Obamacare: Final Day of Supreme Court Argument Turns to Medicaid and Severability

SCOTUS, via Liberty CounselWashington, D.C. – Today marked the final argument at the Supreme Court, during which the Court focused on Medicaid expansion and states rights and severability. Under Obamacare, some states will be required to expand Medicaid coverage as much as 50 percent. The economic impact will be crushing. The second issue covered is whether the Court can sever the individual mandate Continue reading

ACLJ Encouraged by Justice Kennedy’s Questioning of Obamacare’s Individual Mandate

U.S. Supreme CourtWashington, D.C. – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which is challenging Obamacare on behalf of more than 100 members of Congress and nearly 145,000 Americans, said it is encouraged by Tuesday’s oral arguments which raised serious questions about the constitutionality of the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase Continue reading

Lies and Doublespeak of American Planning Association And How to Fight Back

Stop Agenda 21By Tom DeWeese

I don’t know about you, but when I take on a cause or a project I’m proud of what I do. I support it against all detractors and nay-sayers because I believe in it. So, when proponents of a cause suddenly start to hide what they are doing, or deny they are even doing it – that should set off alarm bells and raise questions about the honesty and legitimacy of that cause. Continue reading

Second Day of Supreme Court Argument Takes Aim at ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate

800px-US_Supreme_CourtWashington, D.C. – Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the second day of oral argument in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, which will focus on the individual mandate of Obamacare.

Yesterday’s argument focused on the Anti-Injunction Continue reading

Out of Touch Obama

Deneen Borelli

Deneen Borelli, Fellow, Project 21

By Deneen Borelli

With soaring gasoline prices, increasing unrest in Afghanistan and threats of a nuclear Iran on his plate, President Obama made it a priority to call to the Georgetown University law student criticized by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for demanding free contraceptives.

Using this cheap publicity stunt to shift attention from his policy failures may bolster Obama’s standing with his left-wing base, but it will not help the President’s standing with American families struggling to make ends meet. Continue reading

Tax Foundation Expert to Testify on Health Care Individual Mandate

Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing Thursday Morning

United_States_Capitol_-_west_frontWashington, D.C. — Tax Foundation Vice President of Legal Projects Joseph Henchman will testify this Thursday before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on the constitutional status of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Continue reading

Almost Seventy Organizations Support Defunding Obama’s Unconstitutional Appointees

Washington, D.C. – Liberty Counsel Action and nearly seventy organizations signed a letter of support for Representative Jeff Landry’s (R-LA) bill to defund unconstitutionally appointed bureaucrats. The bill is H.R. 3770, The Executive Appointments Reform Act. While Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) have been willing to stand up against President Obama’s unconstitutional appointments by refusing to vote for any of Continue reading

The U.S. Supreme Court Begins Three Days of Argument on ObamaCare

Mathew D. Staver

Mathew D. Staver

Washington, D.C. – Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the first day of oral argument in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, which will determine if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as “Obamacare”) is constitutional. The argument will begin by addressing whether the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) applies to the case and, if so, whether AIA requires the parties to wait until 2014 or beyond before the merits of ObamaCare can be addressed.

The first issue to be argued today arises from the case of Liberty University v. Geithner, in which Liberty Counsel Continue reading

Leading Black Conservatives Comment on SCOTUS Consideration of Obamacare

Washington, D.C. – Just days after the second anniversary of its enactment, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments today regarding several cases that could declare all or significant parts of “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (popularly known as “Obamacare”) to be unconstitutional. Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out against Obamacare in favor of more Continue reading

Stabbing Death of Unborn Child in D.C. Reveals Total Lack of Right to Life for all 9 Months of Pregnancy

“District law is consistent – consistent in refusing to protect the right to life of an unborn child at any moment prior to birth, either from abortionists or from knife-wielding home invaders.” – NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson
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Aerial view of Washington, D.C. Photo via Wikipedia

Aerial view of Washington, D.C. Photo via Wikipedia

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Press reports of a shocking crime highlight the fact that unborn children in the nation’s capital currently have absolutely no legal right to life at any moment prior to birth.

According to multiple press reports, an unnamed woman, about eight months pregnant, was asleep in her Southeast Washington apartment at about 2:30 a.m. Continue reading