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 6, 2014
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Obama administration sued over White House science adviser emails

Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sued the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for flouting the Freedom of…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 1, 2014
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White House attacks cross-examination, due process rights on campus in ‘guidance’ on sexual assault

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once noted that “the greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal,…
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Education

Hans BaderApril 25, 2014
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Taxpayers and equality win: The Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s Proposal 2

Taxpayers of all races pay more when state contracts are doled out based on race, rather than awarded to the…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 24, 2014
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National Park Service and Interior Dept sued for violating FOIA after shutdown

On Tuesday night, I filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the National Park Service for failing…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 22, 2014
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Biofuels worse for the environment than previously thought: Flunk test of 2007 law

“Biofuels made from left-overs of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global-warming in the short run, a study…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderApril 17, 2014
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Can Argentina stiff U.S. bondholders? Supreme Court case divides Obama administration, ex-State Dept officials

Can a country seeking to welsh on its debts invoke sovereign immunity to evade not just court orders to pay…
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Education

Hans BaderApril 11, 2014
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Overly broad NJ anti-bullying law challenged as 1st Amendment violation; 4th-grader sues

New Jersey’s anti-bullying law for schools and colleges is so overly broad that a fourth-grader was punished just for noting,…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 10, 2014
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Obama EEOC loses hypocritical lawsuit against company over background checks

“In this case the EEOC sued the defendants for using the same type of background check that the EEOC itself…
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Education

Hans BaderApril 9, 2014
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Menacing free speech, New Jersey judge lets parents be sued for kids’ Facebook posts

Earlier, we wrote about a Wisconsin town whose ordinance holds parents liable for bullying by their children, including certain speech. We and…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 25, 2014
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Obama administration’s stonewalling of FOIA request about government shutdown appealed

Last week, I wrote about how the Obama administration has been very “tight-lipped in response to FOIA requests” about its…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 21, 2014
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Feds tight-lipped in response to FOIA requests about government shutdown shenanigans

In the government shutdown that occurred last October, the Obama administration closed down, or blocked access to, many private businesses that had…
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Education

Hans BaderMarch 12, 2014
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Governments impose costly red tape on private schools that get no taxpayer money

Occasionally, you hear people oppose vouchers for private schools, because they think it will lead to private schools losing their…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 9, 2014
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California activists seek to redefine quiet, consensual sex as rape through Senate Bill 967

How does classifying most consensual sex as rape help rape victims? As a lawyer who has handled rape and sexual harassment…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 28, 2014
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Comments oppose IRS proposed rule restricting speech by 501(c)(4) groups

Yesterday, I filed comments against the IRS’s proposed rules restricting speech by 501(c)(4) groups (which the IRS has suggested could be…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 28, 2014
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The media’s coverage of Arizona’s SB 1062 was grossly inaccurate and slanted

If you are a reporter for a newspaper like the Washington Post or the New York Times that has a…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderFebruary 22, 2014
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Leading liberal web site claims protesters against violent socialist regime are U.S. puppets

Even when the U.S. avoids intervening in a country, left-wing conspiracy-theorists claim the U.S. is involved. On February 22, the leading…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 20, 2014
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Minimum wage increase would wipe out 500,000 jobs, CBO concludes

“Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing” would “cut employment by roughly 500,000…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 18, 2014
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Free speech includes ‘offensive’ speech

“The Wandering Dago food truck wants to park and sell food at various events on New York State property. The…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 11, 2014
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Low-wage workers live better in the U.S. than in Europe

European countries sometimes have higher national minimum wages than the U.S., but things cost so much there that low-wage workers typically consume far less than in…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 5, 2014
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Two million jobs will disappear due to Obamacare, CBO says; Budget deficit to rise

“The new healthcare law will slow economic growth over the next decade, costing the nation about 2.3 million jobs and…
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 29, 2014
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The President’s debunked wage gap claim

Commentators recently debunked the president’s wage gap claim in his State of the Union address, noting that labor economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth found…
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Education

Hans BaderJanuary 14, 2014
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Obama Administration pressures schools to adopt racial quotas in discipline

Crime rates are not the same for different racial groups, and student misconduct rates aren’t, either. The Supreme Court ruled…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJanuary 6, 2014
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Virginia likely to impose excessive child-support obligations in upcoming legislation

Virginia appears to be on the verge of increasing its child-support schedule, which already imposes excessive child-support obligations on many…
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Economy

Hans BaderJanuary 3, 2014
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Democrats peddle bogus rationale for Obamacare debunked by recent study

