Internet Blackout - Talk of Military Attack May Be Cover for Cyber War on Iran

What Is a “Reasonable” “Search” or “Seizure” in the Age of New Technologies?

Newscom The Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting “unreasonable searches and seizures.” However difficult it previously may have been to define a “reasonable” search or seizure, 21st-century technology makes that job far more difficult. There is virtually no aspect of life that cannot be captured, analyzed, and stored in 0s and 1s. Credit card […]

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It’s Time to Defund Obamacare

The movement to defund Obamacare has reached a critical moment. According to news reports, House Republicans are deciding this morning whether they will use a government funding bill to stop the unfair, unaffordable, and unworkable health care law. With less than two weeks until the government takeover of health care, it’s time for Republicans and […]

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Extra! Extra! D.C. City Council Submits to Reality

JESSICA RINALDI/Reuters/Newscom “My Administration has worked tirelessly to create jobs, help our residents obtain, employment, and escape poverty. It is because of these very commitments, in fact, that I feel compelled to veto the bill.” —Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray on the Large Retail Accountability Act In a surprising turn, a Democratic big-city mayor vetoed […]

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5 Ways Obama Has Trampled the Constitution

Today, the Constitution turns 226 years old. Let’s not forget it states that the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” The Obama Administration has done the opposite, turning the law on its head and ignoring constitutional limitations on its power. Read the Constitution now Here are five of the Administration’s largest […]

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Scrutinizing the Social Cost of Carbon: Comment to the Energy Department

On September 16, Heritage analysts David Kreutzer and Kevin Dayaratna sent a request to the Department of Energy requesting that a recent rule incorporating an updated Social Cost of Carbon be opened for additional comments. The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is a monetary value measuring the purported damages from each ton of emitted carbon […]

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Will Unions Want to Repeal Obamacare?

In a typical Friday afternoon “news dump,” the Treasury Department announced it could not grant unions’ request for another special Obamacare break. This time, unions had lobbied the Administration to let union-run, multi-employer plans receive taxpayer-funded insurance subsidies on the new exchanges. These subsidies would be in addition to the tax break that multi-employer plans, […]

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Cloakroom: September 15 – September 21

House Cloakroom: Analysis: This week, the House may move its attention to a food stamp bill that would reduce spending by $40 billion by eliminating USDA waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDS). The reduction is far below the $135 billion (over 10 years) cut called for by the House-passed Ryan Budget. The House may […]

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Where the White House Is Wrong on Immigration Reform

Could the Senate-passed bill on immigration reform decrease the deficit and pad your pocketbook, all while granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants? The answer is no, according to Heritage’s Derrick Morgan, vice president of Domestic and Economic Policy. “This is going to increase the deficit,” Morgan said on Fox Business in response to the […]

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