Courts

Obama’s Hostility Toward Energy Production Omitted from Coverage of Court Order

A front page report that details a ruling from Judge Martin L.C. Feldman of the Federal District Court in New Orleans blocking Obama's drilling moratorium is not unbalanced but it is incomplete. Right from the beginning, the Administration has been hostile toward domestic energy production. In his 22 page opinion that imposed an injunction against President Obama’s drilling moratorium Tuesday, Judge Martin L.C. Feldman of the United State District Court wrote that the administration failed to...

Republican Contributions to Left-Leaning Judiciary Overlooked in Analysis

President George W. Bush was 2-2 with his nominees to the high court. But this was the exception and not the rule as far as Republican presidents are concerned from the perspective of strict constructionists. This news analysis piece from the NYT contains some valuable info, but proceeds from a skewed perspective... Strict constructionists who have long sought to restore the U.S. Supreme Court to its proper station in the constitutional order will be surprised to learn that Republican preside...

Union Bosses Escape Disclosure Requirements as NYT Pressures Corporations

Financial disclosure for thee, but not for me. This is the message union bosses are transmitting to average Americans through The New York Times. Even as the White House and Congressional Democrats push for additional provisos aimed against politically active corporations, Obama officials are rescinding disclosure requirements for organized labor's top officials.... President Obama campaigned on openness and transparency in government but his top officials are rolling back financial disclosur...

Sen. Murkowski’s Anti EPA Resolution Warrants News Coverage

Apparently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting started on new regulations that have not been sanctioned by Congress. This has been mentioned in the New York Times, but readers should also know there a new resolution has been introduced that would blunt EPA actions... Although free market organizations and concerned taxpayers are understandably preoccupied with President Obama’s government takeover of the healthcare industry, they should not lose sight of the regulatory schem...

NYT Fires Opening Salvo Against Constitutional Challenges to ObamaCare

Very bright legal minds stand on both sides of the pending constitutional challenges to ObamaCare launched by state officials. The New York Times suggests here that concerned Americans who oppose new mandates shouldn't bother because precedent is not on their side. But since when do constitutionalists takes cues from the NYT... An opening salvo has been fired against state officials who are already moving against Obama-Care on constitutional grounds.  The bill would rewrite the relationship b...