in our partnership, despite the President’s advances,” Durbin continued.  Coons and Durbin will be joined by Democrat Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Peter Welch of Vermont, and Democrat Reps. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Gregory Meeks of New York, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Sara Jacobs of California, and Sarah McBride of Delaware. Republicans on the trip include Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C.  Trump previously shared in a truth social post Wednesday that “the United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security.” Acquiring the territory from Denmark, the president claims, will increase NATO’s effectiveness in the region.   Denmark announced it was increasing military presence in Greenland this week. NATO allies in Europe followed suit. France, Germany, the U.K., Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands have sent troops or promised to deploy them soon.   The bipartisan bicameral delegation is taking the weekend trip to “highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, including enduring national security ties and decades of economic cooperation,” as Coons described in a press release.   Is the United States about to invade Greenland? If you listen to EU politicians and much of the U.S. legacy media, and actually take them seriously, then you might answer “yes.” @JarrettStepman https://t.co/arS9qEXRkQ pic.twitter.com/CfdtNLrOfH— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) January 12, 2026 According to Durbin the Congressional Delegation has planned to meet with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, an array of ministers, and attend a Parliamentarian Engagement at Christiansborg Palace with lawmakers from Denmark and Greenland. The goals of these meetings are to “deepen this partnership in line with our shared principles of sovereignty and self-determination, and in the face of growing challenges around the world, especially bolstering Arctic security and promoting stronger trade relations between the two countries,” said Durbin.   The post Trump Floats Tariff for Countries Against US Acquisition of Greenland as Congressional Delegation Travels to Denmark appeared first on The Daily Signal.

REUTERS–The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents, a source familiar with the probe said on Friday. The investigation, first reported by CBS News, stems from previous statements made by Walz and Frey about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks. Walz, reacting on social media to news of the investigation, said the justice system was being weaponized. “Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic,” he said. The Justice Department declined to comment. The Trump administration has sent nearly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota. Originally published by Reuters The post US Justice Department probing Minnesota Governor Walz, other officials, source says appeared first on The Daily Signal.