Category: Legal Reform

Diversity Zealot-in-Chief

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President Obama would appear to have a singular obsession with diversity, and it is beginning to border on the unhealthy.  From his political appointments to his public statements, Obama appears to consider race and gender as the most important factors ...
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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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Federal Judge’s Ruling is Wrong, Says Scholar: The Three Dozen States Considering Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients Can Do So Under the Law and U.S. Constitution

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What's More, Says Horace Cooper, Such Drug Tests Benefit Children and are Sound Public Policy Washington, D.C. - Contrary to a federal court ruling, the Constitution does not prohibit states from testing welfare recipients for drug use, says a new ...
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Star-Spangled Banner Does Not Wave in California

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ollowing on the heels of Veteran’s Day, it is certainly sad to write about Old Glory coming under fire from a far-left court and weak school officials.  Last Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (the ...
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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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Black Organization Joins Supreme Court Brief in Fisher v. University of Texas

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Group Joins Pacific Legal Foundation, American Civil Rights Foundation, National Association of Scholars and Center for Equal Opportunity in Seeking Clarity on Race-Based School Admissions Standards Washington, D.C. - The black leadership network Project 21 has joined a brief to ...
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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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Wonderful David v. Goliath Story

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After Bank of America foreclosed on the home of a couple who didn't owe it a dime, the couple foreclosed on the bank ...
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King & Spalding’s Interesting Take on Tolerance

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King & Spalding, the law firm that dropped the U.S. Congress as a client rather than be associated with the belief that male-female marriage is constitutional, apparently is not always so intolerant of the views of its clients. King & ...
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Never Hire King & Spalding

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Apparently, if you hire King and Spalding to do legal work, the law firm will dump you if your case turns out to be controversial. Even if the firm knew that going in. And your case has to do with ...
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