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The Minimum Wage Is No Friend of the Poor
By banning unskilled laborers from accepting low-wage offers, minimum-wage laws make it harder for people to find work and harm those who are lowest on the economic ladder, condemning many to joblessness.
Barron’s, February 22, 2014 -
‘We Are Now at a Constitutional Tipping Point’
A prominent left-leaning scholar says this president’s “aggregation of power” is “destabilizing,” “wrong,” and “dangerous”—and he respectfully calls upon an “inert,” “feckless” Congress to “assert its powers” and rein in what Madison (in Federalist 51) called a “weaker department.”
Tea Party News Network, February 27, 2014 -
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New Obama Initiative Tramples First Amendment Protections
Having repeatedly violated the Constitution's separation of powers, the Obama administration takes aim at the First Amendment.
Washington Examiner, February 20, 2014 -
Why Conservatives Should Say No to Obama-Style Immigration Reform
Passing Obama-style immigration “reform” would provide a political boon for liberals, weaken our national sovereignty, and lower our per-capita GNP—even if President Obama could be trusted to enforce it.
Washington Post, February 19, 2014 -
Obama’s Plan for a Declining Military
With the Obama administration determined to spend money on everything but national defense, we are headed toward a smaller Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps than we had on September 11, 2001.
The National Interest, February 18, 2014 -
Dependence Day
With its massive income-tested subsidies that implicitly penalize work, Obamacare weakens civil society and turns republican citizens into clients of the welfare state.
The Weekly Standard, February 24, 2014 -
President Obama: I’m the Law
It’s time for policymakers and candidates—from the right and the left—to make plans to restore the constitutional rule of law that the Obama administration is trampling.
Forbes, February 12, 2014 -
Does the Administration Have the Legal Authority to Fund Obamacare’s Bailout of Insurers?
The nonpartisan CRS says federal agencies are prohibited “from making payments in the absence of a valid appropriation,” and Obamacare’s risk-corridor section “would not appear to constitute an appropriation.”
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Elephants Slaughtered for Trinkets and Terrorism
The slaughter of elephants, at the staggering a rate of up to 100 a day, is funding terrorists—so stopping the ivory trade is now a matter of national security and international stability, as well as stewardship.
CNN, February 8, 2014 -
‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’
It’s time for the Republican Party to channel its own founding principles, and those of the country, and be the party that’s devoted to preserving the rule of law.
The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2014 -
How Republicans Should Respond to the President’s Lawlessness
President Obama’s usurpations of legislative power are becoming painfully clear, and Congress should start taking concrete actions to hold him accountable.
National Review, February 11, 2014 -
The Wages of Immigration
Instead of largely mimicking the left’s immigration proposals and pretending that those are a political silver bullet, Republicans should focus on the economic well-being of everyday Americans.
The Weekly Standard, February 17, 2014 -
Adhocracy
In unilaterally rewriting Obamacare’s employer mandate, this administration has confirmed that it believes it’s above the law.
National Review, February 10, 2014 -
On the Obamacare Risk Corridors
Obamacare’s insurance bailout involves inappropriate and unlimited taxpayer exposure to private corporate risk, and defending it simply causes Obamacare’s supporters to dig themselves a deeper hole.
National Review, February 3, 2014 -
The GOP’s Immigration Delusion
The current push by House leadership on immigration reform risks dividing conservatives, to the benefit of the Obama White House.
New York Times, February 1, 2014