Abolish Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act has become a broken welfare program for people who don't need it.
The Affordable Care Act has become a broken welfare program for people who don't need it.
The proposal "could result in higher costs to consumers," the government acknowledges.
As with Biden, you can count on Harris to expand government programs.
Over the last several years, they have worked nonstop to ease the tax burden of their high-income constituents.
The ruling is based on separation of powers and Religious Freedom Restoration Act grounds.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
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A discussion with Mario Loyola on the Supreme Court's latest Affordable Care Act Decision
No, Justice Alito's opinion for the Court did not endorse standing-through-inseverability.
An index of my writings on what may be the last major Obamacare case to get to the Supreme Court.
The logic of Justice Alito's California v. Texas dissent would apply equally to the Affordable Care Act replacement Republicans tried to pass.
A handy index of my writing on this improbable ACA challenge.
A slightly deeper dive into today's California v. Texas decision rejecting the effort to turn constitutional litigation into a game of Jenga.
The article explains the Court's ruling, and why the plaintiff states deserved to lose on the main issue.
The Supreme Court ruled the right way, but arguably for the wrong reason.
The Supreme Court properly concludes that there is no standing to challenge a legal provision that has no effect.
The Department of Justice is now willing to defend the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the severability of the penalty-less mandate.
If the Supreme Court opts to dismiss the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act on standing grounds, this will not leave the ACA particularly vulnerable to future challenge.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra loves to tell people what they can and cannot do with their bodies.
It is not clear how the Court will ultimately resolve the case. But it is obvious that a majority of justices oppose invalidating the entire Affordable Care Act.
High points and low points of today's oral argument in the latest Affordable Care Act case. (Updated with some summary conclusions.)
Some things to listen for when the Supreme Court hears oral argument in the latest Affordable Care Act case.
Plaintiffs may have had standing in NFIB v. Sebelius, but they don't in California v. Texas.
Such theories are not based in fact.
There is little reason to think Barrett would vote to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which in any case seems legally secure.
Does participation in a moot court require recusal?
A core element of the latest case against the Affordable Care Act rests on a legal fiction.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett participated in a moot court of Texas v. California, and it did not go well for the challengers.
Two sets of states, the House of Representatives and Solicitor General all get argument time.
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We submitted another strange bedfellows amicus brief on severability in the Texas ACA case.
CNN reports that Attorney General Barr is (again) voicing opposition to DOJ's argument that zeroing out the mandate penalty should upend the entire law.
The Obamacare contraception mandate continues to cause legal trouble.
My take on today's decision to consider the Obamacare severability case.
Today's cert grant is based on the importance of the case, not the quality of the arguments
The ruling by a closely divided court leaves in place a December panel decision in this important case - at least for now.
Once again, the President's Twitter feed contradicts the claims of his lawyers.
The plaintiffs' quarrel is with the statute book, not the defendants.
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The appellate court remanded the most important issue in the case back to the district court. But its instructions will make it difficult for the trial judge to again rule that the entire Affordable Care Act must fall with the individual mandate.
As if there wasn't enough going on this week, a federal appellate court issues a significant (and significantly flawed) ruling in the latest Obamacare challenge
Oral argument was in July, so why hasn't the court issued an opinion yet?
DOJ (Quietly) Prefers Justice Thomas’s Approach from Murphy v. NCAA: Only Enjoin the Provisions that Injure the Plaintiffs
The Structure of NFIB v. Sebelius: Parts III.A, III.B, III.C, and III.D
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