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Articles by Hans von Spakovsky

Obamacare Has Arrived in the Supreme Court

Hans von Spakovsky | September 28, 2011

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) stole a march on the Obama Administration this morning by filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court… Read More

Hispanic Support for Voter ID

Hans von Spakovsky | September 20, 2011

Senator Dick Durbin (D–IL) recently held a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in order to beat up on states that have passed voter ID… Read More

Being Relentless About 9/11

Hans von Spakovsky | September 09, 2011

I did not experience the 9/11 attack personally, and very fortunately did not lose anyone I know in that vicious act of terrorism. But it… Read More

Operation Fast and Furious: The First Political Casualties

Hans von Spakovsky | September 01, 2011

With the resignation this week of Dennis K. Burke, the Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney in Phoenix, we have the first high-level casualty in the burgeoning scandal… Read More

Backdoor Amnesty – Abusing the Constitution and Presidential Authority

Hans von Spakovsky | August 19, 2011

When President Obama was inaugurated, he swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Article II, Section 3 directs… Read More

The Court Battle Over Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

Hans von Spakovsky | July 08, 2011

In a victory for common-sense and a serious set-back for the Holder Justice Department, a three-judge panel of the federal Court of Appeals for the… Read More

The DOJ’s Unprofessionalism in Its Attack on Traditional Marriage

Hans von Spakovsky | July 07, 2011

First the Obama Justice Department defended the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA,” which defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purposes… Read More

Obamacare: Bad 6th Circuit Decision Assures Supreme Court Review in Fall

Hans von Spakovsky | June 29, 2011

Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision upholding Obamacare against a constitutional challenge. While this is disappointing, there are several reasons to… Read More

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The Supreme Court Refurbishes the First Amendment in Arizona

Hans von Spakovsky | June 27, 2011

The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, issued an outstanding decision today (PDF) properly applying the First Amendment when it struck down as… Read More

Supreme Court: Save Wal-Mart, The Economy Lives Better

Hans von Spakovsky | June 20, 2011

The Supreme Court’s 9 to 0 decision today in Wal-Mart v. Dukes stopped an abusive class action lawsuit and should bring a huge sigh of… Read More

The Supremes Chill Global “Warming” Alarmists

Hans von Spakovsky | June 20, 2011

Common sense prevailed this morning when the Supreme Court dismissed a frivolous and novel global “warming” lawsuit. If you are a radical environmentalist, you know… Read More

Wisconsin Unions Lose First Round, Win Luck of the Draw in the Second

Hans von Spakovsky | June 17, 2011

Wisconsin unions seem to have lucked out with the federal judge assigned to their latest lawsuit trying to stop the state’s new collective bargaining law… Read More

Justice Wins Out in Wisconsin on New Labor Law

Hans von Spakovsky | June 15, 2011

In approving Wisconsin’s new collective bargaining law yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dropped an anvil on Dane County Judge MaryAnn Sumi’s political rulings. The state… Read More

Arizona Wins Big in Supreme Court Immigration Ruling

Hans von Spakovsky | May 26, 2011

Arizona won a spectacular victory today in the Supreme Court in its ongoing efforts to do something about the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens… Read More

Vote Against Goodwin Liu a Victory for the Rule of Law

Hans von Spakovsky | May 19, 2011

In one of the most important votes on Obama’s lower court judicial nominees, Democrats were unable to overcome the filibuster of Ninth Circuit Court nominee… Read More

Hoyer Breaks with Obama over Executive Order on Political Speech

Hans von Spakovsky | May 12, 2011

We have had the first break in the Democratic cone of silence over President Obama’s proposed Executive Order that attempts to implement provisions of the… Read More

The Heckler’s Veto of Arizona’s Immigration Law

Hans von Spakovsky | April 11, 2011

It should come as no surprise to anyone that a panel of judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order today refusing… Read More

Wisconsin Judge Proves Government Unions Aren’t Only Ones in Need of Reform

Hans von Spakovsky | March 18, 2011

Should it be any surprise that in a state like Wisconsin that has been under the thrall of liberals for far too long, a local… Read More

Judge Vinson to Obama: Speed up the Appeal or Stop Implementing Obamacare

Hans von Spakovsky | March 03, 2011

The Obama administration got a well-deserved rebuke today from Judge Roger Vinson in the Florida lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare (aka the Patient Protection… Read More

Wisconsin and Government Unions – Let the Voters Decide

Hans von Spakovsky | March 03, 2011

President Obama calls Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail the collective-bargaining rights of state employees an “assault.” But the real assault is the conspiracy… Read More

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Protecting the Free Speech Rights of Those We Abhor

Hans von Spakovsky | March 02, 2011

Just as it did last year in the Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court today upheld the First Amendment in a virtually unanimous opinion in… Read More

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How Congress Can Defend DOMA

Hans von Spakovsky | March 01, 2011

On February 23, Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner that President Obama had instructed him to no longer… Read More

Obama Drops Pretense, Administration Will Not Defend DOMA

Hans von Spakovsky | February 23, 2011

Today, President Barack Obama concluded, and Attorney General Eric Holder announced, that the administration will not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA defines… Read More

Supreme Court Ruling On Vaccines Keeps Kids Safe

Hans von Spakovsky | February 22, 2011

I don’t usually feel a personal connection to a Supreme Court decision, but as the parent of three children, I was elated (and relieved) to… Read More

New Black Panther Report Confirms: Politics Over Law at Obama Justice Department

Hans von Spakovsky | January 28, 2011

The final version of the Interim Report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the investigation of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation… Read More

The State of Medical Malpractice Reform in the Union

Hans von Spakovsky | January 26, 2011

Forgive me if I seem skeptical of President Obama’s assertion last evening in his State of the Union address when he said that he was… Read More

Congress Must Now Address Civil Justice Reform to Impact Health Care

Hans von Spakovsky | January 20, 2011

Democrats profess great concern about the health care issue. Yet they avoided including any form of medical malpractice reform when passing their major health care… Read More

Federal Court Immigration Decisions Breeding More Arizona Enforcement Laws

Hans von Spakovsky | January 04, 2011

If you want prime examples of what is wrong with our federal courts and our immigration policies, two recent cases show how much harm liberal… Read More

Arizona Immigration Law in the Supreme Court: Employers Who Knowingly Hire Illegal Aliens

Hans von Spakovsky | December 09, 2010

The oral arguments in the Supreme Court on Wednesday in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting were an interesting mix of tap dancing, political correctness,… Read More

DREAMing of Amnesty

Hans von Spakovsky | December 07, 2010

The latest attempt to give millions of illegal aliens amnesty may get a vote in the Senate as early as Wednesday. FOX News is reporting… Read More

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