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Michael Steele's Health Care Diet for Seniors Is Loaded With Red Herrings
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyHere's how the dictionary defines a "red herring": "Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue." And a "straw man argument" is one "based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position." Both come to mind as we consider the new Republican "Senior Health Care Bill of Rights."In a Washington Post Op-ed, GOP Chairman Michael Steele pledges to protect against the dangerous straw men he and his cohorts have created and nourished with a steady diet of red herrings about health care reform. ...
Reading the SCOTUS Tilt on DC Gun Ban
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyAfter the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. The money this afternoon, the smart money seems to be where the smart analysis was all along, namely that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, not a collective one. The passage that threw so many off is that clause, "a well regulated militia," which many have taken to mean that individuals have no rights at all, but only ... the state?Of course it flies in the face of the Bill of Rights to suggest that anything there protects the state. Against whom, one might ask? The entire thrust of the Bill of Rights is to protect the ...
Handgun Ban Gets Hearing at Supreme Court
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a direct challenge to the Districts 32-year old handgun ban. When the Court issues its opinion in the case in June, it will be the first time in 70 years that the Court has opined on the right to bear arms, enshrined in the Second Amendment to the Constitution.At issue is the case of Dick Heller, a District resident that applied for the right to keep a handgun in his Capitol Hill home for self-defense. The District rejected his claim based on a city ordinance banning possession of handguns within the ...
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