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

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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Politics

Hans BaderMarch 28, 2013
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Education Department touts Marxist mass-murderer's views on education

The U.S. Department of Education quoted mass-murdering dictator Mao Zedong on its website. Mao, the longtime Marxist dictator of China,…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 25, 2013
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How the Nanny State kills

Our government told people to switch from saturated animal fats to unsaturated vegetable oils. But that advice may have killed many…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 25, 2013
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Governments kill smokers by banning safer alternatives to cigarettes

Governments are banning safer alternatives to cigarettes, even though doing so increases the death toll from smoking. The Economist notes that Brazil…
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Politics

Hans BaderMarch 21, 2013
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Earth Hour harms our planet and wastes energy

Earth Hour wastes energy and hurts the Earth. Bjørn Lomborg, a Danish academic and environmental writer, recently lambasted Earth Hour,…
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Economy

Hans BaderMarch 21, 2013
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Obamacare hurts colleges, slashes jobs and wages

The University of Virginia expects to incur millions in costs from Obamacare’s employer penalties, said Susan Carkeek, the University’s vice…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 20, 2013
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Philadelphia mayor shows contempt for free speech in attack on magazine

Philadelphia magazine recently published an article called “Being White in Philly,” with the subtitle, “Whites, race, class, and the things…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderMarch 14, 2013
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Censorship in the name of "anti-bullying"

We live in a culture where harsh but accurate criticism, or exposure of wrongdoing, is viewed by some as “bullying,”…
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Media

Hans BaderMarch 9, 2013
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Hugo Chavez harmed Venezuelans' health, reduced their lifespans

Reuters’ recent obituary for Venezuela’s anti-American ruler, Hugo Chavez, obscured the fact that he made life worse for his countrymen…
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Economy

Hans BaderMarch 9, 2013
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Obamacare may boost health insurance premiums to $7,186, studies say

The Washington Examiner‘s Paul Bedard recently discussed the upcoming massive premium increases due to Obamacare predicted by a wide array…
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Economy

Hans BaderMarch 5, 2013
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Harvard economist: Sequester's automatic budget cuts will boost the economy

Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron argues “the sequester will be good for the economy” even in the near future, helping…
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Economy

Hans BaderMarch 1, 2013
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Sequestration will help economy in the long run, economists say

The Obama Administration has engaged in scare tactics about the sequester, inflating its impact on the government and the country (to…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 28, 2013
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Mythical austerity: Spending cuts help the economy in the long run

Opposition to spending cuts in America has been based heavily on Britain’s economic setbacks and “the myth of British austerity,”…
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Social Issues

Hans BaderFebruary 27, 2013
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VAWA to be reauthorized with new provisions that violate free speech

Congress seldom lets the Constitution get in the way of passing a law with an appealing title. Thus, the Senate’s…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 25, 2013
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Many sequester budget cuts are long overdue

As I discussed earlier, the automatic budget cuts contained in the sequester will help the economy in the long run, even if…
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Social Issues

Hans BaderFebruary 21, 2013
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Unconstitutional provisions in Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill

Legal experts say the bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act that passed the Senate contains provisions that violate the First Amendment…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 19, 2013
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Government-funded conspiracy theory targeting Tea Party gets even wackier

Federal cancer research money funded a “laughable conspiracy-theory report smearing” the Tea Party as being created by the tobacco companies…
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Law and Government

Hans BaderFebruary 15, 2013
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Al Gore uses government-funded left-wing 'study' to smear Tea Party, Koch Bros

In primitive cultures, people ignorantly blame their misfortunes on witches. Similarly, progressives scapegoat the Koch brothers for seemingly everything, with…
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Politics

Hans BaderFebruary 14, 2013
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Schools restrict speech, violate First Amendment, in hysterical reaction to school shootings

Schools such as Tarrant County College have banned “empty holster” protests in favor of gun rights, which school officials perceive…
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Politics

Hans BaderFebruary 14, 2013
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Obama’s misleading push for the Paycheck Fairness Act

In his State of the Union address, President Obama renewed his call for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 13, 2013
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Automatic budget cuts in sequester will help the economy in the long run

The automatic budget cuts contained in the sequester will increase economic growth in the long-term, if Congress will just let…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 10, 2013
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America is one of the most equal societies on earth, contrary to leftist claims

Liberals erroneously blame things like the Sandy Hook shootings on economic inequality. But America is actually one of the world’s most egalitarian…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 8, 2013
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Dwindling economic freedom may be hazardous to your health

Economic freedom has declined under the Obama Administration, and America’s rank has repeatedly fallen on the Index of Economic Freedom (it fell yet again in 2013)…
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Economy

Hans BaderFebruary 8, 2013
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Obamacare costs skyrocket, premiums could triple for some

Obamacare’s projected costs are mushrooming, even though seven million fewer people than predicted will have health care coverage a decade after the law’s…
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Hans Bader

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

Harvard economist: Sequester's automatic budget cuts will boost the economy

Sequestration will help economy in the long run, economists say

Mythical austerity: Spending cuts help the economy in the long run

Many sequester budget cuts are long overdue

Al Gore uses government-funded left-wing 'study' to smear Tea Party, Koch Bros

Automatic budget cuts in sequester will help the economy in the long run

America is one of the most equal societies on earth, contrary to leftist claims

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