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Posts Tagged ‘Al Franken’

  • The Truth About the Franken Amendment

    Posted October 16th, 2009 at 4:01pm in Enterprise and Free Markets, Rule of Law 48

    When a disgruntled employee files a lawsuit that goes to court his employer must pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Even if the courts reject the allegation as frivolous employers must still pay the lawyers. That allows unscrupulous employees to use threat of going to court to win large settlements [...] More

  • Double Standards In Minnesota Will Lead to Florida Repeat

    Posted December 23rd, 2008 at 12:59pm in Rule of Law 10

    Having been a county election official myself many years ago, I know how difficult it can be to administer an election and make the proper decisions when problems ensue. However, the flawed and extremely questionable decisions being rendered by the Minnesota Canvassing Board are remarkable for their inconsistency except for one consistency – they seem [...] More

  • Nothing Funny About What’s Happening in Minnesota

    Posted November 11th, 2008 at 3:04pm in Rule of Law 22

    On Wednesday morning it was 725; on Wednesday night it was 477; on Thursday night it was down to 336; by Friday it was 239; Sunday it was 221; and by today it was down to only 204. Are we talking about the Dow Jones falling on Wall Street? No, we are talking [...] More