Posted on January 9, 2012. Tags: Article 1 Of The Constitution, Branch Of Government, Cfpb, Chuck Grassley, Constitutional Separation, Journal Editors, Legal Explanation, Legal Justification, Mitch Mcconnell, Ohio Senate, Recess Appointment, Recess Appointments, Richard Cordray, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Republican Leader, Separation Of Powers, Unprecedented Move, Usa Today, Wall Street Journal, Wsj
In an op-ed for USA Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, writes, “President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unacceptable because it violates both the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The framers saw the dangers of power grabs by any one branch […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on December 6, 2011. Tags: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Caitlin Halligan, Chuck Grassley, Cloture Vote, Dc Circuit Court, Dc Circuit Court Of Appeals, Eliot Spitzer, Firearms Manufacturers, General Eliot Spitzer, Mitch Mcconnell, Nd Amendment, Pat Leahy, Public Nuisance, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Solicitor General
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) forced a cloture vote on President Obama’s nominee to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Caitlin Halligan. Senate Republicans opposed her confirmation, and the vote failed, 54-45. Unfortunately, Halligan has a controversial record with activist views on the 2nd Amendment and the War on Terror. As Senate […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 28, 2010. Tags: City Of Chicago, Communications Center, Confirmation Hearing, Congressional Record, Defense Purposes, Dissent, Ginsburg, Individual Right, Judge Sotomayor, Justice Breyer, Obama, P 180, Pat Leahy, Petitioners, Right To Bear Arms, Second Amendment, Sen Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Republican, Text History
Justice Sotomayor Testified At Her Confirmation Hearing That She Recognized The “Individual Right” Of The Second Amendment But Today She “Can Find Nothing” “Characterizing It As ‘Fundamental’” DISSENT JOINED BY JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: “I Can Find Nothing In The Second Amendment’s Text … To Protect The Keeping And Bearing Of Arms For Private Self-Defense Purposes” DISSENT […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
Read the full story
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