03.28.2012

ObamaCare & SCOTUS: Day 3

NRD Editor’s Note: We will be updating this post throughout the day with new information–so stay tuned! The oral arguments at the Supreme Court over ObamaCare have ended. After 3 days, the fate of ObamaCare hangs in the hands of the 9 justices of the […]

03.28.2012

Must Reads for March 28

03.28.2012

Predictions of Obamacare’s Demise by Liberal Media Premature

By John Vinci — Yesterday, Jeffrey Toobin, a liberal legal analyst for CNN, was rebuked by Senator Harry Reid for predicting that, based on yesterday’s oral arguments, the Supreme Court would rule against Obamacare’s Individual Mandate . But despite early predictions of the Individual Mandate’s demise, a closer look at the oral arguments shows that such analysis is premature. It is generally agreed that in order to win this […]

03.28.2012

Is The Individual Mandate Constitutional?

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

03.28.2012

White House defends Solicitor General Verrilli’s widely panned attempt to defend ObamaCare

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 […]

03.28.2012

Individual mandate severability in question

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 […]

03.27.2012

Freshman Rep. Mulvaney’s attempt to bring fiscal sanity to DC

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 […]

03.27.2012

Conservative Supreme Court justices question Obamacare’s individual mandate

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 […]

03.27.2012

ObamaCare & SCOTUS: Day 2

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 […]

03.27.2012

Justice Anthony Kennedy: Federal government has a ‘very heavy burden of justification’

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 […]

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