Category: National Policy Analysis
Justice Department Plays Fast and Loose with Facts and Constitution in Challenging Texas Voter ID Law
Summary The civil rights division of the Department of Justice has formally objected to Texas' new voter identification law. The state of Texas has rightly appealed this decision. Unfortunately for taxpayers in Texas, they will have to cover the costs ...
The Birth Control Mandate is Unconstitutional
Introduction The American public is witnessing a fascinating, even historic, event: the Obama Administration's attempt to suppress basic expressions of religious faith. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s recent rulemaking mandating that church-sponsored and affiliated enterprises that provide ...
Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Jones a Significant Step in Preventing a Surveillance State
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 ...
When the Dead Vote, the Living Suffer: Department of Justice is Wrong to Oppose Voter ID
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 ...
Five Myths About the Federal Incandescent Light Bulb Ban
When General Electric blamed "a variety of energy regulations that establish lighting efficiency standards" for the closing of incandescent light bulb factories in Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, its PR team left out a critical detail: General Electric and fellow light ...
NTSB’s Cell Phone Ban is the Nanny State on Steroids
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 ...
Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients is Sound, Sensible and Constitutional
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 ...
Obama’s Wild Lands Will Hasten America’s Decline
The political tremors sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa are a vivid reminder that our prosperity and security often hinge on developments over which we have precious little control. This unsettling truth makes it imperative that we make ...
Congress Must End Power Grab by Unaccountable Bureaucrats
There is a cancer spreading through the American body politic that, if not treated urgently and thoroughly, will prove terminal to the enterprise our Founding Fathers launched over two centuries ago. The U.S. Constitution is nothing if not an effort ...
Upholding Constitutionality of Individual Mandate Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
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 ...
