Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Happy Mothers Day to all the mom’s out there, especially mine, without whom this column would not exist. And Paulistinians everywhere would rejoice. Governor Branstad will announce our new state auditor Monday. My clandestine, ubiquitous informants have told me who it is, but getting official confirmation has been surprisingly [...]
By Bob Vander Plaats There have been several points raised in a number of newspaper editorials in support of the retention of Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins that are highly misleading. The Register recently ran an editorial citing Clark v. Board of Directors of the Muscatine Schools, an 1868 case in which the Iowa [...]
By Nathan Tucker “The contest, for all ages, has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power,” warned Daniel Webster. “Through all this history of the contest for liberty, executive power has been regarded as a lion which must be caged,” he continued, “it has been dreaded, uniformly, always dreaded, as the great [...]
By Nathan Tucker Two-hundred and twenty-five years ago Monday, the Constitutional Convention meeting in Philadelphia signed the Constitution and submitted it to the states for ratification. It went into effect on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve it. Though it is the world’s oldest national constitution, it can only [...]
By Nathan Tucker The long, slow death of federalism is nearly complete. While perhaps an enthusiasm boost for the GOP heading into the November election, the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision is yet another nail in the coffin of a federal government of limited, enumerated powers. Since the Constitution has become all but a dead letter, [...]
By Nathan Tucker The long, slow death of federalism is nearly complete. While perhaps an enthusiasm boost for the GOP heading into the November election, the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision is yet another nail in the coffin of a federal government of limited, enumerated powers. Since the Constitution has become all but a dead letter, [...]
The Supreme Court decision upholding ObamaCare was a major disappointment for Iowa Congressman Steve King. He has waged a two and a half year battle against the bill. King even drafted legislation to repeal ObamaCare before the President signed it into law. As a reward for his vigilance, Chief Justice John Roberts invited King to [...]