I guess there is more than one opinion about what EPA can legally do. =========== By Laurence H. Tribe Dec. 22, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET 338 COMMENTS As a law professor, I taught the nation’s first environmental law class 45 years ago. As a lawyer, I have supported countless environmental causes. And as a father and grandfather, I want to leave the Earth in better shape... Read more
Archive for the ‘US Constitution’ Category
The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, US ConstitutionDiane Furchtgott-Roth on the National Labor Relations Board
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, US ConstitutionI don’t hear any Democrats complaining. Must be this is their MO. ========= Economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth writing for RealClearMarkets.com, Dec. 23: On Friday, just before the holidays, NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin announced that he had issued complaints against McDonald’s MCD +1.01% franchised restaurants and McDonald’s USA, the parent corporation, as joint employers. Workers complained that they were unfairly disciplined in retaliation for... Read more
The “Influence Economy”
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, US ConstitutionYes =========== From a Dec. 6 speech by Ed Gillespie at the Republican Party of Virginia’s annual meeting in Chantilly, Va.; the former Republican National Committee chairman was the GOP’s 2014 U.S. Senate candidate from the state: We can see an influence economy starting to take shape. CEOs are becoming less concerned about inventing the right products, targeting the right markets and hiring... Read more
Watch Out for That Puddle
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Environment, US ConstitutionThis is one example of why the Founders created ‘checks and balances’. ========== Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule redefining the “waters of the United States” that are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two agencies recently finished collecting public comments on their draft rule and are deciding how to... Read more
Mobs of New York
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Henninger, The Left, US ConstitutionPerhaps one of the most important articles I have read in a long time. It is worth broader discussion. ================= How did we get to the point in the United States where street protesters are treated as sainted figures, no matter what they do? How did it happen that important public leaders—the American president, the mayor of New York, college presidents—feel obliged... Read more
Executive Power Never Imagined by the Founders
November 25 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The Left, US ConstitutionUnbelievable reach for power and total disregard for 230 years of American political processes designed to protect from tyranny. Where is the Democrat party? Where is the Republican party? Where is the press? ========= Nov. 24, 2014 6:49 p.m. A few hours before announcing his new immigration policy, President Obama received an opinion blessing its legality from the Office of Legal Counsel. Regrettably,... Read more
