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As the World Abandons Carbon Taxes and Regulation, America is Poised to Repeat Mistakes
Jul 18, 2014
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The progressive movement in the United States is known for condescendingly begging their fellow Americans and the government to be “forward-thinking.” Their cries are no louder than when they insist that the government must act immediately to curb national emissions of carbon. They have been joined in their efforts now by former high-level government officials and are seeing their...
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation that would amend the Constitution to give Congress and state governments almost complete control over campaign contributions and independent political expenditures. The bill, Senate Joint Resolution 19, is sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and is cosponsored by 44 other Democratic Senators. No Republican Senators support the bill....
President Obama continues to insist that the country is better off today than when he first took office. While there are many different indicators that say otherwise, the president and his allies in Congress and elsewhere continue to point to the labor market, specifically the unemployment rate, for validation. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has the unemployment...
Supreme Court Scores Two Goals For the First Amendment: Reaction to Harris and Hobby Lobby
Jun 30, 2014
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Today the Supreme Court ruled in two major cases pertinent to the preservation of First Amendment rights. In Harris v. Quinn, the court ruled that public sector unions may not force those that are not full public employees or members of their union to pay dues, often used for political purposes. In Burwell (formerly Sebelius) v. Hobby Lobby, the court determined that the...
