U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) questions the Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate through the chair about changes to Senate Rules hidden within 2700 page Reid-Obama health care takeover bill. DeMint challenged the supermajority protection...
embedded in Reid’s package.
(HT/Gateway)
Forcing a vote on Demcare’s constitutionality: Read.
Examining hidden provisions, amidst foray of tax-levy...
Must read: III. FROM COMPETITION TO PRICE CONTROLS: THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Atty Richard A. Epstein [PDF]
"The lack of any averaging provision, has the unhappy effect of placing a hard cap on earnings that is unrelated to the overall risk of the venture."
The Health-Care Backlash... Peter Wehner -
"Passage of this bill will only heighten the depth and intensity of the opposition. We’re seeing a political tsunami in the making, and passage of health-care legislation would only add to its size and force." Must Read. (HT/ace)
As Fed Government offers "Special incentives" to State Representatives; to sway their vote away from State... In my view, this infringes upon the rights of citizens to hold State Representation... But Democrats are blind to the magnitude of backlash which awaits the passage of this bill.
Today's Links...
Judicial Watch has filed a suit for minutes, records and identities of attendees at all health care "reform" - related meetings, alleging various violations of FOIA and other laws, as well as other misfeasance:read
The people are Bi-partisan, the Authoritarians are not: Read.
Framework Legislation and Federalism Elizabeth Garrett
Prepared for the Conference on Separation of Powers as a Safeguard of Federalism.
"For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and
altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested
with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever." lectlaw
Flying all day tomorrow, will post soon...
