Liberty
Court is no place for Trump’s ‘ballroom dance’
Editors at National Review Online respond to the most recent court ruling in the battle over a White House ballroom. The Supreme Court has put an end to the federal…
Power of the purse
Statement on Today’s Leandro Decision: Dr. Bob Luebke
RALEIGH – The court’s decision is a dangerous usurpation of the General Assembly’s rightful power of the purse and to make education policy. The court’s decision does not uphold or enforce…
Education
NC Court of Appeals Defends the Constitution in Leandro Ruling
The Carolina Journal reports that the NC Court of Appeals ruled that the recent order issued by Judge David Lee in the Leandro case is unconstitutional. The order bypassed the…
Liberty
Still more on Leandro
Earlier this week my colleague Terry Stoops posted an insightful analysis of where things stand in the never-ending Leandro case. Interest in the case has heated up since June when…
Law & Public Safety
Congress is passing the buck
Peter Wallison asks at National Review Online why Congress continues to give away its constitutional powers. If he were alive today, James Madison would probably be most surprised and dismayed…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NY Post offers warning about government stimulus
Editors at the New York Post caution readers to beware of questionable government stimulus proposals. With negotiations over a (yes!) fifth COVID-19 rescue package at an impasse, President Trump took…
Liberty
Pelosi bucks Senate proposal on Trump emergency declaration
Saagar Enjeti of the Daily Caller reports U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s response to a Senate-led effort to address President Trump’s emergency declaration for the southern border. House Speaker Nancy…
Law & Public Safety
Leef urges Supreme Court to kill regulatory agency
George Leef’s latest Forbes column calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to rid the world of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 2010 was a bad year for the Constitution. Not…
Elections & Public Integrity
Environmental regulators avoiding congressional limits on their power
Tim Pearce reports for the Daily Caller on one way in which federal environmental regulators sidestep congressional oversight. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established a practice in recent years…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The real zombie threat
Justin Bogie highlights in a Daily Signal column one little-known way in which the federal government wastes money. A key driver of wasteful spending in Washington is what some call…
Liberty
Couldn’t Resist
Gloria Steinem will give the keynote address for the 2012 Power of the Purse luncheon in Asheville. Proceeds benefit The Women’s Fund, a permanent endowment of The Community Foundation that…
Liberty
Ellmers calls on Etheridge to defund Obama’s suit against Arizona
It’s ON: The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse – so, I call on Congressman Etheridge to amend the Justice Department’s Appropriation Bill to deny funding for the…