Obamacare

Politics

Obamacare's Unenforceable Linchpin

The mandate to buy health insurance becomes an easily avoided tax.

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Dem Governor on ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion: "Unlike the federal government, Montana can't just print money."

Peter Suderman | 7.13.2012 11:44 AM

Politics

Randy Barnett: Losing ObamaCare While Preserving the Constitution

Damon Root and Jim Epstein | 7.12.2012 9:42 AM

Politics

House Obamacare Repeal Passes

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.11.2012 4:09 PM

Policy

ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion and the Myth of 'Free' Federal Money

Peter Suderman | 7.11.2012 2:47 PM

Politics

Why Would Anyone Pay the Penalty for Being Uninsured?

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2012 8:49 AM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

The Supreme Court's Conservatives Are Mad as Hell at Chief Justice Roberts

Damon Root | 7.9.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

States May Rely on the Supreme Court's ObamaCare Ruling to Start Cutting Medicaid Eligibility Immediately

Peter Suderman | 7.9.2012 10:04 AM

Politics

The Supreme Court's Dismal ObamaCare Decision

How conservative legal philosophy helped create the health care ruling

Sheldon Richman | 7.8.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Friday Funny

John Roberts and Nancy Pelosi

Chip Bok | 7.6.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Is ObamaCare's Mandate a Tax or a Penalty? Everyone Agrees the Answer Is Yes.

Peter Suderman | 7.5.2012 1:51 PM

Politics

Muddling Toward Mediocrity

The Euro-zone deal, like the ObamaCare decision, continues the slow, damaging drip of pain-avoidance.

Matt Welch | 7.5.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Word Games Saved ObamaCare

There's no victory for liberty in the health care case.

Sheldon Richman | 7.4.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Roberts' Rules of Meddling

Calling a regulation a tax does not make it any less intrusive.

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Do You Feel a Personal Connection to President Obama?

Ed Krayewski | 7.3.2012 9:04 PM

Politics

Report: John Roberts Wrote the Bulk of the Dissenting ObamaCare Decision That He Voted Against

Peter Suderman | 7.3.2012 4:04 PM

Politics

ThinkProgress Thinks Justice Thomas Might Be a Bit Leaky

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2012 2:31 PM

Politics

The Case Against Judicial Restraint: ObamaCare Edition

Damon Root | 7.3.2012 12:57 PM

Politics

Did John Roberts Switch His ObamaCare Vote? If So, Why?

Peter Suderman | 7.2.2012 4:34 PM

Politics

Fury at Chief Justice John Roberts Is Misplaced

Lawyers and judges alone can't preserve Americans' freedoms.

Ira Stoll | 7.2.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Was Replacing a Boundless Commerce Clause With a Boundless Tax Power a Stroke of Genius?

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2012 9:33 AM

Politics

Did Liberal Pressure Bully John Roberts Into Voting for ObamaCare?

Peter Suderman | 7.1.2012 6:35 PM

Politics

Peter Suderman on How to Think About The Obamacare Decision

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 7.1.2012 10:54 AM

Politics

The Power to Tax Is The Power

Understanding the Supreme Court's ObamaCare ruling

Sheldon Richman | 7.1.2012 8:00 AM

Policy

3 Big Takeaways From Obamacare Decision

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 6.30.2012 10:15 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM

Policy

If the Mandate Is a Penalty and Not a Tax, Then Let's Codify the Distinction

Peter Suderman | 6.29.2012 2:35 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Argues to Supreme Court that ObamaCare's Mandate Is a Tax, Tells Reporters That It's Not a Tax

Peter Suderman | 6.29.2012 2:02 PM

Politics

Chief Justice John Roberts Splits the Baby

Ed Krayewski | 6.29.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling Still Screwing Up News Schedule

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 10:59 AM

Politics

How Judicial Restraint Shaped John Roberts' ObamaCare Decision

The chief justice's deferential stance saves the president's health care overhaul.

Damon Root | 6.29.2012 9:30 AM

Politics

Random Reflections On the ObamaCare Ruling

Shikha Dalmia | 6.29.2012 7:37 AM

Politics

We Are Not Locking You Up for Disobedience; We Are Locking You Up for Failing to Pay the Tax on Disobedience

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2012 3:39 AM

Policy

We're Living in Tuttle's (Or is it Buttle's?) World Now

J.D. Tuccille | 6.28.2012 8:47 PM

Politics

The Supreme Court's Anti-ObamaCare Dissenters Take Down the Argument That ObamaCare's Mandate Is Constitutional As a Tax

Peter Suderman | 6.28.2012 6:56 PM

Politics

Why the GOP Will Wish It Could Lead with Ron Paul After This ObamaCare Ruling

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 6:42 PM

Politics

ObamaCare Decision: Medical R&D Could Decline, New York Times Sees Libertarian Victory (Sort Of), Tweeters Threaten to Move to Canada

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 5:36 PM

Politics

Ira Stoll on SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling: emphatic rejection of former constitutional law professor's constitutional acumen

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 5:28 PM

Politics

Five Justices Rejected the Government's Commerce Clause Theory. Does that Count as a Legal Precedent?

Damon Root | 6.28.2012 5:22 PM

Politics

Why the GOP Will Wish It Could Lead with Ron Paul After This ObamaCare Ruling

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 5:11 PM

Politics

Of Course Nancy Pelosi Wore Her Lucky Shoes Today, Probably Had as Much to Do With the Decision as the Constitution. Constitution? Are You Serious?

Ed Krayewski | 6.28.2012 4:37 PM

Policy

The Biggest Change in the Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling? Allowing States to Opt Out of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion

Peter Suderman | 6.28.2012 4:06 PM

Politics

SCOTUS On "Police Power," or, How Romney Can Spin RomneyCare v. ObamaCare

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 3:27 PM

Politics

Watch Boehner, Cantor and Pelosi Responses to ObamaCare Ruling

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 3:23 PM

Policy

Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner React to the Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling

Peter Suderman | 6.28.2012 2:41 PM

Politics

California Endowment Loves SCOTUS Obamacare Ruling

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 2:28 PM