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Gun Case Could Broaden Legal Basis for Wide Range of Rights

By | 10.02.09 | 4:38 pm

In announcing on Wednesday that it would review a case that asks whether individuals have a fundamental right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court did more than just step into a heated debate over gun control. Although McDonald v. City of Chicago is on its face More…

CATO Institute Finds $180 Billion Benefit to Legalizing Illegal Immigrants

By | 08.14.09 | 3:31 pm

A new study from the libertarian CATO Institute concludes that legalizing the more than eight million undocumented workers in the United States would have significant economic benefits for the country, while simply enhancing border enforcement and applying restrictive immigration laws would actually hurt the U.S. economically.

Conservatives Write Off Sanford as a National Leader

By | 06.24.09 | 7:48 pm

At the Washington, D.C. office of FreedomWorks, the conservative non-profit that has promoted and trained organizers of anti-tax Tea Parties, no one knew what Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) was going to say. A TV was tuned to the press conference Sanford had called to explain a confusing four-day absence from More…

GOP-Cited Economists Skeptical of Party’s Stimulus Plans

By | 02.10.09 | 12:59 pm

?Republicans began this week on an upswing, confident that their unanimous vote in the House and lopsided vote in the Senate against the Democrats’ economic stimulus package were building back up their reputation as fiscal conservatives. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the party’s whip in the House, More…