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GovernmentLibertyPolitics
Freedom Caucus’ Jim Jordan: Freedom Under Attack
by Nancy Thorner April 17, 2019Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan told a private group at Chicago’s Trump Tower this week that the current Democrat Party is the craziest he has ever experienced.
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The number one problem of all public debate about politics and economics is the failure to name the state. If this would change, so would public opinion.
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GovernmentHealth CareRegulationTaxes
We Should Welcome the ‘Health Care Wars’
by Sarah Lee July 6, 2018In the wake of the new tax reform law, which eliminated the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, mainstream news reports might cause one to think the country’s health care system is on the verge of COLLAPSE.
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EconomicsEducationGovernmentPolitics
Will Student Loan Debt Crush Alabama’s Graduates?
by Daniel Sutter June 16, 2018Unfortunately, many recent college graduates report putting off buying cars or homes, saving for retirement, or marriage due to student loan debt.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
It’s Time To End Congress’ Budget Shenanigans, Focus On Growth Policies
by Lennie Jarratt and Chris Talgo February 15, 2018The federal government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
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GovernmentPolitics
President Trump’s War – On Government’s War On America
by Seton Motley November 30, 2017United States’ governments at all levels have for decades been at war with America and Americans.
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Politics
Please Save Us From The Government ‘Helping’ Us: Texas Wind ‘Energy’ Edition
by Seton Motley April 29, 2017The very famous Ronald Reagan line is: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” He wasn’t even a little incorrect.
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President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court has brought to the fore a troublesome feature of our federal government, namely the selection of Supreme Court justices.
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLibertyUncategorized
How the Hamilton Electors Show that an Article V Convention Cannot Run Away
by Michael Stern March 9, 2017Back in 2011, I wrote a law review article discussing concerns that a limited convention for proposing amendments called under Article V could propose one or more amendments outside the…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Would a Court Hear a Challenge to Congress’s Article V Convention Call?
by Michael Stern March 8, 2017Having reviewed the most prominent cases regarding the justiciability of Article V claims, today I will analyze how a court would approach the hypothetical lawsuit discussed in an earlier post.…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
More on Article V Justiciability: Dyer v. Blair
by Michael Stern March 6, 2017In my last post on the justiciability of Article V cases, we discussed the Supreme Court’s 1939 decision in Coleman v. Miller and whether that decision would be applied broadly…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
If All You’ve Got is a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 6, 2017There are ins and outs of politics — the inside game, and the outside. The outside comes from the voters — public pressure. With millions of dollars at its disposal,…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
The Justiciability of Controversies Related to the Article V Convention
by Michael Stern March 4, 2017As you may know, there is increasing chatter about the possibility of Congress calling an Article V “convention for proposing amendments” (sometimes referred to, inaccurately, as a “constitutional convention”). Recently…