By Clint Bolick Among the New Deal relics that persist today are federal dairy laws that restrict competition over milk prices. The Hettinga family, which owns two Arizona dairies, managed to lower prices through an exemption in the law, which ultimately led to the repeal of the exemption, and forced the Hettingas into the government-created [...]
Arizona state director of named plaintiff says he’s confident Supreme Court will rule in NFIB’s favor. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 27, 2012 — Farrell Quinlan, Arizona state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, the named plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit, NFIB v. Sebelius, said today he’s confident the U.S. Supreme Court will agree with [...]
In ,The 4 Best Legal Arguments Against ObamaCare, Damon Root points out the violence that Obamacare does to fundamental notions of contract law:
4. The Individual Mandate Threatens the Foundations of Contract Law
American contract law rests on the principle of mutual assent. If I hold a …
By Taylor Earl In December, the Goldwater Institute filed a constitutional challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of “release time” within the police union. This practice takes six city police officers off the streets and puts them behind desks to work as full-time union managers, 35 to work as part-time union representatives, and one [...]
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E , in Arizona Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Anthony Martin Conservative Examiner In a stunning development that could potentially send the nation into [...]
Right when we should be CUTTING spending (not just the rate of increase, but ACTUAL spending) and lowering taxes, certain elements of the RNC and “think tanks” are angling not just to keep existing spending and taxes going but ADD an entirely NEW federal tax for us to pay. What the heck is going [...]
Sheriff Joe has reigned over Maricopa County as its chief law enforcement officer for nearly 20 years, and recently announced that he will again seek re-election.
Russell Pearce, also closely associated with an extremely tough stance on illegal immigration, recently met with a steep loss in …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011 CONTACT: Richard Cullen WASHINGTON (DC) Congressman Ben Quayle released the following statement Wednesday regarding President Obama’s “recess” appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “Today, in an all-too-familiar display of arrogance, President Obama appointed yet another unaccountable czar to head the new [...]
