by Jonathan Moore
October 14, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
Here is the letter I wrote that appeared in the Los Angeles Times in response to Erwin Chemerinsky’s article on the constitutionality of health care reform. Chemerinsky teaches at UC Irvine’s law school.
Chemerinsky argues that according to Supreme Court precedent, the proposed health care reform bills will be considered constitutional.
Unfortunately, he is probably right.
The author of our Constitution, however, would disagree. In Federalist 45, Madison writes, “the powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined.” …
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Host Richard Morrison welcomes guest co-hosts Michelle Minton and Lee Doren to Episode 59 of the LibertyWeek podcast. This week we take a detour from the usual format and focus on the upcoming 9/12 March on Washington, where thousands of Americans from across the country will converge on Capitol Hill to protest record levels of government spending and borrowing. The demonstration is about defending our liberty and about restoring our Constitution by reducing the size and scope of the federal government.
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by Evan Banks
June 21, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
H.R. 2854, a proposed bill making its way through committees, would require the Treasury Secretary to give the greenback a makeover. The bill aims to replace the Great Seal of the United States (which Franklin Delano Roosevelt incorporated in 1935) on the reverse of the dollar with excerpts from the U.S. Constitution including the preamble, a list of Articles, and a list of Amendments in the founding document. The bill, cited as the “Liberty Bill Act,” states that Congress believes…
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You undoubtedly have heard that on April 15th many Americans will participate in Tax Day “Tea Parties,” a reference to the colonial tea parties that occurred in 18th century America. The protests have been widely covered by a broad range of media outlets.
The sentiment behind modern tea parties isn’t clear; it is varied. Some attending the protests want lower taxes, or to show their objection to the ways taxes are being used, some are there to object to the very idea…
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by Gary Howard
March 06, 2009 @ 10:14 am
In a running theme, I again cover the topic of the U.S. government’s heavy-handed dealings with swiss bank UBS. A nod to my colleague John Berlau, whose letter in today’s Financial Times gives a nod to former ambassador Faith Whittlesey and her commentary in FT expressing concern over the Obama administration demanding the names of 52,000 Americans who do business with UBS. As I stated in previous posts on this issue, these actions by federal authorities are setting a bad precedent for the privacy of…
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Your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist bring you Episode 32 of the LibertyWeek podcast with special guest Sam Kazman and surprise guest co-host Jeremy Lott. We start by looking into the possible future of the Federal Communications Commission with nominee Julius Genachowski about to ascend to the chairmanship, and then take another stroll through the New Great Depression with high-level financial talks between unpopular British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and über-popular President Barack Obama. Oregonian brewers fight a proposed fifteen…
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by Gary Howard
February 26, 2009 @ 12:26 pm
lolprez and the “do-something-anything” Congress is at it again
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by Gary Howard
December 11, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Apple's 1984 "Big Brother" ad
An article over at Ad Age brings up an angle on the whole auto industry bailout probably not considered much before. The fact that a yet-to-be-appointed “car czar” will have control over a multibillion dollar advertising budget for the big three. Under the guise of “oversight,” this would effectively “Create World’s Most Powerful Marketing Exec[utive].”
The draft rescue plan for Detroit sent to the White House by Congress yesterday calls for the appointment of a “car czar”…
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by Gary Howard
October 02, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
As yesterday’s New York Times reports. Lost in the universal focus on the credit crisis, we have seen a somewhat troubling change taking place in Switzerland’s longtime bank secrecy laws.
Switzerland’s tax authorities, under pressure from a growing United States investigation into the Swiss bank giant UBS, are expected to hand over confidential data on wealthy American clients of UBS to the Justice Department, two people briefed on the matter said Tuesday.
The move would represent a significant shift in Switzerland’s banking…
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by Ryan Radia
March 10, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
The latest attack on anonymous online speech comes from Kentucky State Rep. Tim Couch (R), who proposed legislation last week to ban posting anonymous messages online. Couch’s bill requires users to register their true name and address before contributing to any discussion forum, with the stated goal of cutting down on “online bullying.”
The right to speak anonymously is protected by the First Amendment, and the Kentucky proposal raises serious Constitutional questions. In Talley v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a…
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