http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/defender-of-religious-liberty-wins-salvatori-prize-kevin-seamus-hasson/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/defender-of-religious-liberty-wins-salvatori-prize-kevin-seamus-hasson/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:19:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132405 Heritage Insider Online: Kevin “Seamus” Hasson, founder of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is the 2012 winner of Salvatori Prize for American citizenship. Edwin Meese III and Matthew Spalding of The Heritage Foundation presented Hasson with the award Thursday in Colorado Springs at the annual Resource Bank meeting of conservative and free market leaders and activists. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/defender-of-religious-liberty-wins-salvatori-prize-kevin-seamus-hasson/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/heritage-foundation-do-you-know-what-the-constitution-really-means/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/heritage-foundation-do-you-know-what-the-constitution-really-means/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:57:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131928 Heritage Foundation: You can learn about everything from impeachment to declarations of war, the oath of office to the Electoral College, the powers of Congress, the President and the Supreme Court, and everything else in between. Here are some other features in this great new resource . . . ConstitutionOnline.com ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/heritage-foundation-do-you-know-what-the-constitution-really-means/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/heritage-guide-to-constitution-now-online/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/heritage-guide-to-constitution-now-online/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:53:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131871 Here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/heritage-guide-to-constitution-now-online/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/heritage-foundation-video-religious-liberty-obamacares-first-casualty/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/heritage-foundation-video-religious-liberty-obamacares-first-casualty/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:27:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127607 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/heritage-foundation-video-religious-liberty-obamacares-first-casualty/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/federal-criminal-code-is-overgrown-legal-experts-tell-panel-4500-statutes-300000-regulations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/federal-criminal-code-is-overgrown-legal-experts-tell-panel-4500-statutes-300000-regulations/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:13:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120956 NCPA Policy Digest: There are about 4,500 criminal statutes, says Edwin Meese, attorney general under President Ronald Reagan and now with the conservative Heritage Foundation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/federal-criminal-code-is-overgrown-legal-experts-tell-panel-4500-statutes-300000-regulations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/americas-15-trillion-debt-nightmare-heritage-foundation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/americas-15-trillion-debt-nightmare-heritage-foundation/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:43:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118959 Heritage Foundation: Unfortunately, Washington does not appear poised to take action to rectify the problem, and those with their hands on the wheel are ignoring the root of the problem: spending. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/americas-15-trillion-debt-nightmare-heritage-foundation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/utah-breaking-down-schools-four-walls-model/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/utah-breaking-down-schools-four-walls-model/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114832 OneNewsNow.com: Utah is considering a revolutionary approach to school funding by taking school choice to the next level of "class choice." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/utah-breaking-down-schools-four-walls-model/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/regent-u-law-rev-symposium-protecting-conscience-harmonizing-religious-liberties-and-the-offering-of-commercial-services/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/regent-u-law-rev-symposium-protecting-conscience-harmonizing-religious-liberties-and-the-offering-of-commercial-services/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:07:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113592 Jeffrey A. Shafer will be participating in this Regent University Law Review Symposium. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/regent-u-law-rev-symposium-protecting-conscience-harmonizing-religious-liberties-and-the-offering-of-commercial-services/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/hhs-blocks-abstinence-education-as-unallowable/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/hhs-blocks-abstinence-education-as-unallowable/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:40:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113237 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/hhs-blocks-abstinence-education-as-unallowable/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/father%e2%80%99s-day-and-the-importance-of-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/father%e2%80%99s-day-and-the-importance-of-marriage/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:19:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106663 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/17/father%e2%80%99s-day-and-the-importance-of-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/a-plan-for-rebuilding-marriage-and-family-in-america-the-heritage-foundation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/a-plan-for-rebuilding-marriage-and-family-in-america-the-heritage-foundation/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:27:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105901 