I Have No Problem With the Boy Scouts’ Decision</h1> <article> <h1>I Have No Problem With the Boy Scouts’ Decision</h1> <p>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:47 +0000</p> The Boy Scouts of America have decided to keep the ban on gay scout leaders, but allow gay young men to participate in scouting. The vote was not even close. More than 60% voted to end the ban. I have no problem with this. While I would have voted against it, if a majority of scouts want that, that is fine with me. Their institution | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/24/i-have-no-problem-with-the-scouts-decision/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=5Jm5KLujq-E:yCdK06kZg1I:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=5Jm5KLujq-E:yCdK06kZg1I:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=5Jm5KLujq-E:yCdK06kZg1I:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=5Jm5KLujq-E:yCdK06kZg1I:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=5Jm5KLujq-E:yCdK06kZg1I:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Left Blames NLRB Delays For Teamster Rep Losing Home Without Asking: Where Was His Union?</h1> <p>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:30:19 +0000</p> <center></center> As opposed to helping their own union representative keep his home, union bosses and their lapdogs on the Left are more inclined to make someone like Marcus Hedger into a poster child to push their political puppets into action.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=8S6kEktLjXc:a9lK3hyvdTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=8S6kEktLjXc:a9lK3hyvdTs:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=8S6kEktLjXc:a9lK3hyvdTs:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=8S6kEktLjXc:a9lK3hyvdTs:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=8S6kEktLjXc:a9lK3hyvdTs:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The decline and fall of the Obama-media industrial complex.</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:30:06 +0000</p> I read this piece by Ed Morrissey… Remember when the Obama administration had a relaxed and fruitful relationship with the media? [snip] Less than a month later, the party is over. It’s been raided by the Department of Justice, and the media suddenly seems a lot less interested in making the president the celebrity-in-chief, and a lot more focused on demanding accountability — now that | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/23/barack-obama-media-scandals/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=nv9eRsGXpEM:RfLWvHxmkhM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=nv9eRsGXpEM:RfLWvHxmkhM:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=nv9eRsGXpEM:RfLWvHxmkhM:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=nv9eRsGXpEM:RfLWvHxmkhM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=nv9eRsGXpEM:RfLWvHxmkhM:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Peggy Noonan, Nate Silver & Punditry</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:48 +0000</p> Nate Silver kicked up a minor fuss last Friday with yet another NY Times column deriding the Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan. There’s less than meets the eye to the specifics of this particular dustup, but what’s interesting is Silver’s ongoing critique of Noonan and what it says about both of them. For today, I’ll focus here mainly on Noonan. Assume A Can Opener Noonan’s | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/23/peggy-noonan-nate-silver-punditry/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=SKFEVTrfYlw:0sRL2Lcn7TE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=SKFEVTrfYlw:0sRL2Lcn7TE:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=SKFEVTrfYlw:0sRL2Lcn7TE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=SKFEVTrfYlw:0sRL2Lcn7TE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=SKFEVTrfYlw:0sRL2Lcn7TE:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Welfare, opportunity, and assimilation</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:08:25 +0000</p> Every participant in the immigration debate agrees on the importance of assimilation. (In public, anyway. Privately, I suspect some of the open-borders folks could not care less about it, or are actively hostile to it. But everyone says they hope immigrants assimilate and become fully invested, patriotic American citizens.) What is the best way to encourage assimilation? It’s not an individual process that can be applied to specific | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/23/welfare-opportunity-and-assimilation/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=w1YqKG2wfJM:nYJYotJYFyw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=w1YqKG2wfJM:nYJYotJYFyw:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=w1YqKG2wfJM:nYJYotJYFyw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=w1YqKG2wfJM:nYJYotJYFyw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=w1YqKG2wfJM:nYJYotJYFyw:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Securing Our Borders With Open Borders</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:25:26 +0000</p> Every sane person in the country aka most people outside of the DC beltway, is asking the million dollar question of the immigration debate: why don’t we just implement the enforcement measures that actually work before risking another wave of illegal immigration by granting amnesty now? The issue would largely dissipate if they would merely begin enforcing the laws on the books. But when you | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/23/securing-our-borders-with-open-borders/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=68eCJXJS8So:Dic_IGW2D-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=68eCJXJS8So:Dic_IGW2D-o:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=68eCJXJS8So:Dic_IGW2D-o:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=68eCJXJS8So:Dic_IGW2D-o:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=68eCJXJS8So:Dic_IGW2D-o:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>CFBP, Protect Us From State Lotteries</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:27 +0000</p> The recently formed Consumer Protection Bureau (CFBP) has regulations concerning disclosures on bank teller machines, Loan Originator Compensation Requirements, and credit card fees, among many others. Isn’t it about time that those