“What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”—Mark 8:36 The U.S. government is claiming the power to kill American citizens without judicial review. This is a story about hypocrisy. And it’s the tale of two lawyers: President Barack Obama and State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh. While the… Read more »
Posts Tagged: argued
Economist Who Argued Officials Are Ruled by Self-Interest Dies
James Buchanan, who won the Nobel Prize for economics, helped found the field of public-choice theory, which examines how bureaucracies and elected leaders make decisions. He died Wednesday at age 93. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Constitution Expert: Obama Admin Argued Churches No Different than Bowling Clubs
A panel of constitutional experts appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday to testify on the ways in which President Obama may have abused his constitutional power. Regarding the issue of overreach of the constitutional authority of the office of president, committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) said, “The administration has repeatedly put its partisan agenda above… Read more »
Open thread for night owls: Battle over defunding food stamps should be argued on moral grounds
David Dayen writes: That this fight on food stamps is happening in parallel with a fight among conservative states on Medicaid should not be seen as an anomaly. Ed Kilgore points out that the resistance to expanding Medicaid cannot be explained by charts and graphs, something wonks on the left have yet to figure out:… Read more »