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 BaderJuly 5, 2013
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Fewer hurricanes: An ironic result of industrial emissions

Scientifically-ignorant people — as well as President Obama and Al Gore — have erroneously blamed hurricanes on greenhouse gas emissions, even though…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderJuly 2, 2013
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French cheese ban: scientifically-ignorant violation of trade treaties?

In April, we wrote about the U.S. government’s ban on the commonplace, perfectly healthy, normal-smelling French cheese Mimolette (which I…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 29, 2013
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More judges rule against Obamacare contraceptive mandate

Contraceptives are easy to obtain, and forcing employers to include them in health insurance makes as little sense as forcing an auto…
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Economy

Hans BaderJune 26, 2013
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Federal regulations make America 75 percent poorer

“Federal regulations have made you 75 percent poorer,” and as a result, America’s GDP “is just $16 trillion instead of…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 20, 2013
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Obama peddles discredited myth that women get only 77 cents on a man's dollar for the 'same work'

President Obama repeated a myth about pay discrimination, notes economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Last week in the Rose Garden . . . he once…
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Economy

Hans BaderJune 19, 2013
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Obamacare and wasteful lawsuits drive up cost of health plans

The rate shock from Obamacare has now hit Ohio. The state’s Department of Insurance announced last Thursday that the average…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 11, 2013
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Ignorant Federal officials seek to restrict religious speech and 'hate speech' in violation of First Amendment

To be hired by the Obama Justice Department, you have to satisfy various ideological litmus tests. But apparently you don’t need…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 10, 2013
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Town criminalizes parents for their kids' bullying and offensive speech

Law Professor Eugene Volokh recently had an interesting post on a Wisconsin town’s “bullying” ordinance, which criminalizes speech by minors…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderJune 4, 2013
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President seeks to pack D.C. Circuit court by adding unnecessary liberal judges

The New York Times reports that President Obama today named a slate of three “judges to the United States Court of Appeals…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 30, 2013
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Obama administration attack on free speech and due process on campus finally covered in newspapers

Earlier, I wrote about a recent letter from the Justice and Education Departments demanding that the University of Montana define…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 30, 2013
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Anti-business and anti-freedom: The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In the American Spectator, Iain Murray and Geoffrey McLatchey explain why the Senate should reject the United Nations Convention on…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 23, 2013
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Progressives misguidedly defend the IRS's ability to harass government critics

Progressive web sites such as Daily Kos are arguing that it would have been just fine for the IRS to…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 23, 2013
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IRS scandal: It's hard to fire federal officials despite Constitutional provision

It’s hard to get rid of a career bureaucrat, even at the supervisory level. “After you’ve been here for a…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 22, 2013
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Obama NLRB appointments declared unconstitutional by another appeals court

Another federal appeals court has ruled that President Obama’s so-called “recess appointments” to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 14, 2013
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IRS investigated groups for teaching about the Constitution or opposing deficit spending

The IRS didn’t just investigate groups based on their perceived political views, but also targeted groups for “educating on the…
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Education

Hans BaderMay 11, 2013
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Obama Administration demands unconstitutional campus speech codes, defines college dating and flirting as 'sexual harassment'

The Justice Department and the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights have now effectively defined dating and flirting as “sexual…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMay 9, 2013
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Obama administration to censor web sites using Americans with Disabilities Act?

Can websites be forced to change to accommodate the disabled — by using “simpler language” to appeal to the “intellectually…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 7, 2013
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Housing nominee Mel Watt helped spawn mortgage crisis

In the Daily Caller, historian and presidential biographer Charles C. Johnson writes that Mel Watt, President Obama’s nominee for director of the…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 6, 2013
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Obama gets lucrative pension from taxpayers, even as he seeks to restrict private retirement plans

In the Washington Post, Allan Sloan notes that while President Obama wants to cap American citizens’ IRAs at $3 million or…
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Economy

Hans BaderMay 1, 2013
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U.S. blocks imports of a typical French cheese, triggering protests

The U.S. government is blocking imports of a standard, normal-smelling French cheese, largely out of squeamishness. The cheese in question is…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 27, 2013
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New York Times: Obama Administration promoted huge fraud on taxpayers in Pigford case

