by Jane Richey | Apr 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In Washington last week, a rare drama is unfolding in the U.S. Supreme Court. The momentous question that is before the court is this: Shall we be Citizens or Subjects? The high court is considering a historic challenge by twenty-six states to the Affordable Care...
by Jane Richey | Apr 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Yesterday the Obama administration announced a delaying tactic which will put off the possibility of new offshore oil drilling on the Atlantic coast for at least five years: The announcement by the Interior Department sets into motion what will be at least a five year...
by Jane Richey | Apr 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
On the first day of arguments the Court wrestled with the question of whether the health insurance premiums constituted a tax, but since the Obama Administration had twisted itself like a pretzel to claim it was not a tax, after once claiming it was a tax, that issue...
by Jane Richey | Apr 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Last night, President Obama spoke at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. There, he attacked his political opponents’ philosophy: They’ve got one message and that is, we’re going to make sure that we cut people’s taxes even more – so that by every...
by Jane Richey | Apr 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Facing a conservative backlash, House Republicans are working to change a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even U.S. citizens seized within the nation’s borders. Republicans and Democratic lawmakers said this week...
by Jane Richey | Mar 31, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas rule shows a lack of understanding of the country’s energy concerns. In addition to ending the use of coal as a power source in the U.S., Tom Borelli of The National Center for Public Policy...
