Images from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguments on legal challenges to ObamaCare. View our galleries from Day 1 and Day 2 … [Read more...] about Photo Gallery: SCOTUS Arguments Day Three
NY Times: In Massachusetts, Insurance Mandate Stirs Some Dissent
Wayde Lodor is part of the 2 percent: the roughly 120,000 residents of Massachusetts who lack health insurance despite the state’s landmark 2006 law requiring almost every adult in the state to have it. He is likely to face a penalty this year, having made enough money under the state’s guidelines to afford a health plan. But Mr. Lodor, an independent product development consultant from … [Read more...] about NY Times: In Massachusetts, Insurance Mandate Stirs Some Dissent
Tom Miller and Robert Alt: Analysis of the Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act
Thomas Miller, Resident Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, and Robert Alt, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, open the discussion and debate on the Affordable Care Act just moments after the conclusion the historical hearing at the Supreme Court of the United States. Listen now... … [Read more...] about Tom Miller and Robert Alt: Analysis of the Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act
The Key Issue In the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare Verdict
Opponents of ObamaCare were elated on Tuesday as early questions by U.S. Supreme Court justices revealed skepticism about the constitutionality of the controversial individual mandate. But as the arguments drew to a close, it also was clear that serious questions still remained in the mind of at least one key justice — Anthony Kennedy — who is expected to cast the deciding vote on the … [Read more...] about The Key Issue In the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare Verdict
Galen Institute Applauds Arguments Signaling Unconstitutional Mandate
Mandate is an Unprecedented, Unwarranted, and Unconstitutional Imposition of Federal Power Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, said today she was pleased at the approach taken by several members of the Supreme Court today at the argument on the Constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. She said the questions asked by the … [Read more...] about Galen Institute Applauds Arguments Signaling Unconstitutional Mandate
Tom Miller: Obamacare goes to court, part three: We won’t have the Anti-Injunction Act to kick around in this case anymore
In Monday morning’s oral argument at the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr. juggled several legal balls in the air simultaneously while keeping a straight face. And he probably provided the most workable path for the Court to conclude that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) will not keep it from reaching a decision on the merits in the constitutional law challenges to the individual … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Obamacare goes to court, part three: We won’t have the Anti-Injunction Act to kick around in this case anymore
Avik Roy: Individual mandate masks an ugly deal
Most people who oppose the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate do so because it's such a grave affront to our constitutional tradition of limited government. After all, a Congress that can force you to buy health insurance can also force you to buy solar panels, newspaper subscriptions and gym memberships. But let's be real. The reason the ACA forces every American to buy health … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: Individual mandate masks an ugly deal
Bob Moffit and Jim Capretta: How to replace Obamacare
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "Obamacare") was signed into law in the spring of 2010, congressional opponents vowed that the fight was not over. The most disastrous features of the new law would not take effect until 2014, leaving time for a concerted campaign to avert catastrophe. The way to spend that time, these opponents argued, was working to "repeal … [Read more...] about Bob Moffit and Jim Capretta: How to replace Obamacare