The New York Times yesterday described how the Obama Administration, despite opposition from career civil servants, radically expanded a legal…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 26, 2013
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Obama's Labor Secretary nominee, Thomas Perez, is radical and unethical

A Senate committee will soon vote on Obama’s nomination of left-wing radical Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary. Perez, currently the…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderApril 25, 2013
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UN orders countries to prosecute speakers for alleged racism

Menacing free speech, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has ruled that Germany violated international law by…
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Foreign Affairs

Hans BaderApril 24, 2013
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More on Supreme Court ruling blocking Nigerian lawsuit; employers also faced risk of foreign lawsuits

Earlier, the Supreme Court closed the door on most lawsuits by foreigners alleging nebulous violations of “human rights” or international…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 22, 2013
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EEOC flouts federal laws, discourages hiring by creating bad legal climate

One way the current political climate discourages job creation is by turning problem employees into lawsuits for the employers who took the…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 21, 2013
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Overkill: Did costly Boston lockdown backfire, delaying bomber's capture?

Business Week says it cost the economy around $333 million to shut down the Boston region in the manhunt for…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 18, 2013
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Former Obamacare backers turn against healthcare law as its costs explode

A union that once supported passage of Obamacare is now calling for its repeal. The Wall Street Journal reports that the…
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Social Issues

Hans BaderApril 18, 2013
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Supreme Court: Foreigners can't sue corporations in America for violating international law overseas

The Supreme Court yesterday blocked a lawsuit by Nigerians who sought to sue a Dutch oil company and other corporations…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 17, 2013
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Don't waste billions in tax dollars on armed guards for America's schools

School violence has gone down in recent years, but in response to a few mass shootings, the Obama Administration and…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 16, 2013
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Food 'safety' law to crush some small farmers, may thwart safety improvements

“Proposed FDA safety rules frustrate tree fruit farmers,” by imposing costly and complicated rules on them, reported The Washington Post.…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 12, 2013
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Obama's massive, wasteful proposed budget is bad news for savers, taxpayers, and educational efficiency

President Obama’s budget was released on Wednesday, two months late. It’s a record $3.78 trillion, and contains lots of wasteful…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 7, 2013
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Maryland criminalizes distressing speech through Grace's Law

Under the First Amendment, the government has far less power to restrict speech when it acts as a sovereign (such as…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 6, 2013
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Official unemployment figures conceal rising joblessness; Obamacare strangles job creation

The stock market fell yesterday in response to the dismal March jobs report, which showed that a meager 88,000 jobs…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 5, 2013
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Phoenix prefers 'diversity' to life-saving ability when it comes to lifeguards

The City of Phoenix thinks swimming ability isn’t that important for a lifeguard, and that “diversity” matters more than the…
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Economy

Hans BaderApril 4, 2013
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Welfare reform dies, as Social Security Disability program explodes

Welfare reform is largely dead. Many people who used to be on welfare have since gone onto Social Security Disability.…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderApril 3, 2013
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Government funded 'consultants' who published racist left-wing rant

Your tax dollars subsidized left-wing “consultants” who published a race-baiting op-ed in the Washington Post falsely claiming that white men…
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Hans Bader

Fewer hurricanes: An ironic result of industrial emissions

French cheese ban: scientifically-ignorant violation of trade treaties?

Town criminalizes parents for their kids' bullying and offensive speech

President seeks to pack D.C. Circuit court by adding unnecessary liberal judges

IRS scandal: It's hard to fire federal officials despite Constitutional provision

Obama NLRB appointments declared unconstitutional by another appeals court

Housing nominee Mel Watt helped spawn mortgage crisis

Obama gets lucrative pension from taxpayers, even as he seeks to restrict private retirement plans

U.S. blocks imports of a typical French cheese, triggering protests

Overkill: Did costly Boston lockdown backfire, delaying bomber's capture?

Don't waste billions in tax dollars on armed guards for America's schools

Food 'safety' law to crush some small farmers, may thwart safety improvements

Obama's massive, wasteful proposed budget is bad news for savers, taxpayers, and educational efficiency

Welfare reform dies, as Social Security Disability program explodes

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