Finally, some are looking for real solutions to the “lawlessness”. ========== June 15, 2014 5:48 p.m. ET President Obama is setting a dangerous precedent by suspending his enforcement of laws on health care, immigration, drugs, banking and so much else, but the courts may soon be asked to throw a brushback pitch. That is, unless a rump group of backbenchers undermines the legal... Read more
Archive for the ‘US Constitution’ Category
Prayer in the Public Square
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Religious Persecution, US ConstitutionGod hangs on by a vote at the Supreme Court. ========== May 5, 2014 7:13 p.m. ET The Supreme Court did a good turn for religious freedom on Monday, ruling that prayer is permitted at government meetings and doesn’t amount to an endorsement of religion. The disconcerting surprise is that the decision was only 5-4. Greece v. Galloway dealt with a challenge to the... Read more
The White House Flunks a Test on Sexual Assault
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | The Left, US ConstitutionInnocent until proven guilty? Think again. ======== An administration task force ignores the rights of the accused. By MATT KAISER And JUSTIN DILLON May 5, 2014 6:56 p.m. ET In January, President Obama convened a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and charged it with creating a set of recommendations commensurate with its title. Last Tuesday the task... Read more
The Investors at War With Political Power
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, US ConstitutionRather long, but folks – we need to start paying attention to “the government of ours’ which ‘managers’ of which are more and more thinking they can do as they wish. =========== How a once-obscure federal agency targeted two brothers, and what happened when they decided to fight back in the age of Obama. By JOSEPH RAGO CONNECT May 2, 2014 6:45 p.m.... Read more
Standing to Sue
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, US Constitution, US CourtsIf this issue is not addressed and “we” continue to allow the executive branch to abdicate its accountability to enforce the laws of the land, I fear we will come to regret it. ====== The legal left and media are always last to know, but there are the makings of a correction in how the courts police conflicts between the political branches.... Read more
Is ObamaCare a Law?
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, US ConstitutionLiberals keep dismissing challenges to ObamaCare, political and legal, so it’s no surprise they mostly ignored last week’s oral argument at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that could send another case to the Supreme Court. Coming in the week the White House wheeled out its 38th rewrite of the law, Halbig v. Sebelius is even more important for the... Read more
