SaddleBrooke Republican Club » Government and Politics http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:21:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Obama’s Political Prophylactic http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/XvU1DeJF7BU/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/XvU1DeJF7BU/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:46:52 +0000 Roger Pilon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44242 By Roger Pilon

“White House compromise still guarantees contraceptive coverage for women,” reads the Washington Post headline coming out of President Obama’s press conference this afternoon. Trying to tamp down the escalating political storm his administration created three weeks ago when it ruled that, under Obamacare, employers with religious objections to providing contraceptive and abortifacient coverage must do [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/obamas-political-prophylactic/feed/ 0 Under ObamaCare, Anti-Discrimination Law Trumps Religious Liberty http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/o4-eDA7wDKY/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/o4-eDA7wDKY/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:42:31 +0000 Roger Pilon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44193 By Roger Pilon

The three-week battle over ObamaCare’s contraceptive-abortifacient ruling isn’t letting up. Catholics for Choice has a full-page ad in this morning’s Washington Post, urging the president to stay firm. And it’s the lead story today on NPR’s Morning Edition, which in printed form devotes fully 2 of 16 paragraphs—the last 2—to the other side (not bad for [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/under-obamacare-anti-discrimination-law-trumps-religious-liberty/feed/ 0 Cochrane on ObamaCare’s Contraceptive-Coverage Mandate http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AEQUNgL2dsw/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AEQUNgL2dsw/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:26 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44162 By Michael F. Cannon

My Cato colleague John Cochrane – who is way smarter than I am — has a generally excellent op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal on ObamaCare’s contraception mandate: Salting mandated health insurance with birth control is exactly the same as a tax—on employers, on Catholics, on gay men and women, on couples trying to have children and [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/cochrane-on-obamacares-contraceptive-coverage-mandate/feed/ 0 Data in New World Bank Report Shows that Large Public Sectors Reduce Economic Growth http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/cxTZtnK8Kks/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/cxTZtnK8Kks/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:47 +0000 Daniel J. Mitchell http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44144 By Daniel J. Mitchell

When Ronald Reagan said that big government undermined the economy, some people dismissed his comments because of his philosophical belief in liberty. And when I discuss my work on the economic impact of government spending, I often get the same reaction. This is why it’s important that a growing number of establishment outfits are slowly [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/data-in-new-world-bank-report-shows-that-large-public-sectors-reduce-economic-growth/feed/ 0 Indian Gaming: The Lobbyists Always Win http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/bqg9X5r0y44/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/bqg9X5r0y44/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:11:29 +0000 Chris Edwards http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44128 By Chris Edwards

One of the issues discussed in my new essay on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the lobbying by groups of American Indians seeking official tribal status. The BIA has the power to confer tribal status, and it does so in a non-transparent manner. With official status comes tribal access to a wide range [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/indian-gaming-the-lobbyists-always-win/feed/ 0 RTD: ‘Insurance Exchange: Just Say No’ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AE9Tt2sw4Z8/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/AE9Tt2sw4Z8/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:26:52 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44126 By Michael F. Cannon

Regarding legislation to create an ObamaCare “Exchange” in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch explains: Republicans at the General Assembly are falling prey to the fallacy of the false alternative… [H]ere are the real options facing Virginia: (a) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange, or (b) federal bureaucrats determine the form of our exchange. There is [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/rtd-insurance-exchange-just-say-no/feed/ 0 ObamaCare’s Coercive Essence http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/ODQYy4mahbo/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/ODQYy4mahbo/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:53:25 +0000 Roger Pilon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44112 By Roger Pilon

Today POLITICO Arena asks: Will the GOP win the birth-control fight? My response: The GOP will win the current contraceptive-abortifacient battle going away, because the average American understands the essence of religious freedom: government cannot force people to do things that violate their religious beliefs. The administration may try to frame this as a defense [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/obamacares-coercive-essence/feed/ 0 The Wise Crowds Say Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/ME4lVT47lZk/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/ME4lVT47lZk/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:30 +0000 Ilya Shapiro http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44092 By Ilya Shapiro

FantasySCOTUS.net, a project of the Constitution-educating Harlan Institute (on whose non-profit board I sit), has been tracking its 12,000+ members’ predictions in the Obamacare case before the Supreme Court.  You can read more in-depth about the current state of the prediction market — with fancy graphs! – but here’s a summary: 90.6% predict that the lawsuit can [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-wise-crowds-say-individual-mandate-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 The Senate’s SOPA Counterattack?: Cybersecurity the Undoing of Privacy http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/xriGdFd6fmM/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/xriGdFd6fmM/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:23 +0000 Jim Harper http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44064 By Jim Harper

The Daily Caller reports that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) is planning another effort at Internet regulation—right on the heels of the SOPA/PIPA debacle. The article seems calculated to insinuate that a follow-on to SOPA/PIPA might slip into cybersecurity legislation the Senate plans to take up. Whether that’s in the works or not, I’ll detail here [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-senates-sopa-counterattack-cybersecurity-the-undoing-of-privacy/feed/ 0 CPAC Panel on the Constitutionality of Obamacare Has No Lawyers http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/YP4mqJvSB0Q/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/YP4mqJvSB0Q/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:37:42 +0000 Ilya Shapiro http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=44079 By Ilya Shapiro

Some libertarians boycott CPAC because it’s “too conservative,” others embrace it to try to steer the conservative movement in a more liberty-minded direction (on which, see Reason.tv’s excellent interview of Sen. Jim DeMint).  I have no principled feelings on the subject.  I’ve never attended – wasn’t really on my radar in college, couldn’t make it to DC during [...]

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