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The NLRB’s school-door stand
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: “(O)ne issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the …
The loss of trust
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There …
Forgetting Watergate’s lesson
By George F. Will“He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeav ored to ... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.” …
On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with “twenty thousand times the force” of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-century debate that …
Obama’s number: 2014
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term …
Why judicial activism matters
By George F. WillThe legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity, and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. — James Madison, Federalist 48 WASHINGTON …
Sensible caution
By George F. WillWASHINGTON People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for his …
Signs of grown-ups in charge
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence …
The shame of deference
By George F. WillWASHINGTON Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that whites must respect. …
Is Justin Amash the new face of Republicanism?
By George F. WillWASHINGTON America’s most interesting development since November is the Republican Party becoming more interesting. Consider the congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich., who occupies the seat …
Dangerous power shift
By George F. WillWASHINGTON The regulatory, administrative state, which progressives champion, is generally a servant of the strong, for two reasons. It responds to financially powerful and politically sophisticated factions. And it encourages rent-seekers to exploit opportunities for concentrated benefits and dispersed costs …
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