What Right And Left Get Wrong About The Court Challenge To Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate
The constitutional principle at stake in this suit involves the power of the federal government to force people to purchase qualifying health insurance.
California Embodies Everything Wrong With Obamacare
People who obey the law will pay the health coverage for people who by definition have broken the law by coming to, or remaining in, the United States unlawfully. Nice job, California.
A Supreme Court Biography That Should Be Held In Contempt
CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic’s biography of Chief Justice John Roberts, ‘The Chief,’ is so preoccupied with disagreeing with the man that it doesn’t provide much insight into Roberts’s life and rulings.
New Book: John Roberts Let Politics Sway His Obamacare Ruling
Maybe ‘Obamacare’ should be renamed ‘Robertscare’ for the justice who went out of his way to save the individual mandate.
Obamacare Is Unconstitutional, But The Texas Judge Was Wrong To Strike It Down
Obamacare is probably the worst piece of legislation in American history, but this judge’s decision was based on a weak legal argument and will almost certainly be overturned.
A Federal Judge Finally Exposes The Lies At The Heart Of Obamacare
Obamacare was sold to the American people under false pretenses and upheld by a dishonest Supreme Court ruling. Now it’s coming apart, and it’s about time.
To Prove Democrats Run Congress Even In The Minority, Check Out The Latest Spending Fight
The Trump tweet illustrates a much larger problem facing congressional Republicans: They don’t want to fight—about the wall, or about much of anything, particularly spending.
Bill In Congress Would Prevent DC From Imposing An Individual Mandate
By defunding the mandate, the Palmer amendment would effectively prohibit this tax increase, to say nothing of the threat of property seizures, from affecting residents of the nation’s capital.
Brett Kavanaugh Said Obamacare Was Unprecedented And Unlawful
Brett Kavanaugh has by far the strongest, most consistent, most fearless record of constitutional conservatism of any federal court of appeals judge in the country.
DC Passes Law Requiring People To Buy Health Insurance Or Have Their Property Seized
The D.C. mandate contains three elements that make it just as bad as, if not worse than, the federal mandate it is intended to replace.
How Potential SCOTUS Pick Brett Kavanaugh Wrote A Roadmap For Saving Obamacare
Which is worse: An unelected judge opining on how a mandate to purchase a product could meet constitutional muster, or giving Congress instructions on how to ensure it will? Kavanaugh did both.
Why The Justice Department’s Obamacare Lawsuit Intervention Is Absurd
DOJ’s action represented the right policy outcome, but in the wrong venue. Congress and not the courts has proper jurisdiction to strike down the structure of the law.
Is Republican ‘Sabotage’ To Blame For Premium Increases Under Obamacare?
Rather than throwing more taxpayer money at exchanges, Republicans could emphasize new alternatives to Obamacare-compliant plans.
Republicans Shouldn’t Ask Judges To Strike Obamacare When Congress Won’t
Striking down the law through legal fiat would represent judicial activism at its worst—asking unelected judges to do what elected members of Congress took great pains to avoid.
Democrats Consider How To Reinstate The Individual Mandate Under A Different Name
It says much about the leftward shift of the Democratic Party that the government-run ‘public option’ represents the most conservative of all the policy proposals discussed.
Are Fewer Republicans Buying Health Insurance To Make A Political Statement?
The Commonwealth researchers claim Trump administration decisions explain the decline in the number of Americans with health insurance. But the data themselves suggest another theory.
How President Trump Could End Obamacare With A Single Tweet
A relatively small provision included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, gives President Trump the ability to achieve what his party has failed to accomplish.
Politicos Dogpile On Tom Price For Telling The Truth About Obamacare
Rather than criticizing Tom Price for his candid comments, Republicans would do better to go back and pass legislation repealing the Obamacare regulations.
This All-Republican Congress Avoids Tough Choices Now, Meaning Worse Choices Later
Congress still refuses to eat its policy spinach, following the path of least resistance in making easy choices rather than tough ones.
4 Of The Biggest Myths About The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cuts rates for most tax brackets, substantially reduces business taxes, increases the standard deduction, and eliminates many tax loopholes and deductions.
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