…corporations to influence elections, and awarding corporations nearly full First and Fourth Amendment rights as “persons.” (along the same lines, you might also enjoy reading Mark Thoma’s Proponents of a…

…reduce Wall Street power, strengthen financial stability and fortify our democracy: breaking up the banks. By a 33-61 vote, the Senate defeated the Brown-Kaufman amendment, which would have forced the…

(hat tip OMB Watch) Coal Combustion Residuals, often referred to as coal ash, are currently considered exempt wastes under an amendment to RCRA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. They…

…role, we have simply come full circle over the past three years. There is an obvious nominee, as D-Squared noted today: If you put Oliver Wendell Holmes (“the First Amendment…

…to drop the seriously ill unless they can prove fraud or intentional deceit. Denial of service is appealable to the Comptroller as established in the Manager’s Amendment. – In 2011,…

…that they are paid to provide and that are required for various legal purposes are “just opinions” and therefore protected by the First Amendment. That’s seems like more of the…

…amendment as all issues of seat of power are of the Constitution and not laws created by the legislative branch. Laws can not create power in our governance as it…

…they will pass this dangerous amendment. If they do, a special commission would then have fast-track power to propose drastic cuts to the programs that millions of seniors depend on…

…COST OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE”. MLR Regulation was back, and better the ever. Text from the Manager’s Amendment and commentary below. ‘‘(b) ENSURING THAT CONSUMERS RECEIVE VALUE FOR THEIR PREMIUM…

Robert Waldmann Don’t kill the guy who writes headlines for www.washingtonpost.com. Nonviolence. First amendment. Free press. Don’t do it. I have already complained about another headline today, but I must…