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Indiana Religious Freedom Law Sparks Fury

March 28 | Posted by mrossol | Religious Persecution, US Constitution

I wish people would cool down and think.  Let’s read the law. Let’s try to understand what the law is trying to protect.  Sounds like most of the vocal protesters are arguing from the vantage point of a problem that hasn’t happened. Do they REALLY think that ALL BUSINESSS in Indiana will begin discriminating against x and y and z... Read more

Book Review: ‘A Conflict of Principles’ by Carl Cohen

March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Obama, Social Engineering, US Constitution

A phlosophy professor’s belief in colorblind law led him to oppose the university’s use of affirmative action in admissions decisions. Why bother with facts? ============ By Terry Eastland March 5, 2015 7:10 p.m. ET In his famous dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation, Justice John Marshall Harlan declared: “Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates... Read more

Federalism and ObamaCare

March 7 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, Social Engineering, The Left, US Constitution

Politically convenient… =========== March 4, 2015 7:03 p.m. ET A closely divided Supreme Court heard arguments in the challenge to ObamaCare’s illegal subsidies on Wednesday, and the session spun off in an unexpected and provocative direction: To wit, several Justices suggested that the Affordable Care Act as drafted would unconstitutionally coerce the states. King v. Burwell turns on the statute’s plain text limiting health... Read more

Investing in the ObamaFund

December 30 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Obama, US Constitution

Hey, kids. Uncle Sam has a new investment offer for you. Even if you have several decades of productive work ahead—and thus a long investing time horizon—the White House wants you to consider a retirement plan that will invest in nothing but U.S. government debt. Any financial professional who advised a young investor to avoid stocks and corporate bonds—and everything else... Read more

“Soon to be Cancelled”

December 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, US Constitution

The encroachment onto the First Amendment right to “freedom of expression” by the ‘vocal opposition’ is something that should concern everyone. Especially true freedom loving people. I don’t like everyone’s speech content either, but I am more confident that the truth will prevail than I am about wanting to protect my ears and the ears of everyone else. ============= An essential freedom-of-speech... Read more

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional

December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, US Constitution

I guess there is more than one opinion about what EPA can legally do. =========== By Laurence H. Tribe Dec. 22, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET 338 COMMENTS As a law professor, I taught the nation’s first environmental law class 45 years ago. As a lawyer, I have supported countless environmental causes. And as a father and grandfather, I want to leave the Earth in better shape... Read more

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