Predicting the results in a presidential election is always precarious, especially over 100 days before the actual voting. But conflicting polls notwithstanding, Barack Obama is facing a triple threat to his re-election that will be very hard to overcome. The triple threat includes one obvious problem, one readily apparent problem, and one very subtle […]
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Who Really Won? The Political Impact of the Supreme’s Health Care Decision
Last week’s Supreme Court decision affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (the Act) has been widely hailed as a victory for President Obama, and in terms of validating the tremendous expenditure of time and political good will it took to get the bill passed into law, it certainly was. But a […]
Roberts Ruled to Win in Court of Public Opinion
Last week’s Supreme Court’s decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shocked court observers for no less than three reasons. First, the court held that the law is constitutional. Second, it did so under Congress’s taxing authority, not its “Commerce Clause” power. And third, its opinion was authored by Chief Justice John […]