This morning on the 590 AM KLBJ radio news I heard them read a press release from the AISD asking parents to stop packing lunches for their kids, and -- I swear I'm not making this up -- asking them also to stop feeding their children breakfast, and to leave that up...
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The government plan to turn us all into snitches. Whistleblowers help government collect billions in unpaid taxes WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who helped the federal government collect $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes last year reaped a record $312 million in reward money...
The Libertarian Presidential Candidate We Need
Keith Preston at Attack The System wants a candidate that might actually be a libertarian. He argues they need to run on a platform of ending the federal government for real. Not “enforcing the Tenth Amendment, ” not “going back to the Constitution,” not “reducing...
National Emergencies Act: Flawed from the Beginning
There has been much debate about President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on our southern border. Critics complain either that no real emergency exists and/or that Trump’s actions are unconstitutional. Too often, how one feels about the issue of...
Proof That “the Rich” Aren’t Going to Fund the Tidal Wave of New Spending
So, $47 billion on free college tuition; $1 trillion for new infrastructure; $1.4 trillion to write off student loan debt; at least $7 trillion on a Green New Deal; $32 trillion on “Medicare for All.” By one estimate, these new spending proposals total an estimated...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That States Cannot Impose Excessive Fines
In an historic ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court this morning held that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment protects Americans not just against the federal government, but against states and local authorities too. No matter which state you live in, every...
Farm Bill Follies
Here is a detailed summary of the policies and politics of the Farm Bill that passed Congress last week. Details of the 800-page bill were kept under wraps until last Monday night. The reason might have been that, in the words of House Agricultural Committee Ranking...
Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Stack up Against the State In U.S. Supreme Court’s Timbs Excessive Fines Clause Case
Arlington, Va.—In late November or early December, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Timbs v. State of Indiana, a case that will decide whether the U.S. Constitution’s protection against excessive fines applies to state and local governments, just as it has applied to...
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