June 20, 2013

National News – March 31, 2012

The war on Wisconsin
By Michelle Malkin

Now is the time for all good tea partiers to come to the aid of Wisconsin. Fiscally conservative leaders in the Badger State are under coordinated siege from Big Labor, the White House, the liberal media and the judiciary. The yearlong campaign of union thuggery, family harassment and intimidation of Republican donors and businesses is about to escalate even further. This is the price the Right pays for doing the right thing.

Senator rips misconduct in Stevens case
By Chuck Neubauer

The Democratic chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said at a hearing Wednesday the prosecutorial misconduct uncovered by a special counsel in the Justice Department’s prosecution of the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens cannot be tolerated.

Sinners In the Hands of Anthony Kennedy – The left cries foul as the right uses the federal courts to do as the left has done for years.
Posted by Erick Erickson

Yesterday the left descended into madness. The madness came early in the day. It happened shortly after 10 o’clock in the morning. Justice Anthony Kennedy opened his mouth and uttered his first question on the issue of the individual mandate. He asked, “Can you create commerce in order to regulate it?” The question, the second asked yesterday morning, bothered the left.

Global Warming Models Are Wrong Again – The observed response of the climate to more CO2 is not in good agreement with predictions.
By William Happer

During a fundraiser in Atlanta earlier this month, President Obama is reported to have said: “It gets you a little nervous about what is happening to global temperatures. When it is 75 degrees in Chicago in the beginning of March, you start thinking. On the other hand, I really have enjoyed nice weather.”

War on U.S. homeschoolers escalates – State can snatch kids thanks to Supreme Court
By Bob Unruh

Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, caught up in the high-profile Obamacare arguments that started today, have refused to intervene in a case in which deputies threatened parents with the forced removal of their children unless they agreed to let social workers, who did not have a warrant or probable case, search their home.

The Left No Longer Finds Dissent Patriotic
Posted by Erick Erickson

Workforce Fairness is releasing a series of videos chronicling left-wing intimidation, including showing up at people’s houses to harass them and their families. We’re pleased to debut the first of the videos here at RedState. The videos document a growing trend in American civic discourse — the use of intimidation against private citizens to punish dissent.

Taming the EPA monster – Supreme Court ruling strikes a blow in ongoing battle
By Robert Knight

Slowly, inexorably, the monster is being driven back to its lair. Its days of terrorizing villagers may soon be over. I wish I were talking about the federal government, but it’s the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), better known as the Environmental Protection-or-else Agency.