The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** Dick Morris Offers Sobering View of Obama’s Plan to Strip US Sovereignty in 2012 Political analyst Dick Morris appeared on Fox News, Hannity last night discussing his new book, Screwed!: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy-and How Our Leaders...
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee last week about the contraception mandate her agency has imposed on religious institutions. Her responses to questions on the constitutionality of the mandate would have been laughable if this wasn’t such a serious issue. She hadn’t a clue about any...
Here’s some shocking news. President Obama plans to continue skirting Congress and ruling by fiat. The New York Time’s seems cool with it: ”Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals” One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled,...
Dr. Robert Owens: Unless we rebuild the reality of a balanced federal system we will soon find ourselves locked in the embrace of an all-powerful central government.
Dr. Robert Owens: What is the context of these current pressure tactics being used by the executive branch on the judicial branch?
The latest White House excuse for President Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court in anticipation of his signature legislation getting struck down: Carney: What I acknowledged yesterday is that speaking on Monday the president was not clearly understood by some people because he is a law professor, he spoke in shorthand. He could have...
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** Obama’s Constitutional Gaffe over ObamaCare Displays Superficial Understanding of Constitution Since Obama’s remarks about SCOTUS and his perception of the constitution, lawyers and judges across the country have decried the president’s seemingly shallow understanding of the US Constitution. Additionally, he violated a professional courtesy...
ObamaCare is a dreadful law, no doubt. But at least now a national conversation about the limits of federal power is taking place.
At a hearing before the Armed Services Committee, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) questioned Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. They topic was the legal basis for military action. Both indicated that international law would be a legal basis for military action. The constitutional requirement of...
Today the United States Senate voted on the Blunt Amendment which would have allowed religious organizations to be exempt from mandates that violate their values, as is the case with the new contraceptive rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. Unfortunately, the Democrats (and Olympia Snowe) voted the amendment down, and...
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** The Supreme Court’s Constitution Defectors The US Supreme Court is considered to be a bastion of freedom by overseeing the equitable dispensing of opinions in critical matters of law. Also known as the court of last resort, the Supreme Court seeks to determine the...
Here’s some shocking news – President Obama’s Department of Justice has decided that Obama’s recess appointments, that occurred when the Senate was not in recess, were constitutional. The Department of Justice offered a defense Thursday for President Obama’s controversial decision to make several recess appointments while Congress was holding pro forma sessions. In a...
Doug Ross has a little thought experiment for the progressives who are cheering President Obama’s shredding of the constitution. What comes around goes around. Consider the following hypothetical situation: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has retired and a seat on the Supreme Court is open. Late one night, President Santorum declares the Senate in recess. He appoints...
President Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” power grab continues. He’s going ahead and creating a summer youth jobs program that was previously rejected by Congress. The man thinks he’s a king. “America’s young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they’ve got the opportunity to earn the...
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