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    No Tort Reform Part 2: What About the Seventh Amendment?

    Friday, November 6th, 2009

    Cross-posted at CSPT.
    Conservatives love the Constitution, and specifically the Bill of Rights. While liberals may take an expansive view of the Constitution’s terms, or subscribe to the idea of a “living Constitution,” conservatives recognize that a Constitution that does not say what it means, or mean what it says, effectively means nothing. A living Constitution [...]

    GOP Draft Health Care Plan Unveiled, Includes Tort Reform

    Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

    Cross-posted at Common Sense Political Thought.
    Despite the asinine inclusion of tort reform, there are some great ideas in the GOP bill.
    Absent from the republican proposal are key features of the democrats’ own legislation, such as mandates for employers to insure employees. Such a requirement creates additional burdens on small businesses that already struggle to keep [...]

    Frank Rich on Republican “Stalinists”

    Sunday, November 1st, 2009

    Rich’s reliance on a poll that takes only one thing into consideration - party affiliation - misleads him into thinking that the country is getting more liberal while the Republicans are getting more radical..

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