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Legal Battle Over Health Care Reform
06 May 2010
Interview with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on the lawsuit brought by at least 20 states challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare and why the new law's unprecedented mandates are an affront to individual freedom.
Justice Stevens' Retirement
29 April 2010
Megan Brown, an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC, discusses the upcoming retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and the short list of potential nominees thought to be under consideration by the White House to replace him on the High Court.
Foreign Policy Expert Discusses Lessons To Be Learned From America's Amnesia
22 April 2010
Foreign policy expert Bruce Herschensohn, a professor at the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University and member of the Board of Directors of CFIF, discusses his latest book, An American Amnesia: How the U.S. Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia, and warns against the danger of succumbing to a similar voluntary amnesia in the future.
U.S. Chamber Executive Discusses Obama's Controversial Recess Appointment to the NLRB
15 April 2010
Interview with Randel K. Johnson, Senior Vice President of Labor, Immigration and Employee Benefits at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on President Obama's controversial recess appointment of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board and the negative implications for the business community and America's job creators.
Florida Senate President Discusses Need for Federal Balanced Budget
08 April 2010
Interview with Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater on out-of-control federal spending and the need for a Constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget.
Global Terrorism Expert Discusses Threat of Radical Islam
01 April 2010
In an interview with CFIF, Brigitte Gabriel shares her remarkable story told in her book, "Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America." Ms. Gabriel also discusses ACT! for America, a non-profit issues advocacy organization she founded to educate millions of uninformed citizens about the threat of radical Islam to world peace and U.S. national security.
Card Check Legislation Threatens Job Creation and Economic Recovery
25 March 2010
Glenn Spencer, Executive Director of the Workforce Freedom Initiative, a project of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, discusses how the misnamed "Employee Free Choice Act," or Card Check, poses a threat to job creation and economic recovery. Spencer also discusses the anti-employment agenda in Congress and at the National Labor Relations Board.
Lessons Learned from California
19 March 2010
CFIF Senior Fellow Troy Senik discusses how California's fiscal troubles compare to the nation's, and why The Golden State's progressive policies should be avoided at all cost on the federal level.
Obama's Latest Healthcare Proposal Another Broken Promise for Change
11 March 2010
Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael Tanner discusses how President Obama's latest proposal to reform the U.S. health care system is not much of a change from the Senate-passed bill and why it's passage will keep the poor poor.
The Future of the Second Amendment
03 March 2010
NRA Spokesperson Rachel Parsons discusses the McDonald v. City of Chicago case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as a new law regarding guns in national parks.
The Administration's Missteps
25 February 2010
Interview with CFIF's Timothy Lee on the Obama Administration's missteps on jobs, the economy and global warming.
First Amendment Lawyer Explains Changes in Campaign Finance Laws
18 February 2010
Thomas W. Kirby, a senior litigation partner who handles appellate matters in First Amendment and election law cases, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC and the rumors swirling about potential Supreme Court justice retirements at the end of the current term.
John Yoo Proffers Historical Perspective on Today's Controversies Over Executive Power
10 February 2010
John Yoo, professor of law at the University of California and former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of the Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, discusses his recently released book "Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush," the use of Presidential power in times of crisis and current national security issues.
Steve Forbes Discusses How Capitalism Will Save Us
04 February 2010
Steve Forbes, President and CEO of Forbes Media, and Editor-in-Chief at Forbes magazine, discusses his latest book, "How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets are the Best Answer in Today's Economy," and offers his thoughts on the big government "solutions" being pursued to address today's biggest problems.
EPA Climate Change Mandates Based on Flawed, Questionable and Potentially Fraudulent Data
28 January 2010
Shannon Goessling, Chief Counsel and Executive Director of the Southeastern Legal Foundation discusses how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got it wrong when the Agency published an Endangerment Finding with regard to certain greenhouse gas emissions without investigating new evidence that supports leading credible scientists' observations that "global warming/climate change" is not caused by humans but is natural, cyclical and not as extreme as reported. Ms.Goessling also discusses how draconian regulations considered by EPA will impose billions of dollars in costs and invasive burdens on American consumers.
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