Feb 3, 2012 – Also on this date in 1815, the world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland, laying the groundwork for annoying … On February 3rd in 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, establishing that the “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall … And on February 3rd in 1913, the 16th Amendment was ratified, establishing that “Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes…

Jan 31, 2012 – The First Amendment thereof reads as follows.…

Feb 15, 2012 – decision of Judge Vaughan Walker holding that the people of the State of California violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment … That is, in fact, why we have a Ninth Amendment (“The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny … history of its enactment (two things conspicuous by their absence in Perry, as it would be laughable to suggest that the 14th Amendment…

Feb 14, 2012 – Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Anna Franzonello to discuss the controversial contraceptive mandate in Obamacare, how it violates our freedom of religion, and what legislative and legal steps are being taken to...

Feb 13, 2012 – Nancy Pelosi famously decreed that Congress must first pass ObamaCare to find out what’s in it. … These latest regulations, including the President’s ‘accommodation’ announcement, are a blatant infringement on Americans’ First Amendment … Amendment were an earmark.…

Feb 10, 2012 – And does the First Amendment apply any less to my religious beliefs. by Michael E.…

Feb 27, 2012 – The kind of women who didn’t feel it a sign of weakness to put others first and the kind of women who don’t feel that they must put … My evening dress may not be hunter orange or camouflage, but don’t assume I don’t love the Second Amendment… or that I’m not a damn…

Feb 22, 2012 – I’m not really here to provide a legal analysis of the First Amendment issue anyway.…

Feb 22, 2012 – Then House Speaker Blaine sponsored the anti-Catholic 1875 Blaine Amendment to the Constitution (defeated in the Senate but enacted … (The sixth is the first Hispanic Justice, Sonia Sotomayor).…

Mar 9, 2012 – This is not as extreme a question as it appears at first blush. … So, would that not be protected by the First Amendment? MS. … If this HHS regulation survives court challenge, we will have crossed a Rubicon and the First Amendment will never again mean what…

Mar 9, 2012 – As I noted at the time, “Blackburn’s amendment, by its own description, would have ‘reduce[d] spending by 5.5% in 8 non-securiy spending … It was the first major vote that separated the men from the boys.…

Mar 9, 2012 – designed to ensure the House GOP lived up to is “$100 billion in cuts” pledge to nowhere.As I noted at the time, “Blackburn’s amendment … Democrats in a refusal to cut the budget was House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy.It was the first…

Mar 6, 2012 – I know, it’s not as sexy as someone being called a ‘slut’, but that is what the actual amendment was about. … In fact, the rights delineated in the First Amendment are so crucial, America would not be America without them. … But what says Murkowski, who did vote for the Amendment on Thursday? Total mistake! …

Mar 5, 2012 – Let’s get the absurd slut faux-outrage and the hypocrisy out of the way first, since Leftist hypocrisy and misogyny happens so often … She is an enemy of the First Amendment, enemy of the truth, enemy of individual liberty and is harmful to all especially women.…

Mar 3, 2012 – believe the court did not go far enough by failing to determine that the NLRB does not have rulemaking authority, in denying our First … Amendment claim, and in denying our challenge to the alleged recess appointments.…

Mar 19, 2012 – The Senator sponsored the “Santorum Amendment” to raise the Minimum Wage 21.4%. … The result was the first GOP majority in 40 years and the largest increase in pro-life votes in House of Representatives history. … When I was Speaker, we balanced the budget for the first time since the 1920s — and it stayed balanced for four straight years.…

Mar 18, 2012 – by $2.418 billion, and Medicare expenditures increased by $1.426 billion for a total increase of $8.569 billion in RomneyCare’s first … I will balance the budget in my first term.  … I will also call on Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.…

Mar 28, 2012 – Now that the State of Georgia may become the first state to outlaw the offensive tactic, oddly enough, unions are getting support from … “When we’re talking about the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution, we’re not talking about political right-versus-left.…

Mar 27, 2012 – Last year, we were proud to be one of the first websites to publicly promote the Republican Study Committee’s Cut, Cap and Balance … It is the first proposal that shows how to balance the budget in 5 years, even without reforming SS and Medicare immediately.  … On Thursday, the Cut, Cap, and Balance budget will be proposed as a floor amendment (H. Con. Res. 113) to the Ryan budget. …

Mar 26, 2012 – The Act violates the 10th Amendment in general or through Medicaid issues. The Penalty violates the taxing power. … First, per Bob Jones, the AIA does not bar persons who show irreparable harm and certainty of success.  … They claim the 14th Amendment effectively repealed the apportionment requirement.  I answer that here.…

Mar 25, 2012 – Four problems: First, 116 billion is nothing but a politicized magnification of the amount (43 billion) which the insurance companies … Finally, there was the opportunity to reopen the bill to further amendments, including an amendment on the severability clause, to … assuage Democratic moderates like Ben Nelson, after the manager’s amendment had been presented.…

Apr 4, 2012 – on judicial review yesterday, President Obama offered the following lame (and incorrect) walkback today: THE PRESIDENT:  Well, first … By way of contrast, an excellent example of judicial activism would be virtually every SCOTUS Eighth Amendment decision for the last…

Apr 3, 2012 – Circuit’s opinion pretty clearly says that when judges act and the people choose to amend their constitution in response, such an amendment … That is the entire point of the doctrine of judicial review, first announced in Marbury and affirmed without serious challenge ever…

Apr 18, 2012 – Ah, the first amendment. I guess it doesn’t actually matter, since it’s over 100 years old and all.…

Apr 16, 2012 – Well, the manager’s amendment appears to have vitiated that agreement. … The amazing thing is that 22 Republicans actually voted for this boondoggle, probably without ever reading the manager’s amendment … We need to put our best proposal on the table first. …