by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Earlier today in Lynchburg, Virginia, District Court Judge Norman Moon dismissed Liberty University’s health care lawsuit on its merits. Judge Moon ruled that the plaintiffs, Liberty University and two individuals, “had standing to assert their constitutional claims against the individual and employer mandates in the health care law,” but “Congress acted in accordance with its constitutionally delegated powers under...
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson As the debate over whether or not to extend the Bush tax cuts continues, Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center adds some much needed perspective by comparing the size of the tax cuts to the amount of spending over the next decade. In The American, the journal of the American Enterprise Institute, Dr. de...
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that the states have spent a total of around $5 million of stimulus funds on signs “touting ‘The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act’ and reminding passers-by that the program is ‘Putting America Back to Work.’” ABC News reports that “the state of Illinois has spent $650,000 on about 950...
by Chad Giganti The Pelican Institute’s Fergus Hodgson reports on the importance of health care choice legislation that passed earlier this week in Louisiana. The bill focuses on challenging an unconstitutional individual mandate that forces people to buy health care insurance (whether they want to or not). The legislation was modeled on American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Freedom of Choice...