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| 2024-03-30 |
| [American Thinker] The Supreme Court held that the minimum wage law was constitutional because it reasonably regulated contracts to protect the health and welfare of workers. This opened the door to regulate all economic activity, on the grounds of health and welfare. It was Madison who said he saw nothing in the constitution that allowed the government to provide welfare. "Charity is no part of the legislative duty of government. It would puzzle any gentleman to lay his finger on any part of the Constitution which would authorize the government to interpose in the relief of... sufferers." Notwithstanding that regulating economic activity has been ruled constitutional, it seems that legislators have the opportunity to abide by the Madison principle. Meaning that just because the barn door is open doesn’t mean you have to run rampantly through it, at least if you believe in the intent of the Founders when they crafted the abridgement of contracts clause. Yes, we are long down that road. While it is pretty clear legislators are mostly owned by lobbyists, they still have the opportunity to please their lobbyists and yet stay within the Founders’ construct. I once sat on the budget committee of a small town in Oregon. An item came up to assess a motel tax, a room tax, for the purpose of promoting tourism. I said, hey, this is not the business of government, if the motel owners want to promote tourism they should be and are free to do so. The other eleven members of the committee, most of them businessmen, rose up in a roar to tell me that promotion of tourism was well within the business of government. I said, well I’m going to vote against this item in the budget. I was then apprised that the budget was not a line item yes or no, rather a whole or none. I said then I vote for none. That was my last year on the budget committee. The decision of the Supreme Court to allow regulation of all economic activity probably nullified the entire Constitution of the United States. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 "Some DNC Media Protectors" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-03-30 23:36 |
| #14 Fox had it covered at the top, CNN slanted it by saying "Republicans slam Biden for proclaiming Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter", ABC,CBS, NBC...no mention of it. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-03-30 23:36 |
| #13 Forgot. Amid backlash to the president’s proclamation, some media outlets ran fact-checks clarifying that President Biden’s declaration of this coming Easter Sunday as “Transgender Day of Visibility” seems to be a coincidence because March 31 happens to fall on Easter Sunday this year, but it doesn’t always. Indeed, President Biden issued similar proclamations in 2021, 2022, and 2023. with March 31 falling on a Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday respectively in those years. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-03-30 23:14 |
| #12 The official White House announcement. Maybe Brandon forgot Sunday is Easter. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-03-30 22:58 |
| #11 Yes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-03-30 22:55 |
| #10 Is the administration that clueless, or are they rubbing our nose in it? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-03-30 22:53 |
| #9 President Biden has just declared the holy day of Easter "Transgender Day". Not only that but he banned any 'overly religious' symbols and stuff from the Easter celebration. Transgenderism is his Easter. Transgenderism is his Savior. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool+in+Texas 2024-03-30 21:35 |
| #8 Super Hose the dems are also trying to get Clarence Thomas charged for income tax fraud and ethics violations. They really fear another Trump presidency where he might be able to replace one or more Justices. |
| Posted by: Deacon+Blues 2024-03-30 20:25 |
| #7 President Biden has just declared the holy day of Easter "Transgender Day". |
| Posted by: Angealing+B.+Hayes4677 2024-03-30 19:34 |
| #6 #3 Lincoln is alleged to have asked what liqueur Grant drank so he could send a case to each of his other generals. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-03-30 18:39 |
| #5 ^In short, the People are a total disappointment to their government and will have to be replaced.😎 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-30 18:12 |
| #4 From CTH This morning: "By TL Davis – […] “The people want a secure border. They want their veterans to be taken care of instead of illegal aliens. They want fiscal responsibility that will lead to an end to inflation. They want a budget that does not devalue their currency. They want their children to grow up without being force-fed communism and abnormal sexuality from kindergarten on. They want to be left alone to raise their families and enjoy the fruits of their labor, but the communists will never allow that, so they must be defeated and driven back into the holes from which they’ve sprung.” “Like it or not, the only way to begin that long, arduous battle is to use Trump as your bludgeon. He is not the answer to your problems, but he is their most-feared enemy and necessarily your biggest weapon. A lot of people hated Joseph McCarthy for calling out the communists in government. McCarthyism is the euphemism for political witch-hunts, because the communists in media and the government wanted a term that would cow their opposition, that if they branded them with that moniker, they could destroy them politically. Had we listened to McCarthy, we would have delayed our current predicament by a decade, maybe fifty years. But the communists never give up, so it would have come about.” https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/03/29/the-value-of-trump/#more-256921 |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-03-30 17:48 |
#3  |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-03-30 17:40 |
| #2 A quarter-trillion dollars, vaporized |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-03-30 17:15 |
| #1 The Dems are trying to get Sotomayer to retire. I don’t think she will. Kagan also has health issues. I can’t see either making it 13 years to the other side of what’s coming. I can see the court seining back towards freedom. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-03-30 16:41 |