In a complex ruling, the Supreme Court has largely upheld the controversial Obamacare law. The Court struck down the individual mandate as an unconstitutional penalty under the Commerce Clause, but upheld it as a permissible tax. It also limited the expansion
Chris Matthews reaction to Supreme Court ruling
(AP) WASHINGTONThe Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans
The Mexican government is unhappy with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law–a ruling that was, on the whole, favorable to illegal immigrants. According to CBS, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary said the country was disappointed
Mitt Romney, speaking in northern Virginia, energized the crowd by referring to the imminent decision on ObamaCare that is due from the Supreme Court tomorrow: “My guess is they’re not sleeping real well at the White House tonight; that’s the
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) discussed the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. U.S., and did a little game called “Pick Out The Immigrant” with celebrity contestants like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Jeremy Lin, Tony Parker, Geraldo Rivera, Ted Koppel.
I challenge everyone in this country to go one day without breaking the law. The obvious tests would be not to exceed the speed limit, grab a single grape and pop it in your mouth at the market, or log
President Obama has had a bad June. You know that because the Democrats and the Left are already providing a laundry list of recriminations to explain a defeat in November: SuperPAC money, the European economy, a conservative Supreme Court, the
Tomorrow, at around 10:30am EDT, the Democrat-left-media complex will launch the most aggressive and sustained attack on the institution of the Supreme Court in the history of our Republic. When the Court throws out at least some portion of ObamaCare
Politico, in full attack mode against Republicans on the eve of the Supreme Court’s likely decision to overturn all or part of Obamacare, sought out former Rep. Anthony Weiner to offer his insights on the law. Weiner claims that Democrats
In a report on the recent Supreme Court decision reversing parts of Arizona’s immigration law, NBC’s Matt Taibbi gave extensive airtime to an activist for illegal immigration. The woman was shown sitting in a room prominently featuring a poster of
At around 130 days until Election Day, National Public Radio thought it would be nice to give the President a little boost by going back to its 2008 practice of assigning to Obama the god-like powers of The One, The
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said if the Supreme Court struck down Obamcare on Thursday, such a decision would, according to a Financial Times account, send the country “backwards” and Americans did not want to “re-fight” healthcare. At a campaign
With one Facebook post, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin changed the healthcare debate, putting Obamacare supporters on the defensive while galvanizing Tea Party opponents of it by crystallizing what the fight was about in two words: “death panels.” In another
A common joke is that, in the future, Republicans will have to find as many minorities to be on stage with them as possible while Democrats will have to do the same with whites. As the country becomes more diverse
By DINA CAPPIELLOAssociated PressWASHINGTONA federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever regulations aimed at reducing the gases blamed for global warming, handing down perhaps the most significant decision on the issue since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that greenhouse
Arizona has suffered during Attorney General Eric Holder’s time in office. Besides the fact that the straw purchasing aspect of Operation Fast & Furious took place in Phoenix, the guns illegally purchased flooded the southern portion of the state on
Holder has until Thursday to release the documents that he’s hiding relating to Operation Fast and Furious, or the House will vote on the recommendation that he be held in contempt of Congress. Holder is caught between the proverbial rock and hard
Holder has until Thursday to release the documents that he’s withholding relating to Operation Fast and Furious, or the House will vote on the recommendation that he be held in contempt of Congress. Holder is caught between the proverbial rock and hard
The Supreme Court has ruled on the Arizona immigration law, and upheld a key part of the law that allows local law enforcement officers to verify immigration status if an individual is detained for another potential legal issue. The Washington
Some Republican leaders have made the mistake of saying that President Obama’s invocation of executive privilege over Attorney General Eric Holder is an admission that the White House has been involved in Operation Fast and Furious. The reality is that
There was a bright spot in Monday’s Supreme Court rulings after the defeat handed down on Arizona’s immigration law, SB1070. In the case of American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, the five majority Justices made it very clear that they intended to solidify
Major provisions of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 were held unenforceable by the Supreme Court because they conflict with federal law, though the Court unanimously upheld its most controversial provision. So the biggest immigration case in U.S. history was a mixed result,
CBS: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, said that the state was “vindicated” in the Supreme Court’s decision released Monday. The Court struck down three provisions of the immigration law, but kept in place the provision allowing police officers to
