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  • Ed Feulner discusses Ronald Reagan’s legacy in The Washington Times.
  • Owen Graham and Michaela Bendikova explain the New START treaty in the Daily Caller.
  • Ernest Istook writes on green jobs cronyism in Newsmax.
  • Brian Blase critiques ObamaCare in the Korea Herald.

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Remember when a reporter asked former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) what part of the Constitution grants Congress the authority to enact an individual insurance mandate? And then she laughed the question off with an “Are you serious?”

Well, yesterday, America received a serious response in the form of a 78-page ruling from Judge Rodger Vinson that struck down not only the unconstitutional individual mandate, but the entire Obamacare legislation.

Because the Commerce Clause does not grant Congress the power to regulate inactivity, Vinson ruled, the individual mandate is unconstitutional. And because Congress deliberately excluded a severability clause, which would allow a judge to toss out only unconstitutional portions of the law, the different components of Obamacare “must stand or fall as a single unit.”

As Heritage’s Conn Carroll explains, “Judge Vinson has in effect stopped implementation of Obamacare dead in its tracks,” which underscores the challenges liberals face in imposing a federal health care program on America. (Listen to Ronald Reagan’s 1961 speech against socialized medicine.)

So the answer to Pelosi’s question is, “Yes, America is serious.”

Nearly 100 years after Ronald Reagan’s birth and 30 years after his inauguration, Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner takes to the Washington Times today to explain the Gipper’s legacy.

Feulner explains why so many Americans admired President Reagan. Despite the claims of the Left, it wasn’t only his ability to communicate. Feulner explains,

It wasn’t just Reagan‘s ability to communicate that endeared him to millions of Americans. It was the fact that he was articulating their most deeply cherished beliefs. It went well beyond the optimistic outlook – which, although welcome, is something any president can attempt. It was because he spoke in direct terms that avoided the usual buzzword approach we get from Washington.

Read Feulner’s comments here.

What do you think the most endearing part of President Reagan’s legacy?

In this week’s Heritage in Focus podcast, national security expert James Carafano discusses the political situation in Egypt and its meaning for American policy in the Middle East.

David Weinberger hosts.

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