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Obama Administration Made Illegal Race-Based Decisions When Closing GM and Chrysler Dealerships

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/26/2010

Automobiles and Roads

Blog

Automakers Face Potentially Massive Race-Discrimination Class-Action Lawsuit Thanks to Obama Administration

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/23/2010

“Decisions on which car dealerships to close as part of the auto industry bailout — closures the Obama administration forced on General Motors and Chrysler…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Senator Pat Leahy Doesn’t Even Read Supreme Court Decisions Before Blasting Them

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/23/2010

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is fond of blasting Supreme Court decisions even before reading them.  In his eyes, its decisions are all part of a…

Law and Litigation

Blog

Jerry Brown Is the Nation’s Worst State Attorney General

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the worst state attorney general in America, as I documented in a recent study. But how was…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

The nation’s worst state attorneys general abuse the power of their office for political ends, undermining the rule of law.  In…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Richard Blumenthal Rated Second-Worst Attorney General in America

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

Connecticut Attorney General Dick Blumenthal has just been rated the second-worst state attorney general in America by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in its recent…

Consumer Freedom

Citation

CT’s Blumenthal Second Worst State AG

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

Law and Litigation

Citation

CT’s Blumenthal Second Worst State AG

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

Law and Litigation

Citation

Worst state attorneys general, continued

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/22/2010

Law and Litigation

Study

The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/21/2010

Like other government offices, state attorney general offices were designed to have limited powers, set forth by their respective state constitutions and statutes. Unfortunately, many…

Law and Litigation

Blog

President Obama Signs Dodd-Frank Financial “Reform” Bill: 2315 Pages of Special-Interest Payoffs

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/21/2010

President Obama today signed into law the Dodd-Frank financial “reform” bill, the “most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial market regulations since the Great Depression.”…

Consumer Freedom

Citation

The Nation’s Worst Attorneys General

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/21/2010

Law and Litigation

Blog

Judiciary Committee Approves Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court Nomination, 13-to-6

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/20/2010

The Senate Judiciary Committee has just approved Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination by a vote of 13-to-6. You can find my personal assessment…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

854,000 People Have Top-Secret Security Clearances; Huge, Politically-Correct Security Apparatus Expands

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/19/2010

The Washington Post reports that 854,000 people have top-secret security clearances. America’s security apparatus is huge and incredibly costly. Despite all these resources,…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Senate Passes Financial “Reform” That Leaves Corrupt Bailout Recipients Unreformed, While Harming the Public

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/16/2010

Yesterday, the Senate passed a so-called financial reform bill by a vote of 60-to-38, making it all but certain to become law.  The bill…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Earthquake Hits Washington, D.C. Area; Politicians Seek to Expand Bailouts and Subsidize Earthquake Insurance

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/16/2010

A mild earthquake hit the Washington, D.C. area this morning at around 5 a.m.  It broke a jar of grapefruit marmalade that fell…

Insurance

Blog

Abolish Law School, Keep the Bar Exam

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/14/2010

Elizabeth Wurtzel argues that the bar exam should be abolished because many illustrious lawyer-politicians flunked it on their first try. I disagree. Passing the…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

EPA, Not Jones Act, Blocked Dutch Skimmers

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/14/2010

It was apparently the EPA, not the Jones Act, that blocked Dutch skimmers from cleaning up the oil spill in Louisiana in late April:…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Bank Failures Rise; Banks Shuttered at a Faster Rate in 2010 Than in 2008 and 2009; Financial “Reform” Adds to Banks’ Woes

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/13/2010

“This past Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shuttered another four US banks,” notes Neil Hrab in the Washington Examiner. “That makes 90…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Readers Contest Factcheck.Org’s “Oil Spill, Foreign Help, and the Jones Act”

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/12/2010

FactCheck.org argued that the Jones Act, which ordinarily bans both foreign ships and foreign crews from working in U.S. waters, did not interfere with foreign…

Consumer Freedom

Citation

Attorney General Darrell McGraw Named Fifth Worst State AG by Competitive Enterprise Institute

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/12/2010

Law and Litigation

Citation

DOJ v. Arizona: The Battle Over Preemption

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 07/06/2010

Law and Litigation

Blog

Liberal Senators Make False Claims About Supreme Court’s Ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, During Kagan Confirmation Hearings

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/30/2010

Liberal Senators like Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) are peddling fables about a Supreme Court ruling, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Labor and Employment

Blog

Supreme Court Dooms Chicago Gun Ban; Obama Judicial Nominees Oppose Gun Rights; Religious Clubs Lose First Amendment Case; Removal of High-Ranking Bureaucrats Made Easier

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/30/2010

The Supreme Court doomed Chicago’s handgun ban Monday by ruling 5-to-4 that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments…

Consumer Freedom

Citation

Spreading Lies on the Ledbetter Case

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/30/2010

Business and Government

Wall Street Journal

How I (Almost) Killed Sarbox

  • By: Hans Bader, Sam Kazman
  • 06/29/2010

Banking and Finance

Blog

New Federal Interference With Oil-Spill Clean-Up: Feds Stop Louisiana From Dredging Needed to Create Protective Sand Berms

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/23/2010

A TV station in New Orleans reports that “the federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Stimulus Package to Cost $75 Billion More Than Predicted; Plus, Government-Employee Bailout Sought

