Politics

Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Case of Obama’s Article II Qualification

On its “orders list” for March 7, the U.S. Supreme Court unceremoniously and without notation denied a writ of certiorari filed in the...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 10, 2011

Senate Rejects Both Dem and GOP Budget Proposal

Raven Clabough March 10, 2011

On Wednesday afternoon, the United States Senate rejected both the Democratic and Republican budget-cutting proposals. In both votes, several lawmakers voted against their...

House Subcommittee Votes to Invalidate FCC’s Net Neutrality

Raven Clabough March 10, 2011

Yesterday morning, a subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to invalidate the net neutrality rules recently approved by the Federal Communications...

Tennessee State Senate Passes No Income Tax Bill

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 10, 2011

Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Taxation is the price we pay for civilization.” What would the good jurist think of Tennessee, then? ...

NPR CEO Forced Out; Funding In Danger

R. Cort Kirkwood March 10, 2011

Though National Public Radio’s CEO Vivian Schiller technically resigned from the leftist network after video recordings surfaced of another NPR executive calling Tea...

Drone Over Miami

Michael Tennant March 10, 2011

Residents of Miami-Dade County, Florida, beware: Big Brother may soon be watching you — even inside your house. ...

Texas Has Bipartisan Support for Anti-TSA Legislation

Kelly Holt March 10, 2011

Texas state Representative David Simpson (R) is taking Texas-style aim at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with the filing of three bills in the...

South Carolina Looks to Bigger Traffic Fines as Revenue Source

Bruce Walker March 10, 2011

As long as we have government, we will have government trying to find ways to get money. In the early days of our...

Wisconsin Senate Passes Union Reform Bill

Alex Newman March 10, 2011

The Wisconsin Senate caused an uproar after splitting its budget-repair legislation into two parts to be able to pass government-union reform provisions even...

Idaho Legislators Follow Wisconsin Lawmakers’ Footsteps

Raven Clabough March 10, 2011

Union spokesmen for government workers have expressed fears that Governor Scott Walker’s actions in Wisconsin would result in a domino effect of union-restricting...

Pro-IRA Congressman Probes Terrorism

Daniel Sayani March 10, 2011

One of the most controversial political happenings of the political season, in the 112th Congress, is Republican Rep. Peter King’s launch of an...

Senate Passes Bill to Overhaul Patent Law

Raven Clabough March 10, 2011

On Tuesday, March 8, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that overhauls the nation’s patent system, allowing the Patent and Trademark Office more flexibility...