Senator Mike Lee on ObamaCare and the Commerce Clause

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 05:00 PM  | 

Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of ObamaCare.  Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) questioned Walter Dellinger, former Clinton Solicitor General for the 1996-97 term and law professor at Duke, about his views on the individual mandate provision in the law.   The questioning of Professor Dellinger on the constitutionality of the individual mandate was a preview of the debate that we shall see before | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 11, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 11th at 11:25 AM  | 

Great news for sports fans — the World Cup kicked off today and the Celtics – Lakers series looks like it another classic.  You need some good sports news when most of the political news is bad in Washington.  The New York Times reports, “a government panel on Thursday essentially doubled its estimate of how much oil has been spewing from the out-of-control BP well, with | Read More »

Today in Washington – June 8, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  June 8th at 06:30 AM  | 

Last month, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) called President Obama “thin skinned,” because of the President’s intolerance of criticism.  Trait came out in an interview with the Today Show interview posted on Real Clear Politics yesterday: I was down there a month ago, before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf.  A month ago I was meeting with fishermen down there, | Read More »

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Holder – Only Two Conservatives Said No

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  January 28th at 12:48 PM  | 

The Senate Judiciary Committee hours ago voted 17-2 to approve the nomination of Eric Holder to be the next Attorney General.  A floor vote on his nomination is expected for next week.   The only two Conservative stalwarts voted no: John Cornyn (R-TX); and Tom Coburn (R-OK).  Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General for President Bill Clinton, has taken actions that disqualify him from Senate consent to be the next Attorney General of | Read More »