Sure gave me more to think about. Worth reading if you are at all interested in our way of life and the role the US Constitution plays in it. =========== September 2011 Edward J. Erler – Professor of Political Science, California State University, San Bernardino The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on May 24, 2011, in... Read more
Archive for the ‘US Constitution’ Category
Why else have them?
February 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, US Constitution, US CourtsR.I.P. ========== By JOHN R. BOLTON From the American Enterprise Institute Bob Bork was my antitrust professor at Yale Law School in 1972-73, where he was one of a small band of conservative/libertarian students and teachers. Ralph Winter and Ward Bowman were the only other two like-minded professors, although they did have some fellow travelers among the professoriat who were merely New Deal liberals. All... Read more
Dr. Benjamin Carson Epic Full Speech at National Prayer Breakfast Attacks Obamas Policies! – YouTube
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, US ConstitutionMy first exposure to Benjamin Carson. I like what I see here. =============== Dr. Benjamin Carson Epic Full Speech at National Prayer Breakfast – YouTube.
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Court Rules Appointments Unconstitutional
January 28 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Party Politics, US ConstitutionRespect for the constitution? Oh, I guess he only swore to uphold it… ================= By MELANIE TROTTMAN, JESS BRAVIN and MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Barack Obama violated the Constitution in filling labor board vacancies, a decision that could reshape a long-standing practice by U.S. presidents to make recess appointments. A federal appeals court ruled that President Obama... Read more
EPA Smack-Down Number Six
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, US Constitution, US CourtsIs anyone seeing a pattern? ======= The Environmental Protection Agency has been waging a regulatory war on Texas—and losing in the federal courts. On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down another misguided EPA rule. Enacted in August 2011, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule was supposed to reduce air pollution emitted in one state and carried downwind to... Read more
Consumer Bureau Brushback
June 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, US Constitution, US CourtsAre you serious? OK then,… 9-0 ======== Washington’s regulators have great power, and in the case of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created by Dodd-Frank as an independent agency, they also have no serious Congressional check. So three cheers for a recent Supreme Court decision reining in regulatory discretion that has zero foundation in law. And by the way, the... Read more
