VIDEO: Constitutional Guide to Fighting Federal Overreach

by Jon Caldara | 11:19 am, October 18, 2011

What an event! I can’t begin to describe to my readers how incredibly epic our Constitutional Law event was last month. Our two resident ConLaw scholars Dave Kopel of the University of Denver Law School and Rob Natelson, formerly of the University of Montana Law School wow’ed the crowd with their presentations. We completely sold [...]

Cuts? What Cuts?

by Jon Caldara | 11:59 am, August 5, 2011

Was anyone out there happy with the debt deal Congress just made? I haven’t seen much in the way of praise for the deal, either from the left or the right. The left doesn’t like the “draconian cuts” made to their beloved social programs, while us free marketers don’t like the complete lack of any [...]

Fight Federal Overreach With Us!

by Jon Caldara | 11:02 am, May 5, 2011

If you’ve ever dreamed of being in the same room as not one, but TWO real life geniuses, then you’ll want to attend our program for the grassroots on Sunday, May 15th, from 1:15 to 5pm at the Red Rocks Community College. Both constitutional law professor Rob Natelson and our Second Amendment expert and constitutional [...]

ObamaCare Ruled Unconstitutional Again

by Jon Caldara | 1:42 pm, February 4, 2011

On tonight’s Devils Advocate, I am hosting two living legends of constitutional law to discuss the most recent ruling on ObamaCare coming out of a lower federal court in Florida. Professor Rob Natelson and Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel will be joining me to examine this decision in light of the past three decisions. [...]

ObamaCare Ruled Unconstitutional Again

by Jon Caldara | 1:42 pm, February 4, 2011

On tonight’s Devils Advocate, I am hosting two living legends of constitutional law to discuss the most recent ruling on ObamaCare coming out of a lower federal court in Florida. Professor Rob Natelson and Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel will be joining me to examine this decision in light of the past three decisions. [...]

Amending the Constitution to Save It: the History

by Jon Caldara | 1:30 pm, October 27, 2010

In the last installment, Rob Natelson spoke about an Article V convention and how it differed from a “constitutional convention.” This “convention for proposing amendments” would give the states a way to rein in the federal government’s power without having to rely on Congress to restrict itself. Believe it or not, the United States has [...]

Amending the Constitution to Save It?

by Jon Caldara | 2:28 pm, October 20, 2010

It’s no secret the balance of power between the federal government, the states, and the people has been tipping more and more towards the feds. It seems that there isn’t enough power in the world to quench their thirst. What can the states and the people do to reclaim some of that power and [...]

Let’s Talk About Debt Baby

by Jon Caldara | 3:27 pm, September 10, 2010

Let’s Talk About Debt Baby

by Jon Caldara | 1:44 pm, September 9, 2010

Got a spare $13 trillion to help Uncle Sam pay off the national debt? Check out Devil’s Advocate this week as I am joined by economist Linda Gorman from the Independence Institute and founder of Mothers Against Debt (MAD) Amy Oliver Cooke to discuss the both the federal debt and deficit, and the debt [...]

I Dare You to Actually Read the Budget

by Rich Bratten | 11:49 pm, May 13, 2010

I read through some of “The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 – 2020″, published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in January 2010, by Doug Elemndorf, Director of the CBO.  Fascinating stuff… really… if you’re into horror stories. Given all of the recent talk about sovereign debt, potential downgrades of various countries’ credit [...]

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