The Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision was the second of two major rulings last week. And the High Court did a bit better as far as the rule of law is concerned when it upheld a major provision of Arizona’s illegal
(AP) Mexico’s former ruling party voted back to officeBy MARK STEVENSON and KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated PressMEXICO CITYThe party that ruled Mexico with an iron grip for most of the last century has sailed back into power, promising a government that will
Arkansas Democrat State Senator Gene Jeffress is perfectly comfortable saying the word “ni**er” at public events. Jeffress, who is running for Congress against Republican Tom Cotton, had a bizarre campaign event in which he tried to convince those in the
In its update on the coming student loan interest rate hike deal in Congress, Politico dances its blame-the-GOP tap dance once again, saying that the coming rate hike is all just “politics.” But somehow Politico forgets to note that this
President Barack Obama issued a directive in which illegal immigrants who are 30 years of age or under and came to this country before they were 16 years of age will not be deported during a two-year window, if they
Chief Justice Roberts’ ruling Thursday in NFIB v. Sebelius is a bitter loss for constitutional conservatives, delivered to us by a judicial Benedict Arnold. Forget the so-called long term victory contained in the commerce clause limitations. There’ s no denying that
We have seen what happens when Barack Obama comes up against real conservative opposition: he loses–and he is a sore loser. There was Paul Ryan in 2010, demolishing the Obamacare’s fuzzy math at Blair House. There was Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011, giving
Democrat State Senator Gene Jeffress is running for Congress in Arkansas against Republican Tom Cotton. Sen. Jeffres is quite sure that most of the opposition to Obamacare is rooted in racism. He tells a story to prove it. (H/T: Caleb
In a conference call on Friday, conducted from Air Force One, a reportedly tired and weary President Obama pled with donors to send cash now. “The majority on this call maxed out to my campaign last time. I really need
(AP) Pelosi: GOP repeal of Obamacare is ‘unrealistic’WASHINGTONMinority leader Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are happy to debate dismantling Obamacare, but repeal is unrealistic. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” slated to air Sunday, Pelosi says Republicans from
(AP) GOP: Voters will have final say on health care lawWASHINGTONRepublican leaders in Congress say voters will have the final word on health care in the November elections, and the GOP is betting that the law’s unpopularity will be enough
(AP) Mexico could return old ruling party to powerE. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated PressMEXICO CITYA single party dominated Mexico for most of the past century, and its loss 12 years ago proved to many that the country was finally a democracy. The
Even as some Democrats run away from President Barack Obama, The White House “is encouraging congressional Democrats to go on the offensive” on the campaign trail by defending Obamacare. The memo, according to The Hill, was written by senior adviser
White House salaries and hiring increased in 2012, according to an annual report released Friday by the White House. The “Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff” reveals that White House staff salaries jumped from $37.1 million in 2011 to $37.8
In response to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that the president’s signature healthcare law is constitutional as a tax, the nation’s abortion industry expressed pleasure at the outcome. Hailing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka ObamaCare, as “the greatest advance in
It was back in 2004 when I first came across Jay Cost’s work. He’s one of those incredibly talented and smart people we would likely know nothing about were it not for these here InterWebNets and the rise of New
One day after the historic vote that held Attorney General Eric Holder to be in criminal contempt of Congress, Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed details of secret wiretap applications from the Justice Department that implicates them even more in the “Fast
g Speaker John Boehner: “Now I don’t take this matter lightly, and I frankly hoped it would never come to this. The House’s focus is on jobs and on the economy. But no Justice Department is above the law and
We all saw how the media reacted yesterday. Overnight, Chief Justice John Roberts went from a pariah to, literally in the eyes of the media, one of the great justices in the history of the Court. We also saw how
#1: The charge that the Roberts Court is a right-of-center court has been proven wrong in dramatic fashion. It’s not just the ObamaCare decision that can be characterized as liberal. In this term alone, the Court invalidated most of the
(AP) Congress poised to act on highways, student loansBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONAfter being derided as a “do-nothing” Congress, the House and Senate were poised to vote on a massive legislative package that overhauls highway and transit programs, salvages an estimated
While Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress, it was a bittersweet day for the family of slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The disrespect the Democrats showed Agent Terry was appalling, including the Congressional Black Caucus
First there was the “death tax;” now with the Supreme Court’s rationale for Obamacare, the United States has a “birth tax.” Under the law, simply by being born, American citizens are saddled with a tax burden if they are not
Breitbart News, monitoring ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer, has found the network’s flagship news program gave less coverage to Congress’s vote to hold a sitting Attorney General in contempt than the death of a “My Three Sons” actor and