purchasing lottery tickets had the same protections?! By God! I recently filed the following complaint with CFPB here (its the only complaint category that seems to apply) on behalf of those who buy | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/pweldon/2013/05/23/cfbp-protect-us-from-state-lotteries/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=PlQ-bCXFubY:Z9T-r6yySKg:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=PlQ-bCXFubY:Z9T-r6yySKg:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=PlQ-bCXFubY:Z9T-r6yySKg:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=PlQ-bCXFubY:Z9T-r6yySKg:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=PlQ-bCXFubY:Z9T-r6yySKg:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>After The Gold Rush II – Kentucky Coal and Japanese Stocks</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:10 +0000</p> <p> If you have based your hope for prosperity on what Globalization Guru Thomas Friedman referred to as The Electronic Herd, this morning you probably feel like one of the pigs that Christ sent over the cliff <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_(demon)">when he exorcised “Legion.</a>” For today, at least, there is no hiding from the stupid. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/NKY:IND">The Nikkei 225 crashed and burned</a> yesterday and Business Insider describes<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/global-market-sell-off-2013-5">just what traders in American Equities markets</a> woke up to this morning.</p> <p> <blockquote>Markets around the world are deep in the red. England's FTSE is down. 1.7%. France's CAC 40 is down 2.3%. Germany's DAX is down 2.4%. Spain's IBEX is down 1.4%. Italy's FTSE MIB is down 2.5%. In the U.S., the S&P 500 is down 0.8%. This follows sell-offs across Asia. Japan's Nikkei fell by a stunning 7.3%.</blockquote></p> <p> I’m sure the parrots at CNBC Squawk Box are remarkably charming this fine and wonderful morning. And Jim Cramer has probably exploded and totally made a mess all over the set at “Mad Money.” However, you can get the same level of news content and far more entertainment by watching this Alien’s clip <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY">linked here.</a> What staggers the mind is that all of this is caused by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke dropping hints that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/closing-bell-may-22-2013-2013-5">he <i>might</i> choose to <i>reduce</i> the rate</a> at which he hands out free money to banking institutions via QE.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=z5YJYb-YJlw:fMuq_PORVXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=z5YJYb-YJlw:fMuq_PORVXo:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=z5YJYb-YJlw:fMuq_PORVXo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=z5YJYb-YJlw:fMuq_PORVXo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=z5YJYb-YJlw:fMuq_PORVXo:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Congressman Jeb Hensarling on the Scandals at the IRS and DOJ</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:09 +0000</p> On today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Congressman Jeb Hensarling to discuss the TEA Party targeting at the IRS, what it says about this administration, and spying at the DOJ.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=p6TIxjVYmJY:x_JH2O896sQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=p6TIxjVYmJY:x_JH2O896sQ:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=p6TIxjVYmJY:x_JH2O896sQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=p6TIxjVYmJY:x_JH2O896sQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=p6TIxjVYmJY:x_JH2O896sQ:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Tech at Night: Keep government from micromanaging, to prevent the next ECPA mess.</h1> <p>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:05 +0000</p> <p>Unnecessary legislation watch: <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/301319-lawmakers-look-to-bar-bosses-from-asking-for-facebook-passwords">House Democrats (and a Republican) want to meddle</a> in the matter of employer access to Facebook. Sure, a lot of people aren't smart about Facebook, but that's no good reason to expand government here. Let's not micromanage. We just went over this with ECPA.</p> <p>How can we trust new government regulations of Cybersecurity, Obama-style, when <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/301091-few-utilities-complying-with-voluntary-anti-stuxnet-measures">heavily regulated utilities are doing so poorly</a>? That's why we need a light touch, low on regulation, CISPA-style.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=2O7l1CYJTXs:O7zrzcZBWuE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=2O7l1CYJTXs:O7zrzcZBWuE:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=2O7l1CYJTXs:O7zrzcZBWuE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=2O7l1CYJTXs:O7zrzcZBWuE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=2O7l1CYJTXs:O7zrzcZBWuE:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A Timeline of Islamic Expansion In The Dark Ages</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:59:05 +0000</p> Let me put down here some facts that are worth returning to from time to time, as arguments over the history of Islam and Islamism are back in the news with today’s beheading in London. In debates over the history of tension between Muslims and Christians, the Crusades are often cited, out of their historical context, as the original cause of such clashes, as if | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/22/a-timeline-of-islamic-expansion-in-the-dark-ages/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=WYVm0Xxcpb0:J6xqpQIxYmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=WYVm0Xxcpb0:J6xqpQIxYmo:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=WYVm0Xxcpb0:J6xqpQIxYmo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=WYVm0Xxcpb0:J6xqpQIxYmo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=WYVm0Xxcpb0:J6xqpQIxYmo:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Barack Obama finally cops to ordering a drone strike on an American citizen…</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:55 +0000</p> The New York Times baldly says why (bolding mine): “One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.” Best to have that finally on the record