Obamacare and the Sting of Empty Promises
“If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” Every American remembers hearing this empty promise. I bet you can even hear the inflection of the president’s voice as you read that line. Or how about our president telling us how much money his new health care law would save […]
A Huge Blow to Obamacare
In a huge blow to Obama’s health care law and his executive powers, a D.C. Federal Appeals Court says enforcement actually has to stick to what the law says. Once the Affordable Care Act was passed, President Obama must have realized it didn’t quite say all that he intended it to say. So in a […]
IRS Love Song: What Are the Chances?
Never thought country music and the IRS scandal would make a good couple? Think again! In this IRS love song, Remy weighs the odds of finding true love and finds a higher power at work — just like a well-timed hard drive failure at the IRS. Oh wait, those were all coincidences. Enjoy the song […]
Vindication in the Tea Party Case Against IRS
As evidence of IRS wrongdoing mounts, it’s great to get some good news. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott rejected the IRS’s motion to dismiss the NorCal Tea Party’s class action lawsuit. The government had the audacity to claim that citizens have no right to redress against their own government, regardless of the behavior […]
The IRS Is Ready to Move On, But the American People Are Not
Ever since the IRS scandal broke, the agency’s defenders have been saying it’s over. President Obama denied a “smidgen” of corruption. Elijah Cummings still says “the case is solved.” These statements have the same ring as an officer waving people away from a yellow crime scene tape: “Move along – nothing to see here!” – […]
South Dakota Republicans Object to Common Core on Principle
The South Dakota Republican Party convention could have been split by disagreement over Common Core. Instead, delegates rose above the potential squabbles and wrote their platform based on principle, not hotbed issues. Different delegates had different opinions of how to combat Common Core: “The party’s 2012 platform opposed adopting any additional Common Core standards, but […]
Privacy Outweighs Police Convenience
The Supreme Court made another unanimous decision upholding basic American rights in the final weeks of the term – this time, the right to privacy. The Court recognized that cell phones and other mobile devices are inherently private, thus protected under the Fourth Amendment. Disagreeing with Obama’s Justice Department, the Court held that police must […]
Wrong No Matter What Sign You Follow
Lisa Foreman works in D.C. and has gotten enough parking tickets to know to check the signs diligently. So she was surprised to find a $100 ticket on her car one day after conducting some business at the courthouse. She double-checked the “2-hour parking” sign, then checked her watch. She’d only been parked there 90 […]
Hobby Lobby Ruling: Surely, There’s Enough Room for Us All to Celebrate
Should the government force us to buy things? Should the government force us to buy things that violate our consciences? Should the government force us to buy things that violate our consciences… for other people? Before you immediately assume this article is about contraceptives and the Hobby Lobby case, take a moment to imagine this […]
The Supreme Court Is on a Roll
With all attention focused on the Hobby Lobby decision on Monday, we didn’t want you to miss two other important rulings from the Supreme Court. They’ve been busy! Monday ended the term, so there were a lot of influential decisions to be made. They certainly went out with a bang. Not only did the Supreme […]