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Obamacare would end a millennium of contract law

Mar 26, 2012 Comments Off by

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 …

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56 is my new favorite number

Jan 15, 2012 Comments Off by

56 of the most important words ever written:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, With certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure …

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