Opinion Forum

The Election May Show That the Nanny State Is What We Want

July 2nd, 2012

By Dan Miller Granting President Obama another term in office would guarantee the expansion of the nanny state, perhaps beyond the point of no return. It is clear that many will vote to reelect President Obama because they like the Nanny State. Some may do so for reasons similar to those clearly stated by this […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Commerce Clause, election, nanny state, Obama, Romney, tax, third party
Categories: Law, Politics | Comments (2) | Home

The Supreme Court Did Far Worse than Merely Uphold ObamaCare

June 29th, 2012

By Dan Miller The majority decision distorts the Constitution to uphold ObamaCare. As bad as ObamaCare is, the decision transcends ObamaCare most perniciously because it expands the power of the Congress to interfere in countless other ways as yet unknown in how we live our lives. John Turley today noted that having decided that the […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Commerce Clause, Congress, mandate, Obamacare, Supreme Court, taxes
Categories: Law, Politics | Comments (0) | Home

Supreme Court Holds ObamaCare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

June 28th, 2012

By Dan Miller BUT unexpectedly upholds ObamaCare 5:4 as permissible under the taxing authority granted to the Congress by the Constitution. Chief Justice Roberts sided with the librul wing of the Court and wrote the majority opinion. Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia and Alito dissented, opining that the entire law should be struck down. In rejecting […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Commerce Clause, constitutional, Obamacare, Roberts, Supreme Court, tax
Categories: Law, News, Politics | Comments (4) | Home

FAIL: Another Judge Finds ObamaCare Unconstitutional

September 16th, 2011

By Dan Miller The president is left with cheese on his face again as Hope and Change suffers another legal blow. On September 13th, Judge Christopher C. Conner of the federal district court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Goudy-Bachman et al v. HHS held the mandatory medical insurance provisions of ObamaCare to be beyond […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Commerce Clause, Conner, mandate, Obamacare, unconstitutional
Categories: Law, News, Politics | Comments (0) | Home

Fourth Circuit Vacates Lower Court Ruling Adverse to ObamaCare

September 8th, 2011

By Dan Miller On January 31, 2011, Judge Henry Hudson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held ObamaCare an unconstitutional enactment under the Commerce Clause. On September 8th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff there, the Commonwealth of Virginia, lacked standing to seek judicial resolution of […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: appeal, Commerce Clause, decision, Liberty Univ, Obamacare, Virginia
Categories: Law, News, Politics | Comments (0) | Home