07.14.2010
By Andrius Vaitekunas – All speech should be protected. In Elena Kagan’s world, political speech should be regulated…
07.14.2010
To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson ’s quote of the day on the 3 GOP Senators supporting the Financial Takeover bill : “Senators Snowe, Collins, and Brown, through their support of this bill, are enabling government to perpetuate the easy money and loose lending policies […]
07.14.2010
By Rebekah Rast – A lawsuit hopes to stop the construction of an off-shore wind farm in Massachusetts. A couple of plaintiffs on the suit are environmental organizations. Ironic? Not really. One of the plaintiffs, CAlifornians for Renewable Energy (CARE), is against industrial wind farms […]
07.13.2010
Want the Daily Wrap-Up sent to your inbox? Click here . The Daily Wrap-Up according to Adam Bitely : Good Tuesday Evening – A tale of two Kagan’s . Before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, on behalf of the Obama Administration, in the recent Citizens United decision that lifted restrictions on independent […]
07.13.2010
By Michael Swartz – For those serving as President, making a recess appointment when Congress is not in session is a right guaranteed by the Constitution – Article II, Section 2, to be exact. In the era of our nation’s founding, participating in Congress was […]
07.13.2010
As we have noted here before , there is a serious issue dealing with conflicts of interest at the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). This committee advises the FDA on regulations for tobacco products. However, several members of the committee are not independent, thus, regulations that are passed down […]
07.13.2010
By Robert Romano – Before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, on behalf of the Obama Administration, in the recent Citizens United decision that lifted restrictions on independent expenditures on electioneering political speech, argued that political pamphleteering and political movies were not covered by the First […]
07.13.2010
“Visionary, but divisive.” That’s how The New York Times describes Andy Stern, the Service Employee International Union’s (SEIU) former president, in this profile piece about his successor Mary Kay Henry. She is ambitious to make her own mark in terms of organizing and politicking, according to […]