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/09/a-plan-for-rebuilding-marriage-and-family-in-america-the-heritage-foundation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/heritage-foundation-event-sexual-economics-the-forces-shaping-how-young-americans-meet-mate-and-marry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/heritage-foundation-event-sexual-economics-the-forces-shaping-how-young-americans-meet-mate-and-marry/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:22:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103755 Heritage Foundation: The social consequences of unwed childbearing and delayed marriage make the sexual and relational decisions of emerging adults particularly significant for the future of marriage and family in America. To better understand what motivates the sexual decisions of these young people, researchers Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker assemble comprehensive survey data and illuminating personal stories in their new book, Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/16/heritage-foundation-event-sexual-economics-the-forces-shaping-how-young-americans-meet-mate-and-marry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/heritage-foundation-releases-debt-reduction-plan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/heritage-foundation-releases-debt-reduction-plan/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 19:58:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103271 Washington Post: The Heritage Foundation says that its plan, “Saving the American Dream,” would balance the federal budget by 2021 and reduce the federal debt to 30 percent of GDP by 2030 by cutting federal spending roughly in half and without raising taxes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/10/heritage-foundation-releases-debt-reduction-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/heritage-foundation-is-the-age-of-america-coming-to-an-end/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/heritage-foundation-is-the-age-of-america-coming-to-an-end/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:48:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101928 Heritage Foundation Morning Bell: "The IMF’s assumption that our economy will be weak indefinitely is all too reasonable. China might run its economy into the ground, but we are running our economy into the ground. Reasonable people can sharply disagree over what to do, but what’s killing U.S. leadership is obvious to the IMF and anyone looking at the global picture: our budget deficit." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/26/heritage-foundation-is-the-age-of-america-coming-to-an-end/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/14/washingtons-burgeoning-role-in-education-151-programs-housed-in-20-agencies-averaging-55-6-billion-annually/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/14/washingtons-burgeoning-role-in-education-151-programs-housed-in-20-agencies-averaging-55-6-billion-annually/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:31:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101040 NPCA Policy Digest: Using a narrow definition, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined in 2010 that there were 151 K-12 and early childhood education programs housed in 20 federal agencies, averaging $55.6 billion annually, says Jennifer A. Marshall, director of domestic policy studies at the Heritage Foundation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/14/washingtons-burgeoning-role-in-education-151-programs-housed-in-20-agencies-averaging-55-6-billion-annually/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/making-congress-vote-on-rules-would-end-shell-game/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/making-congress-vote-on-rules-would-end-shell-game/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:14:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99639 Heritage Foundation: Should Congress be held accountable for the regulatory policies of the federal government? U.S. Representative Geoff Davis and Senator Rand Paul, both Kentucky Republicans, think it should. They have proposed legislation to force all members of Congress to vote yes or no on major rules that affect business and the economy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/30/making-congress-vote-on-rules-would-end-shell-game/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/judicial-watch-announces-a-special-presentation-%e2%80%9cpolitics-and-the-holder-justice-department-rule-of-law-at-risk%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/judicial-watch-announces-a-special-presentation-%e2%80%9cpolitics-and-the-holder-justice-department-rule-of-law-at-risk%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:53:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99431 American Banking and Marketing News: Panelists include Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation; Debra Burlingame, Co-Founder of Keep America Safe; and Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund. The panel will address concerns about politicization and ideology at the Holder Justice Department as it relates to civil rights enforcement, national security and terrorism, and the refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/judicial-watch-announces-a-special-presentation-%e2%80%9cpolitics-and-the-holder-justice-department-rule-of-law-at-risk%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/heritage-foundation-detroits-liberal-nightmare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/heritage-foundation-detroits-liberal-nightmare/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:52:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99012 Heritage Foundation: "What happens when a city buys the liberal dream hook, line and sinker? Just take a look at the City of Detroit. The once-great city lost 237,493 residents over the last decade according to the 2010 Census, bringing it to 713,777 – a population plunge of 25%. That’s its lowest population since 1910 . . . And the city’s big problem today is that its road forward is blocked by the very same political machine that helped deliver it to its state of ruin. Case in point: the state’s powerful teachers unions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/heritage-foundation-detroits-liberal-nightmare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/conservative-movement-leaders-oppose-short-term-cr-heritage-action-family-research-council-and-club-for-growth-to-key-vote/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/conservative-movement-leaders-oppose-short-term-cr-heritage-action-family-research-council-and-club-for-growth-to-key-vote/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:52:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97847 