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

Education

Hans BaderJuly 22, 2020
6

‘Anti-racism’ is racism in disguise

America’s colleges, media, and cultural institutions are being swept by the ideology of “anti-racism.” It openly advocates racial discrimination against…
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Education

Hans BaderJuly 19, 2020
2

Reality-based research on racism now under assault in academia

Don't let reality get in the way of a good narrative.
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderJuly 18, 2020
5

Genocide in China ignored by most of the press

Many racial minorities flourish in America. African immigrants to the United States, especially those from Nigeria, actually out-earn whites in…
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Media

Hans BaderJuly 17, 2020
1

Why libertarians often work with the right

To get along with progressives, it is helpful for people who were once conservative or libertarian to completely abandon their…
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Media

Hans BaderJuly 16, 2020
1

The left-wing ratchet of intellectual life

O'Sullivan's law says that 'All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing.'
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 13, 2020
3

NBA blocks pro-freedom message on jerseys, allowed anti-Semitic and cop-killer messages

Income- and patron-induced selectivity.
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Politics

Hans BaderJuly 11, 2020
0

Trump wears mask in visit to Walter Reed

Researchers estimated that wearing face masks prevented over 78,000 infections in Italy between Apr. 6 and May 9, and over…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 11, 2020
2

Guilt by association is bad journalistic ethics

You are not responsible for someone just because they cite something that you wrote. I have written over 6,000 blog…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 8, 2020
0

Academics seek to retract scientific study because conservative cited it

The academic backlash against the police-shooting study helps explain why there are fewer new studies finding an absence of bias…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 5, 2020
1

Virginia orders American flag taken down

Black Lives Matter protesters are busy defacing or toppling statues of people who made America a more just and equal…
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Education

Hans BaderJuly 2, 2020
2

Unbiased research on race in criminal justice system becoming taboo in academia

But the more factors a study takes into account, the more time and money it takes to do the study.…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 29, 2020
1

County illegally exempted minorities from mask requirement

A race-based exemption to mask requirements undermines rather than promotes compelling interests.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 28, 2020
0

Snopes misstates the law regarding qualified immunity

No qualified immunity for self-proclaimed fact-checkers; they have to get it right.
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Politics

Hans BaderJune 26, 2020
2

Polls strongly predict Democratic victory in November

The Democrats will probably end up controlling both houses of Congress. But unless Trump radically improves his campaign, he will…
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Social Issues

Hans BaderJune 25, 2020
1

Marco Rubio: Wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19

'Places like Hong Kong and Taiwan that jumped to action early with social distancing and universal mask wearing have gotten…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 25, 2020
3

Pelosi blames GOP for murder of George Floyd in Democrat-run city

In practice judges often just rubberstamp requests for no-knock warrants, flouting the Fourth Amendment. So it makes sense for Congress…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 25, 2020
5

Washington Post debases journalism with ideological agenda that destroys lives

Focusing on eliminating 'racial disparities' -- as The Post wants its reporters to do -- could result in more, rather…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 23, 2020
1

Crime rises amid growing hostility to the police

The media leave the false impression that most people shot by the police are black. That's because it spends days…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 21, 2020
2

Biden leads Trump by 13% in poll

A new national Ipsos/Reuters poll finds that Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 48% to 35%. As CNN…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 20, 2020
1

BLM protesters tear down statue of Ulysses Grant

Grant's contributions to black freedom were so great that he was celebrated by the black abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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Education

Hans BaderJune 18, 2020
0

Vermont principal removed for speech critical of Black Lives Matter

BLM protesters have chanted, 'The Revolution Will Not Uphold the Constitution,' in urging the suppression of constitutionally-protected speech. Such censorship…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 15, 2020
2

Did the Chicago Fed violate free speech by firing BLM critic?

Despite this, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is unlikely to be sued, because Professor Uhlig is not the litigious…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderJune 14, 2020
1

Historically ignorant BLM protesters deface statue of war hero who helped blacks

These mob actions are not the result of accidental ignorance but of cultivated prejudice. Many young people have been taught…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 13, 2020
1

Rand Paul seeks to ban no-knock warrants

In practice judges often just rubberstamp requests for no-knock warrants, flouting the Fourth Amendment.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 11, 2020
3

Protesters deface synagogues, statue of abolitionist, memorial to victims of communism

Attacking everything, not just what we're "allowed" to hate.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 11, 2020
4

Uber racially discriminates in restaurant deliveries

The law forbids discriminating against a business based on the race of its owners or staff.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 9, 2020
1

Policing would be harmed by Democrats’ discriminatory criminal justice reform bill

Cutting ‘disproportionate minority contact’ could harm minorities most.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 7, 2020
2

Police encounters and race

Most criminal sentencing, and most arrests, are untainted by racism.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 6, 2020
2

Jumping to conclusions about police killings

Removing police from black communities increases, rather than reduces, the death rate, because black murder victims are usually killed by…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 4, 2020
2

Los Angeles starts to defund its police

A study by the black Harvard economist Roland Fryer found that police killings are not primarily due to racism, and…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 3, 2020
1

How to reduce abuses by the police

The power of police unions to protect abusive members needs to be curbed.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 2, 2020
0

Protests spread COVID-19 around the world

Big demonstrations spread COVID-19. Mass protests played a key role in spreading the disease in Spain, and giving that country…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 1, 2020
1

What’s spawning the riots?

Two developments over the past several years have helped transform these protests into riots.
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Economy

Hans BaderJune 1, 2020
0

Fairfax Democratic Party praises recent riots

Don't hold back - tell us what you really think.
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 31, 2020
0

Massive destruction in my old neighborhood

Rioting and destruction have spread to many American cities.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 17, 2020
1

House passes $3 trillion bill benefiting prisoners and illegal aliens, citing COVID pandemic

Some inmates are deliberately contracting COVID-19 in hopes of getting released.
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