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/23/2010

The stimulus package is going to cost at least $75 billion more than the $787 billion the Obama administration claimed, according to the Congressional…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Judge Blocks Gulf Drilling Ban, Citing Deception by Obama Administration; Obama Continues to Delay Gulf Clean-Up

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/22/2010

A federal judge has just blocked the Obama administration from imposing a blanket ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Antiterror Law; More Clues About Elena Kagan

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/22/2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was instrumental in getting President Clinton to veto a ban on partial-birth abortion.  She also lumped…

Consumer Freedom

Wall Street Journal

Stimulus Spending Has Done Little to Promote Growth (Letter to the Editor)

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/22/2010

The stimulus package destroyed private-sector jobs, since it was financed by borrowing money from private citizens that would otherwise have been spent on private…

Business and Government

Wall Street Journal

Obama Uses Oil Spill to Push Failed Energy Policies

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/19/2010

In his speech, President Obama used the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to push his failed energy policies, such as…

Antitrust

Blog

Obama Administration Blocks Clean-Up of Oil Spill by Louisiana and Foreign Allies By Imposing Red Tape

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/18/2010

The Obama Administration recently used red tape to force Louisiana to stop using 16 barges that were cleaning up the Gulf…

Consumer Freedom

Wall Street Journal

Obama’s Actions Prevent Timely Clean-Up By U.S. Allies

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/18/2010

Crucial offers to help clean up BP’s oil spill “have come from Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian firms that … possess some of the world’s most…

Antitrust

Wall Street Journal

Obama Blocks Louisiana, Foreign Allies from Oil Spill Clean-Up

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/18/2010

The Obama Administration recently used red tape to force Louisiana to stop using 16 barges that were cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico…

Antitrust

Blog

Congress Destroys Free Checking Accounts by Blocking Overdraft Fees for the Irresponsible

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/17/2010

Banks can afford to offer free checking accounts with no minimum balance, to responsible people, only because they can charge overdraft fees to irresponsible people. …

Law and Litigation

Wall Street Journal

Bad Idea: Congress Blocks Checking Overdraft Fees

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/17/2010

Banks can afford to offer free checking accounts with no minimum balance, to responsible people, only because they can charge overdraft fees to irresponsible…

Business and Government

Blog

Obama Uses Oil Spill to Push Failed Energy Policies

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/16/2010

In his speech last night, President Obama used the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to push his failed energy policies, such…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Financial “Reform” Bill Engages in Racial Engineering, While Ignoring Corrupt Mortgage Giants

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/15/2010

Congress and the Obama administration refused to do anything about the corrupt government-sponsored mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even though administration…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Obama Blocked Clean Up of BP Oil Spill by Friendly Countries; International Assistance Blocked by Regulations Obama Had The Authority To Waive

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/14/2010

Crucial offers to help clean up BP’s oil spill “have come from Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian firms that . . . possess some of the…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Obama Wants Taxpayers to Cough Up $50 Billion To Bail Out Public-Employee Unions

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/14/2010

President Obama now wants Congress to spend $50 billion to keep state governments from laying off government employees.  In essence, this is a bailout…

Consumer Freedom

Wall Street Journal

Most Green Jobs Went to Foreign Firms (Letter to the Editor)

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/14/2010

It is incredible that the federal government spent billions of dollars on so-called "green jobs" without having any definition of what a green…

Business and Government

Wall Street Journal

Obama Refuses to Waive Law to Allow Foreign Help With Oil Spill

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/14/2010

Crucial offers to help clean up BP’s oil spill “have come from Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian firms that . . . possess some of…

Antitrust

Blog

Obama Fires Inspector General Who Uncovered Fraud, and Honors Defrauder Instead

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/11/2010

Earlier, President Obama fired the inspector general for the AmeriCorps program after he uncovered fraud by Obama crony Kevin Johnson.  (Johnson did not…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

AIG Bailout Had “Poisonous” Effect, Bailout Oversight Panel Says

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/10/2010

“American International Group Inc.’s bailout had a ‘poisonous’ effect on the U.S. financial system because it demonstrated the government would protect Wall Street firms from…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

Judiciary Committee Votes to Promote Judge Who Made Excuses for Roadside Strangler, Claiming His “Sexual Sadism” Was a “Mitigating Factor”

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/10/2010

On a party-line vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved President Obama’s promotion of a federal judge who tried to block the execution…

Law and Litigation

Wall Street Journal

Say no to New Green Deal (Letter to the Editor)

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/10/2010

Holger Krahmer was right to criticize green jobs as a scam ("Green New Deal is a raw deal for the U.S.," Commentary, Monday). "Green…

Energy and Environment

Blog

BP Supported Obama Stimulus Package, Global Warming Bill, and Corporate Welfare; BP Bankrolled Obama Campaign

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/09/2010

Columnist Tim Carney notes that BP, responsible for the massive oil spill, is “a close friend of big government whenever it serves the company’s…

Consumer Freedom

Wall Street Journal

BP’s Disturbingly Close Ties to Obama Administration

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/09/2010

Columnist Tim Carney notes that BP, responsible for the massive oil spill, is “a close friend of big government whenever it serves the company’s…

Antitrust

Blog

Global-Warming Bill Contains Ethanol Subsidies, Which Cause Famine, Hunger, Food Riots, and Political Unrest

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 06/07/2010

People across the world “are being battered by surging food prices that are dragging more people into poverty, fueling political tensions and forcing some to…

Consumer Freedom

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