By Bill Wilson — In the first part of “The ‘new’ normal,” we analyzed the dilemma faced by fiscal reformers seeking to make budgetary cuts or even balance budgets in advanced economies that have active central banks. Namely, if central banks around the world can just engage in unadulterated monetary expansion to enable profligate governments […]

Many have been critical of the performance of Solicitor General Don Verrilli in front of the Supreme Court while attempting to defend the individual mandate in ObamaCare. Now, the White House is stepping in to do damage control and slow the panic on the left that Verrilli has lost the ObamaCare case for them. “Mr. Verrilli is an extraordinarily talented advocate who possesses […]

By Bill Wilson — Today’s oral arguments show the Court may be accepting the premise that the individual mandate will be struck down. What remains is the rest of law, and the justices appear to be pretty evenly split on that matter. This may indicate that a […]

The Supreme Court is trying to decide the constitutionality of ObamaCare. ObamaCarewatcher.org’s John Vinci explains what this debate is all about

NRD Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at The Hill . By Rick Manning — On the same week that Washington’s political punditry runs wild with analysis on the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare, and the rest of the country is busily checking their NCAA […]

By Rebekah Rast — “Here the government is saying the federal government has a duty to tell citizens it must act,” says Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy during the Obamacare oral arguments, and the idea of forcing individuals to purchase health insurance changes the relationship […]

NRD Editor’s Note: We will be updating this post throughout the day with new information–so stay tuned! Arguments in day 2 of the ObamaCare SCOTUS case have come to an end. Listen to today’s arguments by clicking here (you can listen to yesterday’s arguments by clicking here ). Today’s […]

From a Wall Street Journal breaking news alert: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said the U.S. government has a “very heavy burden of justification” to show where the Constitution authorizes the Congress to change the relation of individuals to the government. His comments came as the high court […]

By Frank McCaffrey — A certain tax law might or might not apply with ObamaCare. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on this. ObamaCareWatcher.org’s John Vinci explains this complicated argument.

By Bill Wilson — The “new” normal is actually not so new. The practice of printing money or inflating a currency to “pay” for a national debt has been around for at least as long as the practice of governments borrowing funds to pay for their unsustainable […]