Great point, J. Murray. Where were the Republicans when this atrocity began? They were arguring for it! That was when I stopped being a Republican, and urge all constitutional conservatives to do the same. We must stand on, and return to the Constitution as it was intended by the Founders. We must stand on principle, not political whims.

Just another leftist academician. Imagine that.

"Strict and proper reading of the Constitution"????? It means what it means. You are correct; the federal government does not have power in the area of employment laws precisely because it is not expressly granted in the document . . . that power is left to the states. If you believe the feds should have that power, then AMEND the Constitution! You can't just dismiss the four-corners, obvious meaning of the document and wink-wink, do what you want anyway. Oh, I forgot, you can because you are smarter than the rest of us dummies who have sworn to protect the document.

The linguistic gymnastics being used to justify the legality of the assassination of these particular American citizens is simply laying the ground work for the use of deadly force against Tea Party members or other "right wing terrorist" threats at the whim of dear leader Obama.

It is being spent on the bullet train.

There is no such thing as "federal money!" It's money taken from taxpayers and used on illegal, read un-constitutional, federal programs. This madness must stop.

Biden uses faulty logic? Whoda thunk it?

"Right wing ideologues" . . . ????? What does that mean? Does it mean if you support the Constitution you are "right wing?" Does it mean if you don't support the previous 100 years of re-writing the Constitution through judicial fiat you are "right wing?" Does it mean if you understand the history behind the adoption of the Constitution through the study of readily-available source documents you are "right wing?" You, sir, are a left wing extremist attempting to justify our extra-constitutional coversion from a nation of law to a nation ruled by man-made law.

I can't wait for the demise of this disorganized bunch of big-government losers. Rather than being principled, constitutionally faithful protectors of our liberty-loving legacy, they twitter to and fro, paying lip service to our founding ideals; only concerned with looking good on television and getting re-elected. Good riddance.

"Since Romney insists "there'll be no tax cut that adds to the deficit," he needs to make up for the lost revenue by cutting back on tax breaks . . ." I too am a Libertarian, however, why does Mr. Sullum resort to the arguments of the left, by basically saying that the tax cuts must be paid for by making up revenue from somewhere other source? Revenue will be "made up" through economic growth. As an author with a libertarian bent, I would think he would be able to see through the specious arguments of the statists and understand that reducing the un-constitutional reach of the giant central government will be all the "stimulus" we need to start growing again.