Bypassing Congress
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 127 Current Event According to the New York Times News Service; January 08. 2012 Obama’s recess appointments ignore Senate role, experts say WASHINGTON — To many Republicans and some constitutional scholars, President Barack Obama’s decision last week to ignore a sitting Senate and sidestep the confirmation process for several [...]
Catholic Professors Mix Charity and Government
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 126 Current Event Published May 12, 2011 | FoxNews.com Catholic Professors Slam Boehner Over GOP Budget Cuts Dozens of Catholic professors are pressuring House Speaker John Boehner to back off proposed cuts to programs for the poor and elderly, accusing the Catholic lawmaker of diverging from the tenets of [...]
Executive Orders Trump the Consent of the Governed
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 125 Current Event Published October 31, 2011 | FoxNews.com Obama Orders FDA to Reduce Drug Shortages Acting once again without Congress, President Obama on Monday was directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages that administration officials say have placed patients at risk and [...]
That All men Are Created Equal
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 124 Current Event From the speech by Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963 “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: [...]
Overhead and Profit Control
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 123 Current Event According to Insure.com; Jan. 18, 2011 Medical loss ratios will control health insurance company profits Starting this year, health insurance companies must spend eighty to eighty-five cents on health care for every dollar they collect in premiums. Individual and small-group health plans are subject to the [...]
A Tale of Two Towns
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 122 Current Event According to FoxNews.com; October 07, 2011 Atheists Demand City Remove Cross in Tennessee The mayor of Whiteville, Tennessee said his community is under attack from a national atheist organization that is threatening to sue unless they remove a cross atop the town’s water tower. But the [...]
Housing Finance Interference
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 121 Current Event From the Making Homes Affordable website: The Making Home Affordable © (MHA) Program is a critical part of the Obama Administration’s broad strategy to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, stabilize the country’s housing market, and improve the nation’s economy. Homeowners can lower their monthly mortgage payments and [...]
Was Jesus A Socialist?
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 120 Current Event Published December 06, 2010 | FoxNews.com(full article available online) A New Hampshire couple has pulled their son out of his local high school after the teen was assigned a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a “wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist.” Aimee Taylor says her [...]
REINS Act is a Good Step
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 119 Current Event According to The Washington Post, 12/07/2011 The House on Wednesday approved a measure that would increase Congress’s authority over the executive branch by making any major regulations subject to its approval. The REINS Act, H.R. 10, also known as the Regulations From the Executive in Need [...]
