by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

First published at Townhall.com May 21, 2007.

My Fellow Americans,

By the time I am sworn in as President, the current Congress will have passed “comprehensive immigration reform, ” because the elites of America have decided that’s what we need. But the ordinary citizens of the United States want and deserve the rule of law. The advocates of reform insist on rushing a debate on a bill so detailed that it requires one thousand pages. At this time, it is not humanly possible to know what immigration law will look like when I take the oath of office as the head of the Executive Branch of these United States. I want you, the citizens of the United States, to know what I intend to do once in office. (more…)

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by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

A speech presented at the Capital University School of Law, Columbus, OH

April 7, 2007 at the invitation of the Federalist Society based on an article originally published in Wealth, Poverty and Human Destiny, David Schindler and Doug Bandow, editors (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2003)

INTRODUCTION

The self-sufficient, autonomous individual is at the heart of modern America’s understanding of itself. Democratic political institutions depend on the free and informed participation of the citizens. The free market relies upon contracts and exchanges among independent and equal participants. Modern culture celebrates the individual, both as the basic and the ultimate, unit of society. (more…)

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by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D

A lecture delivered at the University of Kentucky Law School

The University of Kentucky is considering a proposal to offer domestic partner benefits. In this lecture, I raise these questions. Is there a legitimate public or business purpose that is served by expanding the class of people who can be claimed as beneficiaries of taxpayer supported employee benefits? Can the legitimate needs of gay people can be met by some alternatives to the University’s proposal? (more…)

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by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D.

Getting married, setting up a household, and having kids are expensive. That’s one reason people are delaying marriage and childbearing. But we can do something about the high cost of housing. Read on. (more…)

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