Posts Tagged ‘TARP’

Obama Makes Banks an Offer They Can’t Refuse

Stuart Varney has an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal about the Obama Administration’s refusal to allow banks to return TARP money: Here’s a true story first reported by my Fox News colleague Andrew Napolitano (with the names and some details obscured to prevent retaliation). Under the Bush team a prominent and profitable bank, [...]

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MUST READ: George Will on the Constitutionality of TARP

George Will has an excellent analysis of the constitutionality of TARP and the doctrine of “nondelegation.” He explains it as follows: The Vesting Clause of Article I says, “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in” Congress. All. Therefore, none shall be vested elsewhere. Gary Lawson of Boston University’s School of Law suggests a [...]

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