Tag Archives: Supreme Court

SCOTUS Decision Live

At SCOTUS Blog. 10:01am: The decision of the 9th Circuit is affirmed in Alvarez (AKA Stolen Valor – Decision here) 10:07am: First American was dismissed. Health Care imminent. 10:08am: The individual mandate survives as a tax. 10:10am: So the mandate … Continue reading

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SCOTUS Enjoys Popularity

Rasmussen is reporting that the Supreme Courts favorables are exceptional after the dust-up with the Executive Branch last week: Forty-one percent (41%) of Likely U.S. Voters now rate the Supreme Court’s performance as good or excellent, according to a new … Continue reading

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The Narrative Must Continue

An ugly, slanted piece of left invective is up over at The Hill written by Brent Budowski. It’s an awesome exposition of the logical fallacy of guilt by association, and an excellent example of confused relativism with a disturbing kick … Continue reading

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Obama’s Revealing Arrogance

Michael Goodwin has a piece up over at the Post discussing the President and the Supreme Court dust-up this week. Goodwin says: Either the president is ignorant of American history or is intentionally distorting the court’s role. There is evidence … Continue reading

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DOJ Responds to Court Request

In a press conference today, Attorney General Holder responded to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, explaining that the “courts have final say,” and going on to state that his department would respond formally to explain whether the Obama administration … Continue reading

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Court Demands Clarification

Yesterday I wrote a quick post about Obama’s speech that used especially interesting language to suggest that the “unelected” Supreme Court would be committing judicial overreach by negatively ruling on the constitutionality of the Health Care legislation. It really sounds … Continue reading

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Obama Warns Supreme Court

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the President is using relatively strong language to suggest that an overturn of the individual mandate would be judicial overreach. Two things disturb me: 1. Obama believes his law so constitutional as to … Continue reading

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