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/conservative-movement-leaders-oppose-short-term-cr-heritage-action-family-research-council-and-club-for-growth-to-key-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/03/lgbt-groups-remain-strong-despite-decreased-revenue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/03/lgbt-groups-remain-strong-despite-decreased-revenue/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:37:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97064 Advocate.com: "The disparity in funding between LGBT groups and antigay organizations is indeed stark: Combined 2009 expenses of the groups surveyed — $165.6 million — represents just half of the total annual expenses of the 10 largest groups working to undermine LGBT equality advancements that same year, groups including the Heritage Foundation and the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/03/lgbt-groups-remain-strong-despite-decreased-revenue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/time-to-restore-voter-control-end-the-government-union-monopoly/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/time-to-restore-voter-control-end-the-government-union-monopoly/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:19:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96934 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/02/time-to-restore-voter-control-end-the-government-union-monopoly/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/heritage-foundation-government-unions-vs-american-taxpayers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/heritage-foundation-government-unions-vs-american-taxpayers/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:51:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96245 Heritage Foundation Morning Bell: "Walker is right: Government unions are inherently different from private-sector unions. The purpose of private-sector unions is to get workers a larger share of the profits they helped create. But government is a monopoly and earns no profits. All government unions do is redistribute more tax dollars from taxpayers to unions. The left used to understand this. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/heritage-foundation-government-unions-vs-american-taxpayers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/putting-politics-over-security-obama-moves-to-unionize-tsa/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/putting-politics-over-security-obama-moves-to-unionize-tsa/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:51:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95601 Heritage Foundation: "Last night, on a purely partisan 47–51 vote, the Senate rejected an amendment that would have stopped government unions from organizing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/putting-politics-over-security-obama-moves-to-unionize-tsa/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/heritage-foundation-country-rankings-for-trade-fiscal-etc-freedoms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/heritage-foundation-country-rankings-for-trade-fiscal-etc-freedoms/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:50:12 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93741 2011 Index of Economic Freedom / Ranking the Countries ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/heritage-foundation-country-rankings-for-trade-fiscal-etc-freedoms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:12:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92447 writing at The Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "The decision came just 24 hours after attorneys at the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit legal group, filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging the requirement . . . The Vanderbilt case is a classic example of a conscience violation in the context of health care . . . [The Church Amendment] is silent on key aspects of enforcement . . . the fate of such investigations is very much up in the air as a result of the Obama Administration’ssuspension of the 2008 regulations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/20/the-vanderbilt-abortion-decision-how-obama-can-better-protect-civil-right/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/heritage-foundation-the-govt-spending-threat-to-economic-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/heritage-foundation-the-govt-spending-threat-to-economic-freedom/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:41:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90954 Heritage Foundation / The Foundry: "All told, 117 countries, mainly developing and emerging market economies, improved their Economic Freedom Index score. Meanwhile the U.S. dropped to 9th place, remaining 'mostly free,' weighed down by the burden of President Obama’s spending spree." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/heritage-foundation-the-govt-spending-threat-to-economic-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/the-economic-impact-of-a-25-corporate-income-tax-rate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/the-economic-impact-of-a-25-corporate-income-tax-rate/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:38:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87214 Heritage: "The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis (CDA) conducted a dynamic simulation of a reduction of the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent, comparing it to a baseline forecast of the economy with the current policy of a 35 percent corporate rate.[1] The results of this simulation show the U.S. economy growing faster than the baseline in the 2011–2020 forecast horizon." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/the-economic-impact-of-a-25-corporate-income-tax-rate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/heritage-foundation-launches-spanish-language-site/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/heritage-foundation-launches-spanish-language-site/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:48:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84551 Heritage Foundation: "That is why today, we are excited to launch Libertad.org, our new Spanish-language website. Libertad.org will communicate the message of conservatism to a Hispanic audience that prefers to read news in their first language. We are a country of opportunity, one where Hispanics have the opportunity to become the latest in a long list of immigrants from the world over who have realized the American Dream." