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6
For more than ten years Landmark Legal Foundation represented Milwaukee Parental Choice Program’s author, Wisconsin state representative Annette “Polly” Williams, while successfully defending her school choice program. See
Davis v. Grover
, 480 N.W.2d 460 (Wis. 1992) and
Jackson v. Benson
, 570 N.W.2d 407 (Wis. 1998). These cases were the forerunner to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris,
536 U.S. 639 (2002), in which Landmark also participated. See also Amanda Paulson, “Milwaukee’s Lessons on School Vouchers,”
Christian Science Monitor
, May 23, 2006, 1.

7
Joseph Henchman, “Momentum Builds to Repeal Maryland
Computer Services Tax,” Tax Foundation, Tax Policy blog, March 14, 2008, http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/23005.html; John Wagner, “Computer Services Firms Want Sales Tax Repealed,”
Washington Post
, Dec. 9, 2007, C05.

8
Joseph Henchman, “MD Computer Services Tax Repealed; GA Tax Plans Die,” Tax Foundation, Tax Policy blog, April 8, 2008, http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/23100.html.

9
U.S. Constitution, Seventeenth Amendment.

10
U.S. Constitution, Article I, § 8, cl. 3.

11
Wickard v. Filburn
, 317 U.S. 111 (1942).

12
Ibid.

13
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Federal Government, Excluding the Postal Service,” Career Guide to Industries, March 12, 2008, http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm.

14
Lori Montgomery, “Congress Passes $3 Trillion Budget,”
Washington Post
, June 6, 2008, A03.

15
16 CFR 303 et seq. (2008).

16
21 CFR 700 to 740 (2008).

17
10 CFR 430.32 (2008).

18
16 CFR 632.1 et seq. (2008).

19
“LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory,” Louisiana State University, July 23, 2007, http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html.

20
Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr., “Ten Thousand Commandments 2007: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2000, 2.

21
David Keating, “A Taxing Trend: The Rise in Complexity, Forms, and Paperwork Burdens,” NTU Policy Paper 124, National Taxpayers Union, April 16, 2007, 3.

22
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
, 41 U.S. 539 (1842).

23
Dred Scott v. Sandford
, 60 U.S. 393 (1857).

24
For a useful exposition of federalism-related arguments and the slavery question, see Ilya Somin, “Is Federalism Tainted by Slavery and Jim Crow?,” Dec. 26, 2006, Volokh Conspiracy, http://volokh.com/posts/1167177535.shtml.

25
U.S. Constitution, Article I, § 9.

26
U.S. Constitution, Article I, § 2.

27
U.S. Constitution, Article IV, § 2.

28
Declaration of Independence.

29
David E. Bernstein, “Civil Rights Undermined by Antidiscrimination Laws,” Foxnews.com, Feb. 4, 2004, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110482,00.html.

30
It is worth noting that Republican support for passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was much stronger than Democratic support. In the House of Representatives, 80 percent (138–34) of Republicans voted for the bill as opposed to only 61 percent (152–96) of Democrats. The Senate votes in favor were 82 percent (27–6) of Republicans and 69 percent (46–11) of Democrats. See
Congressional Record
, vol. 110, June 18, 1964, 14319;
Congressional Record
, vol. 110, July 2, 1964, 15894.

31
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay,
The Federalist Papers
(New York: Penguin, 1987).

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1
Karl Marx,
The Communist Manifesto
(New York: Penguin, 2002).

2
Scott A. Hodge, “News to Obama: The OECD Says The United States Has The Most Progressive Tax System,” Tax Foundation, Tax Policy blog, Oct. 29, 2008, http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/23856.html (analysis of data presented in “Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries,” OECD Publishing, 2008).

3
Congressional Budget Office, “Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979–2005; Summary Table 1, Effective Tax Rates, 2004 and 2005,” Dec. 2007, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/88xx/doc8885/EffectiveTaxRates.shtml#1011537.

4
Saul D. Alinsky,
Rules for Radicals
(New York: Vintage, 1971), 184.

5
Ibid., 185.

6
Peter Slevin, “For Clinton and Obama, a Common Ideological Touchstone,”
Washington Post
, March 25, 2007, http://www.wash ingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR2007032401152.html.

7
James Wilson,
Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L.L.D.
(Philadelphia: Lorenzo, 1804).

8
Howard Husock, “The Trillion-Dollar Shakedown that Bodes Ill for Cities,”
City Journal
, Winter 2000, http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_1_the_trillion_dollar.html.

9
Stan Liebowitz, “The Real Scandal,”
New York Post
, Feb. 5, 2008.

10
Ibid.

11
Ibid.

12
Howard Husock, “The Financial Crisis and the CRA,”
City Journal
, Oct. 30, 2008, http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon1030hh.html.

