Legal Issues

MICHELLE OBAMA’S WARNING TO GUN OWNERS

By Chris Cox 9:41 AM 10/11/2011 Nearly three years into President Obama’s first term in office, Michelle Obama finally said something with which I can agree. At a recent fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign in Providence, Rhode Island, the first lady told her audience: “We stand at a fundamental crossroads for our country. You’re […]

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THE ARROGANCE OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

NOVEMBER 25, 2011 The NLRB Putsch The labor agency tries to ram through quickie union elections. The descent of the National Labor Relations Board from independent referee to a wholly owned AFL-CIO subsidiary is speeding up. Now its two Democratic appointees are attempting to ram through a new rule requiring quickie organizing elections, with barely

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WHY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND UNIONS ARE TARGETING GIBSON GUITARS

NOVEMBER 25, 2011 Stringing Up Gibson Guitar Environmentalists and trade protectionists set a trap for American businesses. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL On a sweltering day in August, federal agents raided the Tennessee factories of the storied Gibson Guitar Corp. The suggestion was that Gibson had violated the Lacey Act—a federal law designed to protect wildlife—by

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THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT, PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND ABORTION

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Hidden Persuaders The unheralded gains of the pro-life movement Fred Barnes November 7, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 08 Opponents of abortion are rarely interviewed on television these days. “It’s much harder to get on TV than it used to be,” says Charmaine Yoest, who heads Americans United for Life.

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ANOTHER UNION ATTACK ON CORPORATE SPEECH (CITIZENS UNITED RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT)

NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Another Union Attack on Corporate Speech A new code of ‘best practices’ for companies to follow would serve labor’s agenda, not the interests of shareholders. By BRAD SMITH Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, holding that corporations and unions have a right to make expenditures

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NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN’S COMMENTS ON OBAMACARE LEGISLATION WHILE SERVING AS SOLICITOR GENERAL

Published on Judicial Watch (http://www.judicialwatch.org) By gstasiewicz Created 10 Nov 2011 – 3:41pm Kagan: “I hear they have the votes!! Simply amazing.” Washington, DC — November 10, 2011 Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained three new documents [1] that provide additional information about

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