by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Constitution, Health Care
’m not a lawyer, or an expert on the Constitution, though I sometimes play one on TV. But I can read, and I’ll agree with my friends on the left that the federal government has a broad power to tax. I wish the 16th Amendment had never been ratified, but its language...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Constitution, Health Care
I think Obamacare is bad policy because it exacerbates the main problem with the current healthcare system, which is third-party payer. And as a public finance economist, I’m obviously not happy about the new taxes and additional spending in Obamacare. But those...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2010 | Blogs, Constitution, Justice
I’m not a lawyer, so I certainly can’t pretend to have expert views, but everytime I read something like this, my regard for Justice Thomas rises even higher. In the McDonald case, the justices were asked by the plaintiffs to strike down Chicago’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Constitution, Justice
I don’t know what will happen when the Senate Judiciary Committee grills Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, but I hope at least one member reads George Will’s column and uses some of his suggested questions. They are all worth reading, but here are my...
