State Powers
What if the solution to Washington… wasn’t in Washington? The 50 states could be America’s secret weapon against an ever-expanding federal government. States can amend the constitution to demand fiscal responsibility in Washington, can request that federal regulation comply with local ordinances, and can form interstate compacts to better protect constitutional rights. The Goldwater Institute is providing a roadmap for states to reassert their power under the Tenth Amendment.
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Day Two: The Individual Mandate
Posted on March 28, 2012 | Type: Blog | Author: Diane CohenYesterday the Court heard argument on the centerpiece of the President’s health care law – the individual mandate. At issue: Whether Congress exceeded its Commerce Clause authority when it enacted the mandate, which takes effect in 2014. Unprecedented in history, the individual mandate forces nearly every American to purchase government-approved health insurance.
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Transcript: Oral Arguments for Tuesday, March 27
Posted on March 27, 2012 | Type: BlogThere were a lot of legal fireworks in today's Supreme Court proceedings on the federal healthcare law. Since the SCOTUS website is getting overloaded with traffic, you may read the transcript of today's oral arguments here.
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Recap: Day One at the Supreme Court
Posted on March 27, 2012 | Type: Blog | Author: Diane CohenOn day one of oral argument on the President’s health care law, the Supreme Court considered the issue of jurisdiction -- that is, whether it even had the power to hear the case or whether the plaintiffs must wait until 2015 to file their case, when the penalty for failing to comply with the individual mandate will begin to be imposed.
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This Week: Will the Court Strike Obama's Healthcare Law?
Posted on March 26, 2012 | Type: Blog | Author: Diane CohenTwo years after the President’s healthcare law was passed, and more than two dozen lawsuits and literally hundreds of court filings later, it is now down to one case before the United States Supreme Court.
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Malkin cites Goldwater case against Obama's healthcare law
Posted on March 23, 2012 | Type: Blog | Author: Jon GabrielColumnist Michelle Malkin wrote an important piece on what she calls "the mother of all death panels" — the Independent Payment Advisory Board