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/heritage-foundation-launches-spanish-language-site/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/what-the-election-results-mean-for-state-education-reform/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/what-the-election-results-mean-for-state-education-reform/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:04:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82116 The Heritage Foundation: "As a result of last week’s election, 2011 could be a watershed year for education reform and school choice. Many conservative candidates in the states campaigned on returning to local control in education and expanding school choice options for parents. Several states in particular could see significant movement on the education reform front as new leadership takes the helm in the coming months." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/15/what-the-election-results-mean-for-state-education-reform/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/school-choice-in-canada-lessons-for-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/school-choice-in-canada-lessons-for-america/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:04:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81900 The Heritage Foundation: "Canada might be perceived as having 'socialized' education, akin to its 'top down' health care system. In reality, several Canadian provinces have a flourishing 'bottom up' choice-based primary and secondary education system. The province of Alberta has been especially supportive of school choice. Under the Canadian constitution, education is a provincial responsibility, with which the federal government has not interfered. In Alberta, parents expect—and have—a wide variety of educational options for how to educate their children, a policy outcome that American states should emulate." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/school-choice-in-canada-lessons-for-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/federal-regulations-surprisingly-costly/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/federal-regulations-surprisingly-costly/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:33:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80346 OneNewsNow: "James Gattuso, senior research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation, co-authored 'Red Tape Rising: Obama's Torrent of New Regulation,' a study showing that $26.5 billion in new regulations have been imposed on the U.S. economy over the last 12 months. He says even though an increase was expected, what actually developed was surprising." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/federal-regulations-surprisingly-costly/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/heritage-foundation-federal-overreach-into-american-higher-education/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/heritage-foundation-federal-overreach-into-american-higher-education/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:15:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80385 Heritage Foundation backgrounder: "If allowed to take effect, three regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education will raise costs for students and limit their educational opportunities. These regulations would require state authorization of higher education institutions, impose gainful employment requirements, and dictate a one-size-fits-all definition of a credit hour." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/heritage-foundation-federal-overreach-into-american-higher-education/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/heritage-foundation-returning-the-peoples-house-to-the-people/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/heritage-foundation-returning-the-peoples-house-to-the-people/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:17:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78472 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/heritage-foundation-returning-the-peoples-house-to-the-people/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/healthcare-waivers-arbitrary-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/healthcare-waivers-arbitrary-government/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:03:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75820 OneNewsNow: "Nearly three dozen companies -- McDonald's among them -- will be allowed healthcare waivers in 2011 to keep medical coverage for their employees . . . 'They're in effect . . . creating really arbitrary government where you have to go ask permission to do something -- and you may or may not get it,' [Ed Haislmaier, senior fellow of health policy studies at The Heritage Foundation] says, noting that that results in a lack of consistency from one time to another." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/healthcare-waivers-arbitrary-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/heritage-foundation-a-defense-of-the-elected-judiciary/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/heritage-foundation-a-defense-of-the-elected-judiciary/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:50:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71887 writing at The Heritage Foundation: "The assault against elected judges has entered a new and more dangerous phase: Millions of dollars are being poured into efforts to promote 'merit' selection of state judges, a system in which unelected, unaccountable experts and special interests recommend for appointment—and in some cases select—judges as a way to combat politicization. Yet merit selection does not remove politics from the judicial selection process; it merely drags politics out of the public spotlight, much to the advantage of liberal special interests—and to the detriment of public accountability. While not perfect, judicial elections are far more effective than 'merit' selection as a means of promoting judicial independence and public accountability." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/heritage-foundation-a-defense-of-the-elected-judiciary/feed/ 0