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Bob Barr's Statement on Supreme Court's ObamaCare Decision

"Today's Supreme Court opinion finding ObamaCare to be constitutional may just be the final nail in the coffin of limited government; especially troubling because authored by a supposedly "conservative" and "non-activist" Chief Justice, John Roberts. The decision in fact justifies an extremely liberal and activist expansion of federal government power to force individuals to do its bidding -- in this case, forcing people to purchase a one-size-fits-all, government-defined health care policy. It is an opinion utterly devastating to the principle of limited and defined government power.

Dog days at Justice Department come early

Originally published at The Daily Caller on June 25, 2012.

Like my hometown Atlanta Braves, the Justice Department is in a slump. The controversial “Fast and Furious” scandal has been the focus of Washington politics for weeks, and may come to a head this week if the full House votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. The problems at the Justice Department, however, run deeper than this single crisis.