13
Liebowitz, “The Real Scandal.”

14
Husock, “The Financial Crisis and the CRA.”

15
Ibid.

16
Editorial, “Fannie Mae’s Patron Saint,”
Wall Street Journal
, Sept. 10, 2008; Joseph Goldstein, “Pro-Deregulation Schumer Scores Bush For Lack of Regulation,”
New York Sun
, Sept. 22, 2008; Robert Novak, “Crony Image Dogs Paulson’s Rescue Effort,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, July 17, 2008.

17
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, “Report of the Special Examination of Freddie Mac,” Dec. 2003, http://www.ofheo.gov/media/pdf/specialreport122003.pdf; Office of Federal Housing Oversight, “Report of the Special Examination of Fannie Mae,” May 2006, http://www.ofheo.gov/media/pdf/FNM SPECIALEXAM.PDF.

18
Lynnley Browning, “AIG’s House of Cards,” Portfolio.com, Sept. 28, 2008, http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/09/28/AIGs-Derivatives-Run-Amok.

19
Robert P. Murphy, “The Fed’s Role in the Housing Bubble,” Pacific Research Institute blog, http://liberty.pacificresearch.org/blog/id.271/blog_detail.asp.

20
Daniel Arnall and Alice Gomstyn, “Where Did Taxpayer Money Go? Panel Slams Treasury,” ABC News, Jan. 9, 2009, http://abc news.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6606296&page=1.

21
Matthew Karnitschnig, “Expanding the $700 Billion Bailout…to $1 Trillion,” Deal Journal blog,
Wall Street Journal
, Nov. 13, 2008, http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/11/13/expanding-the-700-billion-bailoutto-1-trillion/; Dan Wilchins and Johnathan Stempel, “Citigroup Gets Massive Bailout,” Reuters, Nov. 24, 2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AJ45G20081124?sp=true.

22
David Goldman, “Bailouts: $7 trillion and rising,” Cnnmoney.
com, Nov. 26, 2008, http://cnnmoney.mobi/money/business/busi ness/detail/108180/full;jsessionid=86F1E4FE7D60687998796168192A856A.

23
Barry Ritholtz. “Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks,” The Big Picture blog, Jan.

24
,
2009, http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/big-bailouts-bigger-bucks/. 24 Ibid.

25
“Economic Stimulus Package,” CCH Tax Briefing, CCHgroup.com, Feb. 13, 2008, http://tax.cchgroup.com/legislation/2008-stimulus-package.pdf.

26
United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, “Summary of the ‘Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,’” June 17, 2008, http://banking.senate.gov//files/01/77/84/f017784/public/_ files/HousingandEconomicRecoveryActSummary.pdf.

27
Jamie Dupree, “Just Some of the Economic Stimulus Bill,” Jamie Dupree blog, Jan. 24, 2009, http://newstalkradiowhio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/01/just-some-of-the-economic-stim.html.

28
Editorial, “The Deficit Spending Blowout: The Looming Red Ink Is Unlike Anything In U.S. Peacetime History,”
Wall Street Journal
, Jan. 8, 2009: A14.

29
Rahm Emanuel, “Rahm Emanuel on the Opportunities of Crisis,” WSJ.com video, Nov. 19, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/video/rahm-emanuel-on-the-opportunities-of-crisis/3F6B9880-D1FD-492B-9A3D-70DBE8EB9E97.html.

30
“The Truth About Oil and Gasoline: An API Primer,” American Petroleum Institute, June 6, 2008, 9, http://www.energytomor row.org/media/resources/r_454.pdf.

31
Editorial, “Our Thorny Oil Patch,”
Investor’s Business Daily
, March 13, 2008, A12.

32
Max Schulz, “Energy and the Environment: Myths and Facts,”
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, April 17, 2007, http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/Energy_and_Environment_ Myths.pdf.

33
“The Truth About Oil,” 11.

34
Editorial, “Record Profits Mean Record Taxes,”
Investor’s Business Daily
, Feb. 12, 2008, A10.

35
Steven Mufson, “Ethanol Industry Gets a Boost From Bush,”
Washington Post
, Jan. 25, 2007, D01.

36
Matt Crenson, “Biofuels Boom Raises Tough Questions,” Associated Press, March 10, 2007.

37
Joseph A. Schumpeter,
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
(New York: Harper, 1975), 82–85.

38
James Sherk, “Auto Bailout Ignores Excessive Labor Costs,” Web Memo 2135, Heritage Foundation, Nov. 19, 2008, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2135.cfm?renderfor print=1.

39
Mickey Kaus, “Where Do Detroit’s Inefficient Work Rules Come From?” Kausfiles blog,
Slate
, Dec. 9, 2008, http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/kausfiles/archive/2008/12/12/where-do-unproductive-work-rules-come-from.aspx.

40
Ibid.