Bruce Fein's The Liberty Perspective
EPA favors ethanol, imported biofuel diesel
Former German Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer was right: "In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity."
McCain, Elon Musk, defense authorization
Section 1615 of the pending National Defense Authorization Act smuggled in by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, to repay political benefactor Elon Musk proves philosopher Samuel Johnson's adage: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
Trump should ignore call to leave NAFTA alone
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stentorian call to leave the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) largely undisturbed should be ignored by President Donald Trump.
Sunset Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act proviso
The science of government is the science of experiment. Statutes routinely give birth to unintended consequences.
Medical Marijuana Amendment: Trump, Sessions wrong
Exemplary is the opposition of President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to extending the Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana businesses that are operating legally under state law.
U.N.-Nigeria stance on Biafrans
The United Nations will live in infamy for lending its megaphone on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, to Nigeria's elected military dictator Muhammadu Buhari.
Elections security is national security
The U.S. Senate should enthusiastically pass the Graham-Klobuchar amendment to H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2018.
Congress: Trust NIH but verify the science
Scientists have ulterior motives and agendas like the rest of us.
Trump Mueller Nixon Saturday Night Massacre
Congress should enact legislation that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from arbitrary firing by President Trump to short-circuit his investigation of alleged Russian government collusion with the Trump presidential campaign or related crimes. It should resurrect the Independent Counsel Act.
Trump, North Korea, Constitution
On matters of war and peace, the U.S. Constitution speaks in prime colors, not pastels.
Antiquities Act: No president licensed to revoke national monuments
The text, spirit, and 111-year history of the Antiquities Act of 1906 militate against presidential power to revoke a national monument proclamation made by a predecessor president. That conclusion does not disturb the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers.
Congress should sunset Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendments
Congress should sunset any extension of the intelligence community's dubious electronic surveillance authority to intercept, store and search the contents of international communications under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008.
Section 702 Surveillance Authority: No Extension Unless the Fourth Amendment Honored
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008 (FAA) authorizes the government to seize and search the international communications of American citizens without probable cause or warrants in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Section 702 should not be extended beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2017 unless Congress cures its constitutional infirmity.
Trump Sessions election integrity commission
President Donald Trump's May 11, 2017 Executive Order establishing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is overbroad and unfocused. Section 3 (a) and (b), for instance, authorizes inquiry into anything that might "enhance" or "undermine" public confidence in the integrity of elections, which could include media or polling biases, money, gerrymandering, or otherwise.
Congress Obamacare repeal replace
The congressional effort to repeal or reform Obamacare is on life support. Congress should not let this serious crisis go to waste.
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau arbitration
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's (CFPB) anti-arbitration rule to facilitate expensive class action litigation to resolve consumer finance disputes in lead-footed courts is like a doctor recommending chocolate sundaes to treat obesity.
Congress Aerojet Rocketdyne military influence Russia
Do you think this common quid pro quo between lawmakers and members of the multi-trillion dollar military-industrial-counterterrorism complex (MICC) ought to be criminal?
H.R. McMaster’s ‘Dereliction of Duty’
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is guilty of the same deceits, expediencies and tergiversations for which he sharply rebuked our military leadership during the Vietnam War in "Dereliction of Duty." Mr. Master's defection from his own gospel to the catechisms of the multi-trillion dollar military-industrial-counterterrorism complex was no aberration.
Trump, Congress science funding
Government-funded scientific research is generally a bad deal for taxpayers but a good deal for government officials who choose to feed at the public trough. To no avail, erstwhile Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) acquired notoriety with Golden Fleece Awards for inane or extravagant government spending.
Trump Mattis McMaster military advice
President Donald Trump should beware of his military advisers -- especially retired Marine Corps General and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and U.S. Army officer and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
