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Why Nevada Must Challenge ObamaCare

April 13th, 2010 · Comments Off on Why Nevada Must Challenge ObamaCare

Attorney General Cortez-Masto’s decision to ignore the Governor’s request and to not join over one third of the Union in a Constitutional challenge against ObamaCare is a travesty.  The threat to our country and to our state particularly is real and immediate, and our participation in the lawsuit is critical to the rule of law […]

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Tags: Assembly 25 Campaign · Big Government · Constitutional Law · Federalism · First Documents · Health Care · Principles

What CAN’T They Regulate?

February 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments

I’m trying to imagine going back in time and asking the Federalists, “Now, if we ratify this thing, will it give the federal government the power to regulate tournament rules for collegiate sporting events?”

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Tags: Big Government · First Documents · Nanny State · Sports

A Prescient Warning From a Founding Father

February 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Amused Cynic points out this centuries-old but all-too-relevant warning from James Madison in Federalist No. 61: It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; […]

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Tags: Big Government · Constitutional Law · First Documents · Obama

Obama’s Fundamental Constitutional Misunderstanding

October 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Obama’s Fundamental Constitutional Misunderstanding

A lot has been already made about Barack Obama’s lament that “economic justice” and “redistribution of wealth” wasn’t a priority for the Warren Court.  (I’ve even heard some people call his arguments “conservative” because he suggests that the courts may not be the best places to achieve such re-distribution.)  Not enough has been made, to […]

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Tags: Campaign '08 · Constitutional Law · Federalism · First Documents · Obama · Principles

Smacking of Ridiculousness

August 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I got a campaign call yesterday from a supporter of local pawn shop manager and proud pit bull owner James Smack, a self-proclaimed “Constitutionalist” running against Dean Heller for his Congressional seat in the Republican primary.  He’s a Ron Paul type, and I’m not, so I politely told his supporter I was voting for the […]

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