Why YES on Propositions 1,2,3 is the Right Call
Voters in November will have a chance to make a solid step forward on behalf of the children of Idaho when they step up to the ballot box. On the ballot will be a YES/NO vote for Education Propositions 1, 2, and 3, all of which were passed into law during this past legislative session. Here is a quick overview of the language that you will see on the ballot, and a brief on each of why “YES” is the right vote. Proposition 1 Ballot Language Shall the legislation limiting negotiated agreements between teachers and local school boards and ending the practice of issuing...
Read MoreUS Congressmen Call on Governors
The United States Supreme Court ruled significant parts of the Medicaid Expansion of the President's Healthcare Law unconstitutional as well as ruling that the Individual Mandate violated the Commerce Clause and will therefore be implemented as a punative tax on the middle class. A group of US Congressmen asked the National Governors Association to help them stop this Government takeover of healthcare...
Read MoreThe Legal Battle Has Just Begun
Jonathan Adler is a law professor and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University. Michael Cannon is director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute. Added to cato.org on June 25, 2012 This article appeared in USA Today on June 25, 2012. Even if the Affordable Care Act survives its first Supreme Court test — a ruling is due as early as today — the lawsuits won’t end. Citizens have already filed challenges to what critics call the law’s “death panel” and its impact on privacy rights, religious liberty and...
Read MoreIdaho: Say No to Obamacare
The following is from a recent Guest Opinion written by Lawerence Denney and Mike Moyle for The Idaho Statesman. It originally appeared on July 15, 2012. With the Supreme Court reaffirming the Constitutionality of the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (i.e., Obamacare), Idaho finds itself in a difficult situation. Should we as a state implement an extremely unpopular federal law that, even in the best of economic times, we cannot afford? In the coming weeks, there will be mounting pressure on Idaho’s lawmakers to submit to the wishes of those who will benefit...
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