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FeaturedLegal Affairs
Supreme Court to Obama Administration: Congress Writes Laws, You Don’t!
by Marita Noon July 16, 2014Now that the dust has settled on the Supreme Court’s 2014 session, we can look at the decisions and conclude that the Administration received a serious smack down. Two big cases got most of the news coverage: Hobby Lobby and the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recess appointments. In both cases, the Administration lost. At the core of both, is the issue of the Administration’s overreach.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPolitics
So Wrong in So Many Ways – Part One: How New EPA Regulations Disrespect You and Your Intelligence
by David Applegate June 4, 2014The EPA’s latest proposed “carbon pollution emission guidelines” are a repugnant assault on a self-governing people. But it gets worse.
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Politics
F.H. Buckley Presents Dim View of America’s “Crown Government”
by Nancy Thorner April 9, 2014On Thursday, April 3, The Heartland Institute’s Author Series featured F.H. Buckley, author and foundation professor at George Mason University School of Law with his eye-opening, recently published book titled, “The Once and Future King: The Rise and Fall of Crown Government.” A citizen of Canada, Buckley will be sworn in as a U.S. citizen April 15.
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FeaturedPolitics
Presidential Hubris in the State of the Union Address
by Richard Ebeling February 5, 2014President Obama’s State of the Union address on the night of January 28, 2014 was all about “micro-management.” It was micro-management at one level since he realizes that a divided Congress will not pass any “grand” legislation that he might try to submit.