Hans Bader

Hans Bader practices law in Washington, D.C. After studying economics and history at the University of Virginia and law at Harvard, he practiced civil-rights, international-trade, and constitutional law. He also once worked in the Education Department. Hans writes for CNSNews.com and has appeared on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” Contact him at hfb138@yahoo.com

Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 2, 2023
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Celebrated murderer kills two more people after being released and praised by the press

“A murderer was released early, celebrated by soft-on-crime groups, then charged with two more killings. Tragic and completely avoidable,” notes…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderMay 1, 2023
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Today is Victims of Communism Day

Today is not just May Day, but also Victims of Communism Day. As law professor Ilya Somin explains, The authoritative…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 20, 2023
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Supreme Court may rein in interstate agreements that harm other states

Since the 1970s, the courts have turned a blind eye to agreements between some states that extract wealth from other…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 16, 2023
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Inflation Reduction Act will increase national debt and inflation

The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by Joe Biden will cost three times as much as supporters claimed, notes…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 19, 2023
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Progressive official missed Silicon Valley Bank’s warning signs before it collapsed

President Biden’s massive government spending caused inflation that led to the collapse of a big bank, by shrinking the value…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 8, 2023
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Serial killers get short sentences under new Alameda district attorney

In November, the progressive candidate, Pamela Price, was elected district attorney of Alameda County, California, after pledging to “disrupt the…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderMarch 7, 2023
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Anti-GMO activists are starving the people of Kenya

Kenya wants its farmers to grow pest-resistant, drought-tolerant corn, as pests devour much of its corn crop, and Kenya faces…
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Business

Hans BaderFebruary 27, 2023
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Legislation would let some transgender people avoid repaying their debts

If people can both change their name, and also hide the fact they changed their name, they can sometimes avoid…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderFebruary 26, 2023
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Lab Leak likely caused COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. government officials say

“The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 24, 2023
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Kamala Harris falsely claims Biden administration cut electricity and heating bills

On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris falsely claimed she and President Biden “have reduced heating and electricity bills.” “But in…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 18, 2023
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Higher minimum wage causes more crime, study finds

A higher minimum wage results in more crime, notes Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute. A small fraction of low-wage…
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Business

Hans BaderFebruary 11, 2023
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Government-funded group blacklists conservative media, cutting off their ad revenue

Conservative and libertarian-leaning media are now being starved of advertising dollars because of a taxpayer-funded progressive group — the Global…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 6, 2023
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Virginia Senate approves early-release bill for inmates; Many violent criminals could be released

The Virginia Senate has voted 24 to 15 to approve SB 842, the so-called “second look” bill. If it becomes…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 1, 2023
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Many big cities in the U.S. now have more murders than El Salvador

El Salvador’s murder rate, which used to be 20 times the U.S. rate, dropped by more than half in 2022…
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Education

Hans BaderFebruary 1, 2023
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School system: High school students may become ‘clingy’ and tearful over minor mishap involving kid they never heard of

I received an email from the Arlington County Public Schools schools telling me that a single “student was found unconscious…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 28, 2023
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Biden administration says it may impose rent control on housing with federally-backed mortgages

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)—which regulates the mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae—will explore ways it could “limit…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 25, 2023
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Virginia Senate committee passes bill allowing all offenders to seek release after 15 years, the Second Look bill

Does every inmate deserve a chance for release? Even a serial killer, or a serial rapist with a long history…
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 19, 2023
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Congressional Democrats ask Biden to impose national rent control

Progressive Democrats are asking the Biden administration “to impose rent control on the entire country,” reports Reason magazine. A letter…
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Unyielding

Hans BaderJanuary 17, 2023
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San Francisco should pay trillions in reparations to black people, panel decides

San Francisco’s reparations committee has proposed that San Francisco pay $5 million each to virtually all black San Francisco residents…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 12, 2023
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Virginia Democrats introduce rent control bills, which would make housing scarcer

In Virginia’s legislature, rent-control legislation has been introduced by 5 Democratic delegates and a Democratic State Senator. Economists oppose rent…
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Unyielding

Hans BaderJanuary 6, 2023
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Virginia ‘second-look’ bill to release long-term inmates reintroduced, without public safety safeguards

In 2022, legislation allowing inmates to seek a reduction in their sentence after 15 years in prison passed the Virginia…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 6, 2023
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Federal government promotes eating unhealthy, sugary foods rather than meat

The National Institutes of Health is encouraging unhealthy eating. It recently funded the development of a “food compass” that encourages…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 2, 2023
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First US execution of transgender woman could take place Tuesday

“Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman to be executed…
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Education

Hans BaderJanuary 1, 2023
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Virginia’s largest school system pays $455,000 for ‘equal outcomes’ consultant

Students vary widely in intelligence and willingness to work hard. Why would anyone expect “equal outcomes for every student, without…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 19, 2022
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Oregon governor commuted killers’ death sentences. Some may be released

Oregon Governor Kate Brown recently commuted the death sentences of her state’s 17 death row inmates, all of them convicted…
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Education

Hans BaderDecember 15, 2022
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Washington State education officials attack objectivity and individualism, prefer slowness

“A Washington State governor-appointed education panel recently gave a presentation to state agencies in which they asserted concepts like objectivity…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 14, 2022
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Budget deficit hits monthly record due to Biden policies

America’s “monthly federal deficit hit a record $249 billion in November – $57 billion wider than the same month last…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 11, 2022
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Virginia Governor seeks to expand housing by curbing zoning and government red tape

“Over the last few months, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has made a push to try to liberalize zoning and…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 8, 2022
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Crime plunges in El Salvador as criminals are sent to prison

The murder rate fell by more than 90% after 2018, and other crime fell by 75%, in El Salvador, after…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 3, 2022
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Philadelphia City Council approves permanent 10 p.m. curfew as crime rises

If cities won’t put violent criminals behind bars, law-abiding citizens end up losing some of their freedoms. Philadelphia is moving…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 2, 2022
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California state task force will recommend paying blacks $223,200 per person in reparations — $559 billion statewide

A task force set up by a California law “will recommend handing out $223,200 per person to all descendants of…
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Business

Hans BaderNovember 30, 2022
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Apple helps crush human rights protests in China

“Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke out,” reports Quartz. “Anti-government protests flared…
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Economy

Hans BaderNovember 26, 2022
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The Pilgrims suffered until they recognized individual property rights

On Thanksgiving, “there is much to be thankful. One lesson of the holiday that we should try not to forget…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 24, 2022
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San Francisco fires election director because he is white

San Francisco has illegally fired its elections director because he is white, and it wants to “take action on the…
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Economy

Hans BaderNovember 20, 2022
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A quarter of Americans face risk of winter power blackouts or energy emergency

“Large swaths of North America may face blackouts and other energy emergencies during bouts of extreme cold this winter,” according…
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Economy

Hans BaderNovember 20, 2022
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Biden agrees to pay climate reparations, but world’s biggest polluter, China, won’t have to pay

President Biden has agreed to pay climate reparations to third world countries, many of them run by corrupt dictators who…
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