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/2010/10/08/more-thoughts-on-the-mi-decision-upholding-individual-health-insurance-mandates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/more-thoughts-on-the-mi-decision-upholding-individual-health-insurance-mandates/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:12:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75908 writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Judge Steeh’s decision yesterday dismissing the Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clause challenge to the individual mandate was certainly not welcome news to those of us who believe the mandate to be unconstitutional. But his remarkably thin opinion brings to the fore the revolutionary implications of upholding the individual mandate without addressing them." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/more-thoughts-on-the-mi-decision-upholding-individual-health-insurance-mandates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/gonzales-v-raich-and-the-individual-health-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/gonzales-v-raich-and-the-individual-health-mandate/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:54:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75048 writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "When I first considered the question, I thought that Raich’s reasoning was expansive enough to justify the individual mandate . . . A closer look at Raich, however, led me to reconsider my initial view. I presented my revised position in the amicus brief (pp. 6–10) I recently wrote on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation and a group of constitutional law scholars." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/gonzales-v-raich-and-the-individual-health-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/wheat-weed-and-obamacare-how-the-commerce-clause-made-congress-all-powerful/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/wheat-weed-and-obamacare-how-the-commerce-clause-made-congress-all-powerful/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:51:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70506 reason.tv: "How did a clause intended as a restriction on states wind up giving Congress a green light to regulate noncommercial, local, and purely private behavior? How will ObamaCare stand up against the legal challenges brought by the states? Legal titans John Eastman (Chapman University Law Professor) and Erwin Chemerinsky (Founding Dean, University of California, Irvine School of Law) slug it out to to determine whether or not Congress has been abusing the commerce clause." | Watch video here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/27/wheat-weed-and-obamacare-how-the-commerce-clause-made-congress-all-powerful/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/amazon-files-lawsuit-to-block-north-carolinas-data-request/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/amazon-files-lawsuit-to-block-north-carolinas-data-request/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:09:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/amazon-files-lawsuit-to-block-north-carolinas-data-request/ Reuters: "Online retailer Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit in a federal court to block the North Carolina state government's demand it disclose all transaction details, including names and addresses, involving state residents, court documents show . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/amazon-files-lawsuit-to-block-north-carolinas-data-request/feed/ 0