The Supreme Court Forces Us To Deal Within the Political System

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  June 28th at 10:47 AM  | 

In a 5 to 4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, upheld the individual mandate as a tax increase — something Barack Obama said the individual mandate was not. Along the way, the Supreme Court did two things. First, it restricted Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause, though showing just how expansive the tax clause in Article I, Section 8 is. Second, | Read More »

Former President Clinton: the Supremes could Smoke ObamaCare

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  April 30th at 08:30 AM  | 

From the diaries by Erick Note to the universe: do you really think the Supreme Court will act like there is a severability clause in ObamaCare, when one does not exist? It’s not like the Supremes spend their dawns poring over statutes, line by line, or anything at all like that. So, President Clinton thought he might mention it. And now TIME magazine is reporting | Read More »