In a rush of sable wings and shriekings, the federal murder of crows descends upon every corner of America. But what do I spy in a worn outbuilding? Is that a rusty, creaky old scarecrow rising; with blinking eyes and trembling limbs? Could this be the renascence of the quaint old idea of federalism? Let me see, at last count it was twenty States that joined a federal lawsuit to enjoin the Administration's signature piece of...legislation. The healthcare reform act. Additionally, Liberty University in Virginia filed a fine brief of its own, citing individual violations of the Constitution, and the Virginia law that renounces the individual mandate-centerpiece of the Progressive vision. Virginia is not the only venue to advance State based legislation to make the healthcare bill unenforceable. Here in humble Ohio the petitions are out for an amendment to the State Constitution to renounce Obamacare. Perhaps most interestingly is the Arizona law that allows policemen, in the context of...(Read Full Post)