There is no silver lining: Justice Roberts’ despicable Obamacare decision

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  July 2nd at 07:34 AM  | 

In March of 1937, in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish erstwhile conservative Justice Owen Roberts suddenly began voting to support New Deal legislation. His change of heart was the beginning of what became known as “The switch in time that saved nine.” His sudden reversal was in direct response to FDR’s threat to pack the Court in the face of the Court’s resistance to | Read More »

Commerce Clause frivolity: Obamacare, NASA and your unwed pregnant daughter…

By: imperfectamerica (Diary)  |  November 21st at 08:28 AM  | 

Two weeks ago the Supreme Court agreed to decide the constitutionality of President Obama’s signature piece of legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. In a surprising act of courage, the Court agreed to decide the divisive case in the midst of what will certainly be one of the most viscerally contentious elections in a century. To their credit, when | Read More »