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The Growing Crisis in Iraq and the Middle East
10 July 2014
Robert Zarate, Policy Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative, discusses why the collapse of Iraq would be a disaster for American interests and security in the Middle East and what America should do in Iraq.
Immigration Reform and the Midterm Elections
10 July 2014
Steve Soukup, Vice President and Publisher of The Political Forum and Fellow in Culture and Economy at the Culture of Life Foundation, discusses how the drive for comprehensive immigration reform is shaping the upcoming mid-term elections and how it has created a perverse system of government incentives that lead to greater illegal immigration.
Professor John Yoo's Point of Attack
10 July 2014
Professor John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at UC-Berkeley and former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. DOJ, discusses his latest book, "Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law and Global Warfare."
The IRS's "Lost" Emails
03 July 2014
Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses Lois Lerner's "lost" e-mails, how the Justice Department is not taking the IRS investigation seriously and other recent IRS scandals.
Would President Reagan be Conservative Enough for Today's GOP?
03 July 2014
Craig Shirley, Author, Historian and Conservative Commentator, discusses President Ronald Reagan, the essence of his leadership and why Reagan would have survived in today's GOP.
School's Out, But Lunchroom Fight Continues
19 June 2014
Daren Bakst, Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the massive food costs of the new school lunch requirements, major declines in student participation, food waste, lack of flexibility and First Lady Michelle Obama's criticism of the House of Representatives for considering a one-year reprieve for certain schools.
Supreme Court Winding Up October 2013 Term
19 June 2014
Megan Brown, a partner in Wiley Rein's Litigation, Appellate and Communications practice, reviews several recent Supreme Court decisions and cases, including Greece v Galloway (town prayer) and McCullen v. Coakley ("buffer zones"), some First Amendment cases presently before the DC Circuit, and a percolating and timely establishment clause case in the Second Circuit over the World Trade center cross.
The Gov't Should Keep Its Regulatory Hands Off the Internet
13 June 2014
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses net neutrality and the misguided push to have the federal government regulate broadband Internet under Title II of the Communications Act.
SCOTUS Decision Could Wrongfully Expand Union Membership and Political Clout
13 June 2014
Paul Kersey, director of labor policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, discusses the Supreme Court case of Harris v. Quinn, which potentially could force countless Medicaid recipients who care for sick or disabled family members to be forced to join the SEIU, and why such a ruling would be wrong and violative of First Amendment freedom of speech and association.
New CO2 Emissions Rules: A Misguided Pursuit
06 June 2014
Lance Brown, Executive Director of Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, discusses the EPA's misguided attempt to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, the costs associated with the recent proposal, and why President Obama is wrong in suggesting that reducing carbon will prevent asthma or heart attacks.
SCOTUS, Congress and On-going Efforts to Regulate Political Spending and Activities
06 June 2014
Erin Murphy, partner at Bancroft PLLC, discusses her successful legal argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in McCutcheon v. FEC, in which the Court held the federal aggregate limits on campaign contributions unconstitutional, and her work on Bond v. United States, a case recently decided by the Court involving a poisoned mailbox.
The Radical Environmentalist War on Private Property
30 May 2014
Marita Noon, Executive Director of Energy Makes America Great, discusses the latest dubious efforts by extreme environmentalists to keep private property owners from selling, developing or using their land.
Boko Haram: Terrorism in Nigeria
23 May 2014
Caitlin Poling, Director of Government Relations at the Foreign Policy Initiative, discusses terrorism in Africa, the kidnapping situation in Nigeria and why in 2012 then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided Boko Haram did not warrant a foreign terrorist organization designation.
Conservatism's Disagreements with Progressivism
15 May 2014
Timothy Sandefur, Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses the conflict between an individual's right to freedom and the power of the majority to govern, economic liberty and his latest book, "The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty."
Donor Disclosure Requirements Infringe on First Amendment Rights
08 May 2014
Allen Dickerson, Legal Director at the Center for Competitive Politics, discusses why the California Attorney General's demand for the list of supporters to a non-profit organization damages freedom of association, violates the clear terms of a federal tax law and ignores the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.
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