before said speech, eh? – Particularly since the administration needs to tread | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/22/drone-strikes-barack-obama-eric-holder/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=j119X9mcmQY:9AI4xkMKBvE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=j119X9mcmQY:9AI4xkMKBvE:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=j119X9mcmQY:9AI4xkMKBvE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=j119X9mcmQY:9AI4xkMKBvE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=j119X9mcmQY:9AI4xkMKBvE:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Why Jindal is Right To Reject Medicaid Expansion</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:17 +0000</p> Right now, the Louisiana Legislature is considering legislation to force Governor Jindal to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of Obamacare, and some Republican legislators are supporting it. While I may not agree with our governor 100 percent of the time, Gov. Jindal is 100 percent right in rejecting the expansion. Over time, the Medicaid expansion will impose a greater financial burden on Louisiana’s state government, | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/jefflandry/2013/05/22/why-jindal-is-right-to-reject-medicaid-expansion/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=ZXR0x_p_MgE:WTe92m8Kmbw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=ZXR0x_p_MgE:WTe92m8Kmbw:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=ZXR0x_p_MgE:WTe92m8Kmbw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=ZXR0x_p_MgE:WTe92m8Kmbw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=ZXR0x_p_MgE:WTe92m8Kmbw:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>“Immigration Reform” and Political Parlance</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:05 +0000</p> The best way to win a political argument is by manipulating the rhetoric used to describe the two sides in a debate. The Democrats and the Chuck Schumer Republicans have done a marvelous job hijacking the term “reform” and deriding those who oppose their bill to grant mass amnesty, double record immigration levels, and hamper future enforcement, as anti “immigration reform.” They have repeated the | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/22/immigration-reform-and-political-parlance/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=BIk3zr32MKM:jN5XCjbz3KU:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=BIk3zr32MKM:jN5XCjbz3KU:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=BIk3zr32MKM:jN5XCjbz3KU:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=BIk3zr32MKM:jN5XCjbz3KU:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=BIk3zr32MKM:jN5XCjbz3KU:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>An Open Letter to DOJ Attorneys</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:21:39 +0000</p> Dear Department of Justice Attorneys: Working for the Department of Justice has to be a rewarding experience for an attorney. Your country is your client. But now, you find yourself working for an Attorney General who puts the president’s political aspirations above truth. Understanding that you have nothing to do with who your boss is, I feel its my obligation, as a fellow member of | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/patrickmillsaps/2013/05/22/an-open-letter-to-doj-attorney/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=6bQaOxqf74M:4jtmOWXhToE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=6bQaOxqf74M:4jtmOWXhToE:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=6bQaOxqf74M:4jtmOWXhToE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=6bQaOxqf74M:4jtmOWXhToE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=6bQaOxqf74M:4jtmOWXhToE:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Google Needs Extra Time to Spy on Your Kids</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:17 +0000</p> It seems that Google is constantly falling afoul of conservatives, consumers, pundits, regulators and really everyone else on earth (except for the Obama campaign) for its privacy-infringing tendencies. It got hammered for “alleged” spying in the Safarigate scandal, where it wound up agreeing to a record-breaking $22.5 million fine in connection with charges it surreptitiously tracked Apple Safari users who Google had said could opt | <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/22/google-needs-extra-time-to-spy-on-your-kids/">Read More »</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=uF2SVJZFvuQ:ueC8WKosubc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=uF2SVJZFvuQ:ueC8WKosubc:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=uF2SVJZFvuQ:ueC8WKosubc:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=uF2SVJZFvuQ:ueC8WKosubc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/redstate?a=uF2SVJZFvuQ:ueC8WKosubc:4TkP_b6lOU0"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Jesus Vs. Muhammad: Steven Crowder Goes There (Again)</h1> <p>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:31 +0000</p> Four years ago, comedian and Fox News contributor Steven Crowder issued his first Qur’an Challenge video wherein he explored who Muhammad was and if the Muslim religion really was the “religion of peace.” He asked viewers to let him know if he was misinterpreting the Qur’an and/or if anything had changed in the religion since the book was first written. 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When King Leonidas of Sparta held a vast army of Persians at bay for several days with a smaller force at Thermopylae; the world then knew that chokepoints were strategic fulcrums from whence power could be leveraged far beyond its initial limits. The economic analog to such a chokepoint is the monopoly. The government permit power is just such a chokepoint generating function to empower the state beyond its circumscribed constitutional limits. When the government controls activity via permit, they are able to do several things that go far beyond their enumerated Constitutional powers. They can pick winners and losers. They can dictate the size and scope of activities without having to depend on the approval of courts or legislators. An agency wielding permit power can skim a surplus off the top through fees that go beyond the cost of providing inspection and certification related to the permit. 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