Is the Obamacare Mandate Unconstitutional Because It Originated in the Senate?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or “Obamacare”) imposes a sliding-scale financial penalty on people who do not buy health insurance conforming to federal standards. In NFIB v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court upheld the penalty as a constitutional...
Centralization, Community and Liberty
Does the Constitution matter today? Some people, especially those in the establishment, find it fashionable to mock those of us who say it does. It’s an outdated document, they say, whose outmoded ideas are irrelevant in the twenty-first century. Those silly,...
Paranoia, Surveillance and Military Tactics: Have We Become Enemies of the Government?
“Totalitarian paranoia runs deep in American society, and it now inhabits the highest levels of government… Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America has succumbed to a form of historical amnesia fed by a culture of fear, militarization and precarity. Relegated to...