Twice before, attempts by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to vote on Thomas Perez’ nomination to be Secretary of Labor were delayed and derailed. He finally limped through without getting anything more than lock-step Democratic support. Thomas Perez still has a major hurdle to overcome, in spite of a narrow committee approval along party lines yesterday. Although this is a temporary setback in our effort to stop
Keep ReadingThe Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are considering caving in to LGBT activist pressure and potentially allowing openly practicing homosexuals to participate in their program. In a misguided attempt to compromise with pro-homosexual activists, the Boy Scouts of America will vote this week on a policy change toward the participation of active homosexuals in the Scouting program.Proposing a badly misguided “compromise,” Scouting executives would
Keep ReadingBy Mat Staver. After finishing our oral arguments against ObamaCare, I have recorded a special audio message for you to hear about Liberty Counsel’s showdown with Department of Justice attorneys. It was my great privilege to carry into court the prayers and support of well over 80,000 patriotic men and women who signed our Amici Book. Just minutes before my oral argument began, Anita emailed our staff that she was seated at our counsel table with
Keep ReadingThomas Perez is a radical’s radical. His confirmation into cabinet-level authority must be stopped! In his tenure as the head of the Civil Rights Division in Eric Holder’s corrupt Department of Justice, Perez has overtly politicized the justice system to advance his own leftist ideology *He attempted to implement a nation-wide demonization of peaceful pro-lifers using false charges. *He tried to force the hiring and advancement of unqualified
Keep ReadingTomorrow, the Liberty Counsel legal team faces the Obama Department of Justice at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. I am well prepared to present oral argument and am greatly looking forward to this confrontation. This is the God-given opportunity the Supreme Court handed us last November. This vital court date comes on the heels of a study released by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that reports some insurance
Keep ReadingLiberty Counsel Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has released a shocking study showing that ObamaCare will dramatically hike the insurance premiums of Americans, depending on age and applicable mandates, as much as 413 percent! In this chilling report, the findings show Americans paying 73 percent more for those keeping their existing plans and 96 percent more for those getting a new plan. On the day
Keep ReadingLiberty Counsel Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Fox News is reporting that California may be setting a precedent to help states offset the exorbitant costs of ObamaCare… To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications used to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other life-altering chronic diseases. Such "specialty drugs" can cost thousands
Keep ReadingFrom the Desk of: Mat Staver. Last week, ABC News’ investigative reporter Jonathan Karl released a scathing report exposing 12 different versions of CIA talking points that now prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that the White House and the State Department knew almost immediately that the 9/11/12 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were committed by terrorists and that al-Qaeda was involved. On Friday’s Good Morning America, Karl reported that the talking
Keep ReadingLiberty Counsel Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Last week, Senator Jay Rockefeller issued this alert to the Obama administration… “I believe that the Affordable Care Act is probably the most complex piece of legislation ever passed by the United States Congress. Tax reform obviously has been huge too, but up to this point it is just beyond comprehension... [The ACA is] so complicated and if it isn't done right the first time, it will just
Keep ReadingBy Matt Barber. When NBA basketball player Jason Collins recently announced to the world that he’s sexually attracted to other men, Michelle Obama tweeted, “So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is a huge step forward for our country. We’ve got your back!” Jason even got a personal call from the president. Lovely. But even as the Obama administration is busy validating lifestyle choices and values that fly in the face of Christian
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