Why originalism matters
In his opinion for a unanimous three judge panel of the D.C. Circuit declaring unconstitutional President Obama’s purported recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, Judge Laurence Silberman eloquently explained why adherence to the original meaning of the Constitution is so important: In any event, if some administrative inefficiency results from our construction of…
Why Joe Biden will never be President
Pretty much everyone expects that Joe Biden will run for President in 2016. Anyone who’s paid attention to Biden over the years realizes how ridiculous the notion of “President Biden” really is. As Larry Mendte notes at Philly Post, Biden even further beclowned himself at the recent Obama inauguration festivities: No one seemed to enjoy…
More evidence of why the public hates lawyers
So what do you do if your $5 foot long from Subway is actually a little less than a foot long? Evidently at least one lawyer from New Jersey thinks that litigation is the appropriate response: The two men – from Burlington and Ocean Counties – measured their footlongs after seeing allegations from others that…
Dire times for Christians in Egypt
Srada Trifkovic has some interesting things to say about the danger that Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood pose to Christians in Egypt: Joining us to talk about the ongoing plight of Christians in Egypt is Dr. Srdja Trifkovic. He is Foreign Affairs Editor ofChronicles: A Magazine of American Culture . . . Are we seeing…
Farewell, Speaker Boehner
From CNN: House Speaker John Boehner on Saturday offered to allow income tax rates for wealthy Americans to increase in exchange for spending cuts, tax reform and entitlement reform in fiscal cliff negotiations with the White House, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Boehner offered to allow tax rates to go up on…
Newtown
As a father of school age children, I find words to express my thoughts on this week’s tragedy are difficult to conjure. As such, I defer to Lord Tennyson: STRONG Son of God, immortal Love,Whom we, that have not seen thy face,By faith, and faith alone, embrace,Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs…
Because Congress does such a great job with the stuff that IS within its authority …
It ought to branch out and stick its grubby fingers into some things it has absolutely no Constitutional authority to involve itself in. Like, say, whether NFL players use human growth hormone or other performance enhancing substances. Last week brought the news that Supreme Overlord Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Reform and Government…
Justin Amash is a fraud
If Representative Amash is in fact willing to consider “increased revenue” (red: tax increases) as a part of any fiscal deal with Democrats, then I am afraid that I am compelled to agree with Ryan McMaken: Justin Amash’s recent comment that raising taxes or increasing government revenues is all something he could be convinced to…