Paul Moreno, professor of history at Hillsdale College: In 1935, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was fretting about finding a constitutional basis for the Social Security Act. Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone advised her, “The taxing power, my dear, the taxing power. You can do anything under the taxing power.” Last week, in his ObamaCare opinion, NFIB v. Sebelius, Chief Justice John Roberts gave Congress the same advice—just enact
July 11, 2012
“Outsourcer-in-Chief: Obama Admin. Outsourced Jobs with Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus!”
Forward! The Obama administration allowed millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds to go to foreign companies, despite recent statements by President Barack Obama that he opposes “shipping jobs overseas.” “I want to stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs and factories overseas,” Obama said in a speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday. “As long as I’m president, I will keep fighting to make sure jobs are
July 11, 2012
Of all the truly conservative judges in the whole wide world, only John Roberts is smart enough to be really truly conservative
So shut up, the rest of you. If you had any dignity or smarts, you’d be thanking the Chief Justice for being the bestest Justice of all, showing commendable judicial restraint in saving the President’s signature legislation. — or so argues political scientist Carson Holloway. Here’s my brief reply: yes, the power of Congress to tax has always been vast. But it has always been constrained, both by the type
July 11, 2012
Stasi Democrats [Darleen Click]
This has everything to do with naked intimidation Politicians recognize they give up a degree of privacy when they run for office. But Democrats are testing the outer limits of that understanding with a practice that raises questions about when campaign tracking becomes something more like stalking. While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers — staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and
July 10, 2012
Don’t blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz, blonde females don’t handle checkbooks [Darleen Click]
I’m sure the Good Democrat Bitch that she is leaves all the family financial decisions to Mr. Schultz. What else can explain this Tweet? When this is the truth about the Wasserman Schultz banks … Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments in Swiss banks, foreign drug companies, and the state bank of India. This
July 10, 2012
“Eric Holder to NAACP: ‘I Will Not Allow the Texas Voter ID Law to Happen’” [bh]
Do I need to add any commentary for this story? Thugs and looters do what thugs and looters do. I wonder if Texans will do what we all think of Texans as doing. Update: In the comments, newrouter links a reminder that these people are simply full of shit. They don’t believe a word of their posturing. No, they want Chicago-style elections. Ask the good people of Racine, WI.
July 10, 2012
“Chief Justice Neville Chamberlain”
Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator: Statism must be fully engaged and battled, defeated at every turn, and vigorously so. But that defeat cannot be brought about if John Roberts or any other prospective conservative Court appointee believes they are sitting on the Court with some mandate from heaven to appease the liberal conception of the Court’s majesty. Which has long since become the liberal chattering class code for taking yet another
July 10, 2012
“Obama’s Middle Class ‘Tax Cut’ Would Raise Taxes by $1.3 Trillion Over 8 Years”
Well, in the government’s defense, they have been allowing you all to keep more of their money for a decade now. And it’s becoming increasingly difficult for them to fund their budget deficit spending when you’ve got so much of their money. It’s time to do what’s fair and give a little back, don’t you think? For cleanaircleanwatertheelderlytheautisticandthechildren…?
July 10, 2012
“20 Republicans set to uphold controversial UN treaty”
Yes. It can happen here. And it’s going to. And when it does, it’ll be largely because people like John Roberts didn’t want to be on the bad end of a leftist shaming campaign — and so provided those of us who have shown a willingness to fight for the principles of the founding no legal or governmental recourse to beat back the coup. Well, except we do have Mitt
July 10, 2012
Arab Springs Eternal!
Insert your own ironic / tragic / tragicomic reading of “Ozymandius” here: (thanks to Darth Levin)