The politics of the ObamaCare decision (repeatedly updated with dissents)

Thomas Lifson American Thinker 6/28/2012

It looks to me that there are some sweet lemons for conservatives in the ObamaCare decision. Before we burn the chief justice in effigy, let’s read the decision and think about the implications.

First of all, upholding ObamaCare is going to energize opposition to Obama, and the determination to elect […]

ObamaCare mandate upheld as constitutional

Thomas Lifson American Thinker 6/28/2012

Chief Justice Roberts delivered a shocker joining the liberal wing of the Court in finding the mandate is a tax, and therefore permissible. The entire ACA act has been upheld, except for some limitations on the federal power to affect state Medicaid programs. The decision has not yet been posted […]

Virginia AG to sue FCC over ‘net neutrality’

Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Times 6/23/2011

Wading into another fierce ideological battle, Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II has announced plans to sue regarding new federal regulation of the Internet and has urged other states to jump on board his fight against “net neutrality.”

Calling the regulations the “most egregious of all violations […]

SCOTUS rejects fast-tracking of hearing on Obamacare

Carol Greenberg Conservative Outlooks 4/25/2011

Today the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take on Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s request to expedite a hearing on Obamacare. Instead SCOTUS ruled it can move up through “normal channels.” Cuccinelli had hoped to bypass Richmond’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals with the assertion the issue of the controversial […]

Yes, Virginia, A Climate Cover-Up

IBD Editorial Investor’s Business Daily 1/20/2011

Junk Science: Democrats in Virginia are trying to stop their attorney general from probing climate fraud carried out by university researchers at taxpayer expense. Are they afraid of finding the inconvenient truth?

It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up, as the saying goes. In the case of former University […]

Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts

Kevin Sack and Robert Pear The New York Times 11/28/2010

WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration presses ahead with the health care law, officials are bracing for the possibility that a federal judge in Virginia will soon reject its central provision as unconstitutional and, in the worst case for the White House, halt its enforcement […]

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