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 BaderSeptember 17, 2014
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Rush Limbaugh is one of the Left’s biggest assets

Rush Limbaugh can take a winning issue for conservatives and turn it into a loser just by shooting his mouth…
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Education

Hans BaderSeptember 12, 2014
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College: Students must agree ‘why’ they had sex to avoid sexual assault charges

At Ohio State University, to avoid being guilty of “sexual assault” or “sexual violence,” you and your partner now apparently…
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Economy

Hans BaderSeptember 10, 2014
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Obama administration’s false, two-faced argument about Obamacare tax credits

The Obama administration has claimed that despite recurring language in the Obamacare statute limiting tax credits to people who buy insurance…
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Education

Hans BaderSeptember 10, 2014
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UNC meddles in students’ romantic lives while misstating what consent is

Rigid “consent” requirements are for legally-binding contracts, not casual interaction among intimates. When my wife and daughter hug me, they…
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Economy

Hans BaderSeptember 5, 2014
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Feds’ double standard on discrimination between private firms and federal agencies

Government contractors could face a financial death sentence over labor law, civil-rights law, or wage-and-hour law violations under a recent…
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Education

Hans BaderAugust 26, 2014
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Taxpayers to subsidize ‘Ministry of Truthiness’: Will track ‘misleading ideas’, ‘hate speech’

The Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that: The federal government is spending nearly $1 million to create an online database…
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Economy

Hans BaderAugust 26, 2014
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Obama’s Executive Order 13,673 will wipe out California jobs

Earlier, I discussed President Obama’s Executive Order 13673, which “will allow trial lawyers to extort larger settlements from companies, and enable bureaucratic…
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Economy

Hans BaderAugust 22, 2014
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Small business and consumers harmed by ‘rape culture’ panic

Scheming politicians, opportunists, and grifters have latched on to the recent panic over a supposed campus “rape culture” to clamp…
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Economy

Hans BaderAugust 21, 2014
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New affirmative-action rule drives up costs and red tape, harms taxpayers

Does it make sense to require a campground operator that has a few hundred employees at 120 different locations to…
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Economy

Hans BaderAugust 16, 2014
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Executive Order 13673 pressures employers to capitulate to baseless demands and meritless claims

A July 31 executive order from President Obama will make it very costly for employers to challenge dubious allegations of…
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Education

Hans BaderAugust 6, 2014
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Troubling provision in Campus Accountability and Safety Act

It is a conflict of interest — and sometimes a violation of the Constitution — for a fine to go…
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Education

Hans BaderAugust 1, 2014
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Civil rights official says campus speech should be restricted to shield young people’s brains

U.S. Civil Rights Commission member Michael Yaki says speech on college campuses should be restricted to protect young people’s developing…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 25, 2014
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Obama administration ignores fraud on health exchanges, lied about anti-fraud measures

Almost anyone can fraudulently obtain taxpayer subsidies to cover most of the cost of their health insurance on the Obamacare…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 16, 2014
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Justice Department erodes free speech by investigating anti-Obama parade float

As noted earlier, the Justice Department reacted to an anti-Obama float in a Nebraska parade by treating it as a…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 11, 2014
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Greek bureaucracy stifles economic recovery, defeats austerity reforms

Liberal commentators like the New York Times’ Paul Krugman wrongly blame Greece’s economic troubles on governmental “austerity.” But even in…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 10, 2014
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Court ruling imminent in challenge to Obamacare overreach on exchange tax credits

According to the explicit language in the Affordable Care Act, tax credits for purchasing federally-regulated health insurance on the “Obamacare”…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 8, 2014
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Puerto Rico, facing default, wastes time on unconstitutional workplace bullying bill

Puerto Rico’s economy has been in recession for years, and its public utilities are on the verge of defaulting on…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 4, 2014
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Court strikes down cyberbullying law; N.Y. workplace bullying bill also has constitutional flaws

A law firm notes that “since 2003, twenty-one states have introduced legislation to combat private workplace bullying but none have been…
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Economy

Hans BaderJuly 2, 2014
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Obama drives up college tuition through perverse Pay As You Earn program

Wastefully-run colleges can now increase tuition even faster, at taxpayer expense, as a result of the Obama administration’s recent expansions…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJuly 1, 2014
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Supreme Court correctly rules for religious businesses in Hobby Lobby decision

In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the Supreme Court ruled Monday that it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 28, 2014
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Supreme Court rules against another Obama power grab

On Wednesday, in NLRB v. Noel Canning, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down President Obama’s “recess” appointment of NLRB members…
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Education

Hans BaderJune 26, 2014
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Senator McCaskill and Obama administration bureaucrats: Most Americans are rapists

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) believes that sex should be considered rape unless the consent to it was “explicit”: “Unless there is explicit consent, it’s rape…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 24, 2014
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IRS will likely step up attacks on free speech after 2014 election

