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

Politics

Hans BaderFebruary 23, 2019
2

Leading Democrats endorse reparations, which could cost trillions

If a liberal politician gets elected president in 2020 and appoints more liberal justices to the Supreme Court, the Supreme…
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Education

Hans BaderFebruary 22, 2019
1

The racial gap in school suspensions isn’t due to racism or subjectivity in discipline

Courts have recognized that misbehavior rates can differ by race. The federal appeals court in Richmond said in 2001 that…
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Unyielding

Hans BaderFebruary 21, 2019
1

Anti-opioid crusade backfires, causing agony and more deaths

A recent Cato Institute study by Harvard’s Jeffrey Miron and others shows the government’s anti-opioid crusade has backfired and increased opioid addiction…
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Unyielding

Hans BaderFebruary 20, 2019
1

Larry Hogan tells the painful truth about 2020

Hogan is right to point out that the next Democratic presidential nominee could easily be "far-left," and yet win the…
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Social Issues

Hans BaderFebruary 18, 2019
0

A wealthier, healthier world for children

It has never been a safer world in which to be a child.
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 15, 2019
1

Emergencies that aren’t, and the slippery slope

The National Emergencies Act gives presidents the ability to declare emergencies, without defining what an emergency is. As a result,…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 11, 2019
1

Will rent control come to Virginia?

Support for rent control is growing among progressives: With the backing of Gov. Kate Brown (D), Oregon's liberal government is…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderFebruary 10, 2019
1

Progressive politicians ape Russia in supporting dictator

The authoritarian regimes in Russia, Iran, and China support Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro. Maduro is also supported by some liberal…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 10, 2019
0

Ralph Northam racially panders to save his own skin

Northam plainly hopes such boondoggles will purchase goodwill from black voters offended by the revelation that his medical-school yearbook page…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 9, 2019
0

The Green New Deal is actually a Brown New Deal

The Green New Deal is incredibly unrealistic. It might just as well have proposed generating all of America's energy from…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderFebruary 7, 2019
1

‘The vile poison of antisemitism’

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of England’s Labour Party, has a good chance of being England’s next Prime Minister, despite being…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 1, 2019
2

Mass transit boondoggles cause traffic congestion and pollution

Many recent transportation bond measures have been deceptively pitched to voters as being about road construction, but actually divert much…
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 31, 2019
1

An avalanche of debt

Too much spendin' goin' on.
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 27, 2019
1

Bethune-Hill ruling imposes political gerrymander on Virginia voters

The court's ruling is a political gerrymander that purports to fix a racial gerrymander.
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 22, 2019
0

Virginia may hike minimum wage to $15 in 2020

By advocating minimum wage hikes, people get to signal their own political virtue -- at the expense of other people's…
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 10, 2019
1

Crocodile tears about ‘extremism’ from progressives

The people who wail loudest about the GOP's supposed 'extremism' are the very people who vote against moderates at every…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderJanuary 1, 2019
1

Georges Loinger, who saved children from Holocaust, dies at 108

Two days ago, the French resistance fighter Georges Loinger died at the age of 108. During World War II, he…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 22, 2018
0

Mass transit is a government failure

Mass transit is largely a failure and continues to decline despite growing subsidies to many mass transit systems. Light rail…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 22, 2018
2

Your taxes pay for bad mortgage loans

As Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Fannie and Freddie were not subject to the sort of capital requirements that apply to private entities, so…
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Education

Hans BaderDecember 21, 2018
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Education Department withdraws race-based school-discipline guidance

That guidance, contained in a Jan. 8, 2014 'Dear Colleague' Letter, led to a few school systems adopting racial quotas…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 20, 2018
2

Court ruling in Feminist Majority Foundation v. Hurley harms free speech

Cutting off a whole student body's access to forums with anonymous speech?
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Hans BaderDecember 19, 2018
0

Cuomo attacks free speech to deflect attention from his harmful policies

New York's state government is harassing Jewish religious schools and has said little about anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderNovember 25, 2018
1

Biofuels mandates ‘unleashed a catastrophe’ for our planet

Despite the massive destruction of forests, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the Speaker of the House at the time, continues to defend…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderNovember 24, 2018
0

Foreign hypocrisy about international trade

Protectionism is a bad thing: Freer trade has been critical in reducing costs to consumers and reducing global poverty. It…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 11, 2018
1

New York Governor violated First Amendment through political harassment

Days after I and a colleague at the Competitive Enterprise Institute criticized multistate investigations of Exxon by New York State…
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Economy

Hans BaderNovember 10, 2018
1

Protectionism kills jobs and candidacies

Rather than getting into trade wars, or trying to renegotiate things like NAFTA, the Trump administration should focus more on…
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Politics

Hans BaderNovember 9, 2018
1

Tuesday’s election was nothing for Republicans to smile about

In 2020, the Republicans will probably lose control of the Senate, because they will be defending most of the seats…
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Politics

Hans BaderNovember 8, 2018
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Centrist voters rebuke Florida Democrats, hand victory to GOP

Florida voters seem to have focused on such issues of substance -- rather than inflammatory and misleading claims by the…
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Economy

Hans BaderNovember 1, 2018
0

American wages grow fastest in a decade

During the Obama administration, the economy barely grew, rising at an average annual rate of less than 2%. As economists…
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Media

Hans BaderOctober 31, 2018
1

CNN host claims ‘biggest terror threat in this country is white men’

Mass shooters are not disproportionately white, either in the United States or the world in general. Even the liberal publication Slate admitted…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderOctober 27, 2018
1

Synagogue shooting prompts call for the death penalty

The death penalty is proper because it is proportional to the offense. It is simple justice in many cases, not…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderOctober 27, 2018
0

Today’s deadly synagogue shooting: another grim reminder that freedom of religion is under assault

The world is getting better in many ways. But not in terms of religious freedom. A fatal mass shooting just occurred at a Conservative synagogue in Pittsburgh.…
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Economy

Hans BaderOctober 26, 2018
3

Economy grew by healthy 3.5% in most recent quarter

The Trump administration has helped fuel economic growth by bringing an end to the wave of burdensome and unnecessary new…
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Politics

Hans BaderOctober 25, 2018
1

Beto O’Rourke’s strange claim about his mother

Letters falsely pretending to be from ‘lifelong Republicans’ are useful for liberal newspaper editors in red states, who have to…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderOctober 24, 2018
2

Corruption by Democrat Andrew Gillum roils Florida governor’s race

Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for the governorship of Florida, is responding to the widely reported news that he has…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderOctober 19, 2018
0

Juvenile murderers can seek release in Washington State

Harsh penalties like the death penalty save lives by deterring murder, as several studies have found.
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