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Chief Justice John Roberts Announces Federal Court Reforms

Each year, the chief justice of the United States files an annual report on the federal court system. While most years recite statistics on federal caseloads and announce minor adjustments to the rules that govern legal proceedings, this year, Chief Justice John Roberts announced major reforms to federal lawsuits.

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Scalia Dismantles the ‘Interpretive Jiggery-Pokery’ of King v. Burwell

Freedom means the ability to change course, correct mistakes, withdraw consent, repeal laws, and build arguments. The Left wants you to think nothing is over until they win, at which point it’s over forever, and it should probably be a crime to even suggest otherwise. Do not listen to them. Look at a decision like King v. Burwell the way they would: as the beginning of a fight, not the end.

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Even Obamacare Website Calls the Tax Penalty a ‘Fine’ and a ‘Fee’

On June 28, 2012, Chief Justice John Roberts announced his vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate provision, siding with the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) liberal cohort to obtain a 5–4 vote in favor of the Obama administration in the now-infamous case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.