Earlier, we wrote about how proposed IRS regulations would gag 501(c)(4) groups—and potentially 501(c)(3) groups like think tanks as well—by…
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Economy

Hans BaderJune 14, 2014
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How disparate impact law can lead to veiled racial quotas

We wrote earlier about the Obama administration’s use of disparate-impact theory to pressure some school districts into adopting veiled racial…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 28, 2014
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Democratic leaders kill patent reform and reject moderate compromise

Hundreds of conservative and moderate bills have been passed by the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, often overwhelmingly, only to die…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 26, 2014
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Veterans and small businesses mistreated by divorce courts

Memorial Day is an opportunity to thank our troops, and open our eyes to the disgraceful way they are treated…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 21, 2014
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Punishment before trial: Education Department attacks due process rights at Tufts University

Imagine if you could be expelled from your dorm, or prevented from attending a class, just because someone accused you…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 20, 2014
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Feds’ school-discipline meddling will backfire and increase ‘zero-tolerance’ excesses

In a speech Saturday, Attorney General Holder made a very ironic claim: He blamed racial disparities in school discipline on “zero-tolerance”…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 20, 2014
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Attorney General Eric Holder’s dishonest attack on Chief Justice Roberts

In a speech this weekend, Attorney General Eric Holder, who earlier claimed that Americans are a “nation of cowards” on…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 19, 2014
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Obamacare costs increase due to wasteful contracts and failed exchanges

Politico recently tallied the rising costs for “four failed Obamacare exchanges,” reporting that: Nearly half a billion dollars in federal…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 16, 2014
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Insurance premiums and taxes go up due to Obamacare

“Rate hikes for all” are coming due to Obamacare, predicts The Daily Caller, citing state insurance filings: Virginians will see upped…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderMay 14, 2014
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European ‘right to be forgotten’ devours free speech, harms Google and its users

In America, you can’t invoke a “right to be forgotten” to suppress other people’s speech on newsworthy (or even not-so-newsworthy) topics,…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 12, 2014
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Massachusetts Obamacare exchange fails; State seeks more from taxpayers

Massachusetts’ Obamacare exchange has failed, even though Massachusetts adopted an individual health-insurance mandate in 2006, and thus had a built-in advantage over…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 8, 2014
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Washington, D.C. passes 1 percent Obamacare health-insurance tax

The costs of Obamacare keep rising. The City Council of the District of Columbia has just imposed a one percent…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 7, 2014
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Massive marriage penalties in student financial aid programs

At Minding the Campus, Jared Meyer of the Manhattan Institute describes the massive marriage penalties in student financial aid programs,…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 7, 2014
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Operation Choke Point targets porn and firearms; Constitution violated?

In Operation Choke Point, the Justice Department is targeting industries with investigations designed to inflict economic pain and dramatically increase…
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Hans Bader

Rush Limbaugh is one of the Left’s biggest assets

College: Students must agree ‘why’ they had sex to avoid sexual assault charges

Obama administration’s false, two-faced argument about Obamacare tax credits

Feds’ double standard on discrimination between private firms and federal agencies

Taxpayers to subsidize ‘Ministry of Truthiness’: Will track ‘misleading ideas’, ‘hate speech’

Obama’s Executive Order 13,673 will wipe out California jobs

Executive Order 13673 pressures employers to capitulate to baseless demands and meritless claims

Troubling provision in Campus Accountability and Safety Act

Civil rights official says campus speech should be restricted to shield young people’s brains

Obama administration ignores fraud on health exchanges, lied about anti-fraud measures

Justice Department erodes free speech by investigating anti-Obama parade float

Greek bureaucracy stifles economic recovery, defeats austerity reforms

Court ruling imminent in challenge to Obamacare overreach on exchange tax credits

Court strikes down cyberbullying law; N.Y. workplace bullying bill also has constitutional flaws

Obama drives up college tuition through perverse Pay As You Earn program

Supreme Court rules against another Obama power grab

Senator McCaskill and Obama administration bureaucrats: Most Americans are rapists

IRS will likely step up attacks on free speech after 2014 election

How disparate impact law can lead to veiled racial quotas

Democratic leaders kill patent reform and reject moderate compromise

Veterans and small businesses mistreated by divorce courts

Punishment before trial: Education Department attacks due process rights at Tufts University

Feds’ school-discipline meddling will backfire and increase ‘zero-tolerance’ excesses

Attorney General Eric Holder’s dishonest attack on Chief Justice Roberts

Obamacare costs increase due to wasteful contracts and failed exchanges

Insurance premiums and taxes go up due to Obamacare

European ‘right to be forgotten’ devours free speech, harms Google and its users

Massachusetts Obamacare exchange fails; State seeks more from taxpayers

Washington, D.C. passes 1 percent Obamacare health-insurance tax

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