by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is taking heat from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers for its oversight of certain groups engaging in political activity, in particular Tea Party organizations seeking tax-exempt status. In recent weeks, GOP lawmakers have followed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A new $550 million pot of money for another Race to the Top contest will have to be split between two education-policy worlds: early education and district-level reform. But just how the Education Department will take a relatively small slice of money to leverage big...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Another “sagebrush rebellion” is spreading through legislatures in Arizona and other Western states with a series of formal demands that the federal government hand over title to tens of millions of acres of forests, ranges and other public lands. Arizona...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In a nation where Congress has already determined how much water your toilet tank can hold and whether you can purchase a 100-watt incandescent light bulb, the assertion of federal power is now so great and so unbounded that a case concerning the 2010 Patient...
by Jane Richey | Mar 26, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Landmark Legal Foundation sent a letter on Friday to the Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration requesting an investigation to determine whether officials with the Internal Revenue Service have engaged in misconduct in dealing with applications...