Who REINS in Washington Anyway?
Congress rarely considers a bill that would change the way Washington works. But this is exactly what the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act would do. The REINS Act (H.R.10)...
View ArticleVIDEO: Obama ‘Manifestly Wrong’ on U.S. Constitution, Says Sen. Mike Lee
Few lawmakers have expressed as much outrage over President Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appointments as Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). He was among the first to warn about the consequences of the...
View ArticleThe Right Road on Regulation
Regulation is like the weather. Everyone likes to complain, but nobody does anything about it. That’s not true, however, of the House of Representatives, which today passed a fistful of reforms. The...
View ArticleBeware! Regulations Incoming!
Buckle up, job-creators: The administrative state is set to grow steadily larger in 2013 with a slew of new regulations. “For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked dozens of...
View ArticleThe Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Too Risky To Ratify
Arms Trade Treaty conference session (Photo by Ted Bromund) On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which...
View ArticleAmnesty Insanity: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Better Result
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Newscom While debating the amnesty provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, then-Senator Alan Simpson (R–WY) stated on the floor of the Senate that “this...
View ArticleImmigration: Getting No RESULTS
Photo credit: Jay Mallin/ZUMA Press/Newscom Senator John Cornyn (R–TX) will propose an amendment to the Senate immigration bill entitled “Requiring Enforcement, Security and safety, & Upgrading...
View ArticlePhone Records and the NSA: Legal and Keeping America Safe
Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/EPA/Newscom A couple weeks ago, Edward Snowden exposed a NSA counterterrorism program that collects the phone records of millions of U.S. citizens. As Mr. Snowden...
View ArticleCourt Kicks Yucca Mountain Review Back in Motion
Newscom Despite the politics surrounding Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration’s policy to terminate the project, a federal court today held the executive branch to its chief role: executing the...
View ArticleThe Last Stand: The Fight of State Attorneys General to Preserve Federalism
Walter Choroszewski Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom On Thursday, September 12, the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation along with the State Government...
View ArticleNext Fed Chairman: Independence Is Paramount
Newscom Larry Summers withdrew his name from consideration for the next chairmanship of the Federal Reserve. The office currently occupied by Ben Bernanke wields enormous power over short-run economic...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Signals Doubts on IRS Tax Preparer Regulations
Hillside Studio Image Source/Newscom In oral argument today, the D.C. federal appeals court appeared ready to throw cold water on the IRS’s claim to have the authority to regulate income tax return...
View ArticleAs Kerry Signs “Less Than Useless” U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, Congress Responds
Shahar Azran/Polaris/Newscom Today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on behalf of the United States. The reaction from Congress has been immediate, and rightfully...
View ArticleFilibuster or Not, the D.C. Circuit Still Doesn’t Need More Judges
Walter Choroszewski Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom Today the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Now that Senate...
View ArticleNDAA Detainee Provisions Road Map to Closing Gitmo?
Newscom The combined House/Senate agreement on the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has two key terrorist-detainee-related provisions worth highlighting. Section 1039 requires the...
View ArticleWho REINS in Washington Anyway?
Congress rarely considers a bill that would change the way Washington works. But this is exactly what the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act would do. The REINS Act (H.R.10)...
View ArticleVIDEO: Obama ‘Manifestly Wrong’ on U.S. Constitution, Says Sen. Mike Lee
Few lawmakers have expressed as much outrage over President Obama’s unconstitutional “recess” appointments as Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). He was among the first to warn about the consequences of the...
View ArticleThe Right Road on Regulation
Regulation is like the weather. Everyone likes to complain, but nobody does anything about it. That’s not true, however, of the House of Representatives, which today passed a fistful of reforms. The...
View ArticleBeware! Regulations Incoming!
Buckle up, job-creators: The administrative state is set to grow steadily larger in 2013 with a slew of new regulations. “For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked dozens of...
View ArticleThe Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Too Risky To Ratify
Arms Trade Treaty conference session (Photo by Ted Bromund) On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which...
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