CNN correspondent Elizabeth Cohen opened her segment by threatening: “These nine Supreme Court justices will forever affect the life of three-year-old Violet McManus.” She then went on to interview the parents of the young epileptic on the brink of reaching
They’ve gone all Drudge Siren on the vulnerability of Obamacare before the Supreme Court:
Renowned genius David Letterman thinks MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is the smartest person in all of broadcasting and journalism. Really. Introducing her on his Late Show on Monday, he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, our first guest is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lawyer discovered how far the U.S. Supreme Court will go to close itself off from the public when it hears a case, no matter how many people on Twitter may be interested. Casey Mattox went to
The Solicitor General told the Supreme Court that he didn’t think it was “fair” to apply President Obama’s previous statements to anything that Congress passed.
Several Republican senators and attorneys general whose states filed the lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s health care law expressed confidence Tuesday that the US Supreme Court would overturn the legislation. The court on Tuesday heard a second day of arguments
BOISE, Idaho – Millions of voters will go to the polls this year to choose between a more performance-based, accountable approach to public education, and the failed system supported by Big Labor. In Michigan, North Dakota and Idaho, state teachers unions are working to convince
In front of the U.S. Supreme Court building Tea Party Patriots hold photos of Andrew Breitbart as they debate health insurance during a rally against Obamacare.
(AP) Day 2 argument: Can gov’t require health coverage?By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTONCan the government make Americans carry health insurance? The Supreme Court takes up the constitutional question at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care law Tuesday. The Obama
The Supreme Court appears to reject the argument that it lacks jurisdiction to decide Obamacare’s fate until 2015. We should all expect the red-hot issues surrounding Obamacare to be decided by the end of June, for better or worse. And
What’s wonderful about those represented in the ABC report below is that, as you’ll see, they really do get what Andrew Breitbart was about. No one’s mindlessly waving around “Breitbart is Here” banners and posters like you’ll see burn-out hippies wave whatever has
Hundreds of people lined up on the steps of the Supreme Court on Monday, hoping to get a ticket to enter the courtroom for oral arguments as 26 states battle the White House over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul
This week, the Supreme Court will hear a case likely to shape our destiny as a nation when it considers whether parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act–called the ACA in legal circles and Obamacare to the rest
(AP) Justices questioning briskly in health care caseBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court is plunging into a three-day debate on the Obama administration’s overhaul of the nation’s health care system. In the opening minutes, the justices are asking pointed questions
On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told CNN’s Candy Crowley on “State of the Union” that he believes many Democrats are secretly hoping the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare because the health bill has become a “big f-ing mess” for Democrats: The
President Obama’s former Solicitor General, Neal Katyal told French television that it was ‘rare’ for a ‘president’s signature initiative’ to be challenged by the Supreme Court. He then painted an extremely exaggerated picture of the constitutionality challenge by saying that
As the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – a.k.a. Obamacare – goes before the highest court in the land, here are three reasons to chuck the whole program even before it gets underway. 1. It Represents
(AP) Senate set for key vote on insider trading banBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONA key Senate vote is set on a scaled-down bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other federal workers from profiting from information learned on the job.
President Obama and the media have lambasted Rush Limbaugh for supposedly insulting a “private citizen” in the Sandra Fluke affair. Obama said, “We want to send a message to all our young people being part of a democracy involves argument
A reminder from the mainstream, tax-supported media: if you oppose ObamaCare, that may be because you are a white racist who hates our black president. That’s the gist of Shankar Vedantam’s story this morning on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition,
(AP) High court has options on health care lawBy MARK SHERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety.
(AP) 4 Republican justices control fate of health lawBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONHere’s a thought that can’t comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices. His most sweeping domestic achievement could
(AFP) US President Barack Obama, juggling dual roles as fundraiser extraordinaire and commander-in-chief, piled up a cool five million dollars in a lucrative single-day campaign blitz. In no other country is a leader expected to tend to a deteriorating war
This week, Francis Fox-Piven took to the pages of The Nation magazine to stoke the fire of the Occupy movement. She starts by suggesting they are likely to hear pleas from Democrats that they quiet their criticism of Obama: There will
Yesterday, the Administrative Committee of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a public statement denouncing what it called “an unwarranted government definition of religion.” The Conference spelled out what the debate over President Obama’s birth control mandate is about:
