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By Betsy McCaughey Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson’s ruling yesterday that Congress can’t compel Americans to buy health insurance ought to be required reading for Congress members. They take an oath to uphold the US Constitution, but most members are ignorant of what the document says and routinely enact laws without giving the Constitution

By Betsy McCaughey Guess how long it is before the state of New York runs out of cash? Less than a week, according to the state’s comptroller. On June 1, New York is due to send $3.8 billion in aid to local school districts, including $2.1 billion that was supposed to be paid in March

By Betsy McCaughey I’m not interested in another debate over big government versus small government,” President Obama told a Buffalo crowd on May 13. What this means is that the President doesn’t care about how much freedom you have. When government spends more, less is left for people to spend as they choose. And the

By Betsy McCaughey The president’s Bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility plans to take taxpayers to the cleaners. The timing of the commission is ironic. It met for the first time April 23, some 33 days after the president signed his health law — which created $910 billion in entitlements through 2019 and possibly twice that

By Betsy McCaughey Eighteen states are challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health law. Their challenge focuses on whether the federal government can require everyone to buy coverage. They gloss over an issue more consequential to our health and longevity: Can the federal government dictate how doctors treat their patients? During the last half century,

By Betsy McCaughey Demagogue — a word of Greek origin — means a person who uses falsehoods, prejudices and emotional appeals to gain power. Huey Long, governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935 and creator of the Share Our Wealth Program, fit that definition. Long stirred crowds with fiery

By Betsy McCaughey House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will ram the unpopular Senate health bill through the House without a vote. Article 1, Sect. 7 of the Constitution says she can’t. Many House Democrats are reluctant to go on record in support of the Senate bill. Pelosi’s strategy is to “deem” it passed, go

By Betsy McCaughey “Washington knows best” is in full swing: President Obama hasn’t invited any governors to tomorrow’s health-reform summit — even though states have overseen health insurance for six decades. Indeed, states’ experience ought to guide any bid to reform the system — some, for example, are making stunning progress in keeping down costs.

By Betsy McCaughey Republicans are dithering over whether to accept President Obama’s invitation to a Feb. 25 health-care summit. The White House says the health bills passed with Democratic support—the Pelosi and Reid bills—will be the basis for talks. Republicans should just say no to a summit based on these bills. These bills reduce American

By Betsy McCaughey The $3.8 trillion dollar federal budget that President Obama announced Monday is another bruising blow to American freedom. Government is growing beyond the consent of the governed. In 2008, government spent 38% of everything produced in the U.S. (gross domestic product) and last year the figure shot above 40%, perhaps as high