Citing a desire for additional tax revenue, the City of Lakewood, OH designated an everyday neighborhood as "blighted" so that it could transfer the property to a high-end real estate developer. The designation threatened to displace an entire community until ...
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While secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Small violated federal bird protection regulations when he imported Amazonian tribal art that, unbeknownst to him, contained feathers of endangered birds. Amazonian Tribal Art or Endangered Species? The government entrusted Lawrence M. Small, ...
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Tom Borelli on CNBC's Squawk Box on July 23. Tom Borelli has an excellent new column on Townhall.com today on the corporate social responsibility movement, in which corporations seek to appease leftist critics at the expense of stockholders, taxpayers amd ...
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Owners of a beloved Stamford, Connecticut diner challenged the government's abuse of eminent domain powers to take their property and transfer it to a private development company. Despite winning in court and having the support of 7,000 residents, the diner ...
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The City of Hampton, VA condemned a local couple's property for a public road. But after taking the property for a meager amount, the city gave most of it to a private retail shopping center. Family's Land Confiscated to Create ...
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When it comes to the Law of the Sea Treaty, "neo-know-nothings" can be found in some pretty august positions. Here's part of what Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner had to say about the Law of the Sea Treaty in a ...
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A story (paid subscription required) in the National Law Journal this week featured husband David as the lone supporter of U.S. sovereignty against quotes from three supporters of ratification of a treaty many Reaganite conservatives believe would hurt our national ...
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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today applauded a statement by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirming that the so-called Fairness Doctrine is obsolete. "It can't make our case any stronger than when the agency that once administered the Fairness Doctrine says ...
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Congress should not put the lives of law enforcement officials at risk to benefit its trial lawyer contributors, says Deneen Borelli of the national black group Project 21. Congress is now considering overturning the Tiahrt Amendment, a measure that restricts ...
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Project 21 agrees with Chairman Kevin martin of the FCC: Group Applauds FCC Letter on Fairness DoctrineProject 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today applauded a statement by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirming that the so-called Fairness Doctrine is obsolete. "It can't ...
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