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Cato on Contraception Mandate: 'We Should All be Exempt'

As a companion must-read article to Tim’s column on the ObamaCare birth control mandate, John Cochrane of Cato explains why President Barack Obama’s proposed compromise to exempt church-related institutions misses the point:

Our nation is divided on social issues. The natural compromise is simple: Birth control, abortion and other contentious practices are permitted. But those who object don't have to pay for them. The federal takeover of medicine prevents us from reaching these natural compromises and needlessly divides our society.

The critics fell for a trap. By focusing on an exemption for church-related institutions, critics effectively admit that it is right for the rest of us to be subjected to this sort of mandate. They accept the horribly misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable…[more]

February 10, 2012 • 04:52 pm
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Thursday, February 19 2009

A Colorado woman has sued the City of Denver claiming that the city shares the blame for her injuries resulting from an automobile accident caused by an illegal immigrant.

Margaret Rains was inside a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop when Francis Hernandez lost control of his SUV while driving nearly 80 mph and crashed into the shop, injuring Ms. Rains and killing three others.  According to news reports, Rains wants the city to share the blame because she claims Denver police had arrested Hernandez several times before the accident but failed to enforce immigration laws.  Rains is seeking $1.9 million in damages.

Hernandez reportedly entered the United States illegally in 1991 at age 5 but was never deported.  In the five years before the accident, Hernandez had been arrested nearly 20 times by several law enforcement agencies, including Denver police.

—Source:  Crime and Federalism

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