By Paul Driessen — The Sierra Club and other environmental pressure groups are redoubling their efforts to “stop fracking in its tracks.” No wonder. The technology is an existential threat to fundamental “green” dogmas. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing is a true “game changer.” In […]

By Frank McCaffrey — Will the debate over the individual mandate lead to a complete cut for ObamaCare? What is being said about the expansion of Medicaid? ObamaCarewatcher.org’s John Vinci explains.

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 […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Predictions of ObamaCare’s demise premature by liberal media Is the individual mandate constitutional? Conservative Supreme Court justices question individual mandate Kennedy and Roberts raise powerful objections to mandate A bad day for unlimited gov’t at the high court Kennedy: Federal gov’t has a ‘very heavy burden of justification’ White House defends Solicitor General Verrilli’s bad performance Newt scales back campaign Is GOP disillusionment a good thing? House Republicans can do more to stop the out-of-control EPA Cronyism and mercantilism are siblings

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]