“Any time you’re deciding a case involving a presidential election, it’s awfully close to politics.” – Sandra Day O’Connor on “Face the Nation THIS WAS JUST too much to believe. How did former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor have the unmitigated gall to weigh in with those words? Close to politics? It was politics and it [...]
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Romney and his Team Continue Obamacare Tax Cleanup
If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will have been his decision Monday to absolve President Obama of raising taxes on the middle class. He is managing to turn the only possible silver lining in Chief Justice John Roberts’s ObamaCare salvage operation—that the mandate to buy insurance or pay [...]
The Roberts Court Respects Congress to Enact Laws, While CNN & FOX Blow the SCOTUS Moment
Today’s Supreme Court is often referred to as Anthony Kennedy’s Court. Although Kennedy is the swing justice who usually casts the deciding vote in close cases, the landmark ruling this week in the healthcare cases clearly marks the maturation of the “Roberts Court.” – The Roberts Court Is Born CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS and the majority [...]
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS OBAMACARE AND INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
**UPDATED** “Chief Justice Roberts’ vote saved the ACA.” – SCOTUSBLOG “I do think the court will surprise a lot of people when it probably upholds the Affordable Care Act in an opinion written by another former student of mine, Chief Justice Roberts this Thursday… You can be deeply conservative and still believe that the Affordable [...]
Supreme Court Defers to Government on Terrorism Policy
THE SUPREME COURT leveled an extraordinary amount of power into the government’s hands on Monday. Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBLOG lays it out. One day before the fourth anniversary of its most important ruling during the government’s “war on terrorism,” the Supreme Court confirmed emphatically on Monday that it is not now inclined to further second-guess [...]
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