Galen Institute

Barack Obama made a national laughingstock out of himself with his recent comments on the Obamacare law now before the Supreme Court. Obama said on Monday, “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” (emphasis added). President Obama is not … [Read more...] about Peter Ferrara: Why the Supreme Court Will Strike Down All of Obamacare

Attorney General Eric Holder is pushing back against an attack from a federal judge in Texas, telling the judge that President Barack Obama’s recent comments about the Supreme Court’s review of the Affordable Care Act are “fully consistent” with longstanding legal principles. Holder’s comments came Thursday in a memo ordered by 5th Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith, who questioned whether Obama … [Read more...] about Jennifer Haberkorn: DOJ returns fire on judicial review dispute

President Obama is undermining the rule of law. On Monday, he openly attacked the Supreme Court. He fears that the high court will overturn Obamacare. It is the president’s signature domestic achievement - the jewel in his socialist crown. To repeal parts or all of it would be a humiliating repudiation. Hence, Mr. Obama is resorting to bullying. “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not … [Read more...] about Jeffrey T. Kuhner: Obama v. Supreme Court

If the health care law is struck down, Republicans and conservative activists cannot simply declare "game over" on health care. Liberals will never stop their push toward their eventual goal of creating a Canadian-style single-payer system in which government is the sole purchaser of health care and bureaucrats impose cost controls. Just as they tried again 15 years after the failure of … [Read more...] about Philip Klein: GOP needs to seize the moment on health care

Rather amazingly, President Obama stood at a podium between Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Mexican president Felipe Calderon on Monday and declared that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down “a law that was passed by a strong majority” of Congress. The law that Obama had in mind, of course, is Obamacare — which was passed by employing the “Cornhusker … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Anderson: Obama: Striking Down an Act of Congress Would Be ‘Unprecedented’

After oral arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the odds that the Court will strike the individual mandate rose sharply; Intrade markets after the hearings showed bettors thought there was a 62 percent chance that the mandate will fall. I can’t tell you whether the law is unconstitutional; I can’t even tell you whether the Supreme Court will uphold it — or, if the mandate goes, what … [Read more...] about Walter Russell Mead: The Health Care Disaster and the Miseries of Blue

Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the administration's health law, aka ObamaCare. Opponents are giddy with the possibility that the law might be struck down. But what then? Millions of uninsured, both those who choose not to purchase coverage and those who can't due to pre-existing conditions, will still be with us. The rising costs and inefficient … [Read more...] about John Cochrane: What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare

Media coverage now implies that the U.S. Supreme Court will determine the fate of President Obama's health care law. But nothing the court decides will keep the law alive for more than a brief period of time. There are three ways the health care law could meet its end. The first, obviously, is the Supreme Court could declare some or all of it unconstitutional in June. If it gets past that … [Read more...] about Rasmussen Reports: Even If It Survives the Court, the Health Care Law Is Doomed