Author: Horace Cooper

Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Jones a Significant Step in Preventing a Surveillance State

National Policy Analysis #630 /
In a major blow for liberty and Constitutional government, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled this week that the government can't rely on technology to get around the Fourth Amendment's ban on warrantless searches. In United States v. Jones, the ...
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When the Dead Vote, the Living Suffer: Department of Justice is Wrong to Oppose Voter ID

National Policy Analysis #631 /
Dead men tell no tales, the old saying goes – but that doesn't mean they can't vote. Shocking new video footage has just been released showing undercover reporters with their hidden cameras rolling, strolling into New Hampshire polling locations and ...
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NTSB’s Cell Phone Ban is the Nanny State on Steroids

National Policy Analysis #629 /
On December 13, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced it is recommending a total ban on the use of cell phones and text-messaging devices while driving. Previously, the NTSB had recommended such bans only for novice drivers, school bus ...
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Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients is Sound, Sensible and Constitutional

National Policy Analysis #627 /
Summary: On October 24, 2011, Federal District Judge Mary Scriven issued a temporary injunction blocking the implementation of Florida's welfare drug testing law, which requires drug tests by applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Benefits program. The ACLU ...
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Upholding Constitutionality of Individual Mandate Would Set a Dangerous Precedent

National Policy Analysis #626 /
Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court ruled that the "individual mandate" prescribed in President Obama's signature piece of health care legislation—"ObamaCare"—requiring virtually every U.S. resident to purchase federally-approved private health insurance is unconstitutional. The Eleventh Circuit's bristling decision is sure ...
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Obama’s Political Fears Led to Libya Indecision?

New Visions Commentary /
Freedom is flourishing in the Middle East. Popular movements against dictators and monarchs from Tunis to Tehran prove the doctrine of the Reagan and Bush presidencies to promote freedom and democracy abroad was a sound investment. Unfortunately, President Obama may ...
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The Coming War on Menthol Cigarettes

New Visions Commentary /
Last year, not long after the Food and Drug Administration got legislative authority to regulate tobacco, "flavored" cigarettes were banned — on behalf of the children. This was largely a publicity stunt since Twista Lime, Kauai Kolada and other flavored ...
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See Something, Say Something: New York City Versus Arizona

New Visions Commentary /
After a bomb was recently discovered in a smoking Nissan SUV in Times Square, America watched anxiously as city, state, and federal authorities investigated. In just 53 hours, law enforcement and national security teams working together successfully apprehended the terrorist ...
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In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

New Visions Commentary /
Imagine this cinematic scenario: Superman, America's most famous superhero, saves a helpless baby in a perilous situation. Flying in at the last moment, our hero swoops up the helpless, adorable baby and places him safely in his anxious mother's arms ...
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In Case of the Diluting Druggist, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

National Policy Analysis #437 /
Imagine this cinematic scenario: Superman, America's most famous superhero, saves a helpless baby in a perilous situation. Flying in at the last moment, our hero swoops up the helpless, adorable baby and places him safely in his anxious mother's arms ...
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