06.28.2012

By Nathan Mehrens — Today the U.S. Supreme Court in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts held that the individual mandate provision in Obamacare, i.e., the requirement for most Americans to purchase health insurance or pay money to the IRS, is a tax that was […]
06.28.2012

And so the “resistance” begins : Republican governors are planning to ignore the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold Obamacare hoping that the issue will drive voters to dump President Obama in favor of Mitt Romney who has vowed to kill the Affordable Care Act. After the decision, the Republican […]
06.28.2012

UPDATE: Obama calls out Romney and other squish Republicans in press conference praising the Court’s decision saying that the individual mandate “enjoyed support from members of both parties, including the current Republican nominee for president.” Mitt Romney had this to say about the SCOTUS ObamaCare […]
06.28.2012

Here is Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s response to the SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling: This is a dark day for the American people, the Constitution, and the rule of law. This is a dark day for American liberty. This decision goes against the very principle that […]
06.28.2012

Cartoon by William Warren By Bill Wilson — The U.S. Constitution died today. The underlying hope and belief that our nation’s founding document protected individual freedoms from an ever encroaching government is a thing of the past based upon this ruling. It is inconceivable how these nine […]
06.28.2012

Chief Justice Roberts sides with left-wing justices to uphold the ObamaCare mandate as constitutional. From the majority opinion on the mandate: Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need […]
06.28.2012

By Evan B. Kozierachi — Congress has passed the FDA Safety & Innovation Act in response to the recent prescription drug shortages. The Act’s solution to the shortages includes increasing the FDA’s regulatory power. Over-zealous regulation and bureaucrats at FDA had been a main cause […]
06.27.2012

Great post from Drew M over at Ace of Spades , taking on Harold Myerson’s Washington Post op-ed that advocated automatic collections of union dues by states: Overdue Backlash Against Public Employee Unions Has Liberals Freaking Out One of the great gifts liberals benefited from before the rise of conservatism and conservative alternate media, is that so much of […]