Category Archives: Anthony W. Hawks

BLAMING OBAMACARE ON CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL – Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

By Anthony Hawks The decision in McCulloch v. Maryland was handed down on March 6, 1819, and it did not take long for Marshall’s critics to mount a newspaper campaign denouncing the decision, particularly what they viewed as Marshall’s erroneously … Continue reading →

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BLAMING OBAMACARE ON CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL – Part 1

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

By Anthony W. Hawks During the recent Supreme Court oral arguments on the Obamacare individual mandate, Chief Justice John Marshall was invoked no less than three times: once by Justice Sotomayer to suggest that Marshall’s opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden allowed Congress to … Continue reading →

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WHAT A REAL SWORD OF DAMOCLES WOULD LOOK LIKE

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks Why did the deficit reduction super-committee fail? For the same reason that the “Byrd Amendments” mandating a balanced budget failed in 1978, 1980, and 1982. For the same reason that the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law and its sequestration … Continue reading →

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The Balanced Budget Blues Continue

Posted on November 19, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks The House of Representatives began floor debate yesterday on the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA), which ended in an unsurprising 261-165 defeat this afternoon. (290 votes were needed for the two-thirds vote required by Article V.) As … Continue reading →

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The Amash Alternative: Balanced Budget Amendment Blues

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks Among the 18-plus competing balanced budget amendments (BBA) now vying for the House Republican leadership’s endorsement is H.J. Res. 81, sponsored by first-term congressman and Tea Party favorite, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). What makes this proposal unusual … Continue reading →

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