McCain's Libertarian Problem and Evangelical Problem

by Robert Novak and Timothy P. Carney

The widely expected pivot to the center by Sen. Barack Obama began Tuesday with his Wall Street Journal interview in which he suggested he might cut the corporate tax rate. That contradicted everything the Democratic candidate had previously said and suggested a new economic strategy. It goes along with his move toward free trade positions and his statement that he would not negotiate with Iran without preconditions-also contradicting his primary election positions.

 
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America Will Regret High Court's Decision

by Ken Blackwell

The Supreme Court's 5-4 opinion in Boumediene v. Bush will go down as one of the most egregiously-wrong decisions in history. Breaking 200 years of settled precedent, the Court has rewritten the Constitution's allocation of national security powers. In essence, the narrow majority attacked the actions of a Commander-in-Chief in time of war.

Cornyn: Supreme Court Decision on Gitmo is Troubling

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, made the following statement Thursday regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush, which involves foreign terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay:

"Upon initial review, the Supreme Court's ruling is both troubling and disappointing. A slim, 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court ignored the informed wartime policy choices of both elected branches of the federal government. In 2006, 65 Senators-Democrats and Republicans alike-approved a carefully crafted law that provided these detainees a fair process consistent with America's critical national security needs.

With Americans steamed about paying more than $4 per gallon at the pump, chances for action in Washington remain stalled in heavy political traffic.