In addition to the many pension reform proposals being discussed in Springfield currently, Speaker Michael Madigan is proposing a Constitutional Amendment to supposedly stop the legislature from easily passing increased pension benefits in the future. There are several problems with this approach. 1. In essence, Speaker Madigan is admitting the Legislature can’t control themselves in [...]
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Madigan’s Pension Constitutional Amendment Ploy
April 18, 2012 By Lennie Jarratt
Filed Under: Constitution, Economy & Tax/Spend, Public Pension Crisis, Top Stories
Legal Opinion: Obama’s recess appointments Unconstitutional
January 6, 2012 By Editor
President Obama’s attempt to unilaterally appoint three people to seats on the National Labor Relations Board and Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (after the Senate blocked action on his nomination) is more than an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the Senate’s advise-and-consent role. It is a breathtaking violation of the separation [...]
Filed Under: Constitution, Top Stories Tagged With: balance of powers, barack obama, constitution, recess appointments
A Supreme Court shock for Liberals
They’re so convinced of their own correctness — and so determined to believe conservatives are either a) corrupt, b) stupid or c) deluded — that they find themselves repeatedly astonished to discover conservatives are in fact capable of a) advancing and defending their own powerful arguments, b) effectively countering weak liberal arguments and c) exposing [...]