Tag Archives: U.S. Supreme Court

On The Economy:Jared Bernstein: The Supreme Court and ObamaCare: Somehow Commonsense Prevailed

On The Economy Jared Bernstein, progressive economist from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, has a very good pice about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act today. He talks about Chief Justice John Roberts and why … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Shikha Dalmia: ‘SCOTUS Fuctus on ObamaCare”: Interpreting John Roberts’s King V Burwell Decision

“So the Supreme Court ruled in favor of handing out subsidies through federal exchanges in King vs. Burwell, once Obamcare rtcosmin / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA again letting the administration snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat. What is … Continue reading

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James Pethokoukis: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare Subsidies: Where Do Republicans Go From Here?

AEI: Ideas: James Pethokoukis: Supreme Court Upholds ObamaCare Subsidies: Where do Republicans go From Here? With the U.S. Supreme Court making the right decision in ruling in favor of the subsidies in the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchanges, (at … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Mark Sherman- Explaining Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling

What I get from Mark Sherman, is that the challenge to the Affordable Care Act in King V Burwell, is that the challengers were saying that the subsidizes through the health care exchanges in the ACA are unconstitutional, because they … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Valerie Tarico: ‘I Am Pro-Abortion, Not Just Pro-Choice’

Source:Away Point– Valerie Tarico writes for the AlterNet. “I believe that abortion care is a positive social good. I suspect that a lot of other people secretly believe the same thing. And I think it’s time we said so. As … Continue reading

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Lyle Denniston: Did The Founders Want Term Limits For Supreme Court Justices?

Source:Constitution Daily Damn! I found something that I agree with Mike Huckabee on. And perhaps tomorrow I’ll find something that I agree with Michael Moore on, but don’t hold your breath. I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but … Continue reading

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Salon Magazine: Michael Burstein: ‘We Need a New Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  Michael Burstein’s amendments, or even new United States Constitution was not as radical or social democratic as I was expecting. I perhaps was expecting to see proposals that would move America away from its federalist tradition and … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Mark Shields & David Brooks on Same-Sex Marriage, Voter ID & U.S. Senate Elections

Source:The New Democrat  As far as same-sex marriage where right-wingers have a 5-4 majority on the U.S. Supreme Court and tend to be respected by the Christian-Right in this country. Same-sex marriage is dead as an issue when not even … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Report: David G. Savage & Noam N. Levey: Medicaid Could be in U.S. Supreme Court’s Sights

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, March, 2012 As part of trying to expand health insurance to uninsured Americans in 2010, when President Obama and Congressional Democrats created the Affordable Care Act in 2010, They put … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: J.P. Green- Public Wants Supreme Court Reform

Source:The New Democrat  Reforming the U.S. Supreme Court is something that I’ve been thinking about for five years now which is also when I started blogging. And is something I take very seriously especially considering how important the Supreme Court … Continue reading

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