“More bad news for Obamacare and its proponents. A new study from Oregon” published in the journal Science found that expanded Medicaid…
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Unyielding

Hans BaderDecember 30, 2013
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Obamacare’s failures not due to GOP refusal to ‘fix’ it

As Obamacare’s implementation went so badly that it was mocked by comedians on late-night TV, the search for excuses began. The result…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 18, 2013
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Liberal Senate votes to spend money on illegal aliens rather than veterans

“Senate Republicans were unable to stop military pension cuts when Senate Democrats blocked a vote on an amendment to prevent…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderDecember 17, 2013
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IRS mulls restricting speech by non-profit groups in general, in proposed restrictions on 501(c)(4)’s

On November 29, the IRS proposed rules “limiting political speech” by nonprofit 501(c)(4) groups. In Orwellian fashion, the proposed rules seek to redefine non-partisan,…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 13, 2013
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Minimum wage increases harm the young, raise unemployment rate

Minimum wage increases drive up unemployment, and eliminate some jobs. Real world examples abound. As a business owner explains: The minimum…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 11, 2013
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Volcker Rule curbs useful proprietary trading, does nothing to reduce risk

The government just approved a costly regulation called the Volcker Rule to curb proprietary trading by banks — even though such trading…
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Economy

Hans BaderDecember 5, 2013
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Obama’s stale speech about inequality pushed welfare, not economic opportunity or mobility

In a speech Wednesday, President Obama “declared that addressing income inequality would be the focus of ‘all’ of the White…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 23, 2013
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Senate ‘nuclear option’ abolishing filibuster will harm the rule of law

On Thursday, the Senate voted 52-48 to effectively abolish the filibuster for nominations to all federal offices except the Supreme Court. No longer…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 19, 2013
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An America of inequality: Washington grows richer at America’s expense

Inequality grows hand-in-hand with regulatory complexity. The proliferation of regulations increases economic inequality, since powerful people and politically-connected firms know how to exploit the regulatory process…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 15, 2013
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Obama’s illegal, deceptive ‘fix’ to Obamacare won’t restore canceled insurance policies for most

If an alien from outer space read today’s newspapers, it would assume that America is a dictatorship, not a republic, and…
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Politics

Hans BaderNovember 14, 2013
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Obama’s green energy drive scars the Earth, and harms the environment

“Obama’s green energy drive comes with an unadvertised environmental cost,” notes the Associated Press, in a story focusing on President Obama’s environmentally-destructive…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 11, 2013
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Obamacare wipes out health insurance plans: Costs and deductibles rise for many

A Colorado woman who championed Obamacare lost her insurance plan. As a CBS TV station in Denver noted, “Millions of people…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderNovember 7, 2013
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Senate votes to pass ENDA, covering gay and transgendered workers: Employers face new risks

Today, the Senate voted 64-to-32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would ban workplace bias based on sexual orientation or transgender…
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Hans Bader

Obama administration sued over White House science adviser emails

Taxpayers and equality win: The Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s Proposal 2

National Park Service and Interior Dept sued for violating FOIA after shutdown

Biofuels worse for the environment than previously thought: Flunk test of 2007 law

Can Argentina stiff U.S. bondholders? Supreme Court case divides Obama administration, ex-State Dept officials

Obama EEOC loses hypocritical lawsuit against company over background checks

Obama administration’s stonewalling of FOIA request about government shutdown appealed

Feds tight-lipped in response to FOIA requests about government shutdown shenanigans

Governments impose costly red tape on private schools that get no taxpayer money

Comments oppose IRS proposed rule restricting speech by 501(c)(4) groups

Leading liberal web site claims protesters against violent socialist regime are U.S. puppets

Minimum wage increase would wipe out 500,000 jobs, CBO concludes

Free speech includes ‘offensive’ speech

Low-wage workers live better in the U.S. than in Europe

Two million jobs will disappear due to Obamacare, CBO says; Budget deficit to rise

The President’s debunked wage gap claim

Obama Administration pressures schools to adopt racial quotas in discipline

Obamacare’s failures not due to GOP refusal to ‘fix’ it

IRS mulls restricting speech by non-profit groups in general, in proposed restrictions on 501(c)(4)’s

Minimum wage increases harm the young, raise unemployment rate

Volcker Rule curbs useful proprietary trading, does nothing to reduce risk

Obama’s stale speech about inequality pushed welfare, not economic opportunity or mobility

Senate ‘nuclear option’ abolishing filibuster will harm the rule of law

An America of inequality: Washington grows richer at America’s expense

Obama’s green energy drive scars the Earth, and harms the environment

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