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Justice Antonin Scalia made an appearance on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and openly shared his thoughts on the role of the Court, past Court decisions, and constitutional interpretation generally. He was, of course, there promoting a new book as well - Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts - which he...
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney responded to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on the Obama Administration's legislative crown jewel also known as Obamacare by saying "What the Court did no do on its last day in session, I will do on the first day in office if elected President of the United States. I...
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President Obama in September of 2009 telling ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the then proposed health care plan and individual mandate would not be a tax on the American People. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Congress had authority to mandate health insurance under its Tax and Spend powers granted in the Constitution. ...
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The Affordable Care Act has apparently been given a vote of confidence, of sorts, by the nation's Highest Court. Chief Justice Roberts has joined the Left Wing of the Court and declared the controversial individual mandate to be constitutional... AS A TAX. While reports from the Court are still trickling out, and...
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Chief Justice Roberts: “It seems to me the federal government just doesn’t want to know who’s here illegally." If that's all you heard about today's Arizona Immigration Law (SB1070) oral arguments, I think you might be able to draw the conclusion it was not a good day for the Solicitor General before the...
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Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke at the Rotary Club of Lexington, Kentucky and urged President Obama to "back off" the Supreme Court as it weighs the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. McConnell's comments came on the same day the Attorney General Eric Holder responded to the Fifth Circuit's request for...
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Drudge has been running the headline since yesterday - DID HE GET A LEAK? OBAMA TAKES SHOT AT COURT - and news outlets Left, Right, and Center have been scrambling to make sense of the president's pointed remarks. So, what should we make of the nation's Chief Executive mean saying he was "confident...
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New York Senator Chuck Schumer made yet another appearance on Meet the Press Sunday morning. I think this guy's vying for the John McCain Meet the Press Lifetime Achievement Award. It's beginning to seem like he's there more than he's not. I mean, I know why the networks like him (he...
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Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan and Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen joined George Stephanopoulos Sunday Morning for a spirited debate on topics ranging from 2012 presidential candidates and gas prices to budget proposals and the Solicitor General's performance in ObamaCare oral arguments. People often talk about "contrasts" in the world of politics. More...
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Holder Responds to Fifth Circuit: “Power of Courts is Beyond Dispute”; Full Letter PDF Added
Attorney General Eric Holder has honored his pledge to respond to Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th Circuit's request for a three-page single-spaced letter detailing the principles of judicial review. As you probably know, the request/order came in response to President Obama's controversial comments regarding the Supreme Court's role in serving as the...
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