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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 […]

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Tags: Commerce Clause, constitutional, Obamacare, Roberts, Supreme Court, tax
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ObamaCare Held Constitutional

February 25th, 2011

By Dan Miller In a sixty-four page decision in Mead v. Holder, Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington, D.C. on February 22nd rejected constitutional objections to the mandatory insurance provisions of ObamaCare, holding them valid exercises of power under the Commerce Clause. Judge Kessler held that a decision […]

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Tags: constitutional, Holder, individual mandate, Kessler, Mead, Obamacare, Vinson
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Hate Crimes

October 20th, 2010

By Tom Carter I’ve always believed that hate crimes laws have no place in the American legal system. They punish people for what they think, say, and write and for their associations with others who agree with them. With rare exceptions, those are all protected by the Constitution. Moreover, hate crimes laws create a hierarchy […]

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Tags: Constitution, constitutional, deterence, discrimination, fairness, hate crimes
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Stupidity Is Constitutional

August 19th, 2010

By Dan Miller Let’s have a Do Something Stupid Day to celebrate our rights! Reading the United States Constitution would reveal no use of the words “idiotic,” “stupid” or even “obdurate” and there are no laws of which I am aware prohibiting per se all conduct which a reasonable person – such as me – […]

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Tags: constitutional, flag burning, Ground Zero, mosque, Muslim, satire, stupid
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The Limits of Presidential Power

June 25th, 2010

By Larry Ennis With vastly expanded powers of government available at the discretion of politicians and bureaucrats, private individuals and organizations can be forced into accepting the imposition of powers that were never granted to the government by the Constitution. The above is a quote from a Thomas Sowell article in Investor’s Business Daily. Sowell […]

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Tags: BP, Constitution, constitutional, due process, executive power, presidency
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