Supreme Court

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Would Family-Friendly TV Fare Disappear Without the FCC?

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 5:05 PM

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Seeking Just Compensation for Damages from Federal Flooding

Damon Root | 7.18.2012 4:00 PM

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Obamacare's Unenforceable Linchpin

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

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 7:00 AM

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Why Refute Lies When You Can Throw Liars in Jail?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 3:07 PM

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Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years

Jesse Walker | 7.17.2012 12:33 PM

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Should the Supreme Court Defer to Congress and Uphold the Defense of Marriage Act?

Damon Root | 7.12.2012 5:08 PM

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Randy Barnett: Losing ObamaCare While Preserving the Constitution

Damon Root and Jim Epstein | 7.12.2012 9:42 AM

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The Conservative vs. Libertarian Take on the U.S. Constitution

Damon Root | 7.10.2012 3:00 PM

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The Supreme Court and the 2012 Election

Damon Root | 7.10.2012 2:46 PM

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Why Would Anyone Pay the Penalty for Being Uninsured?

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2012 8:49 AM

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

Damon Root | 7.9.2012 3:05 PM

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Revealed: The Supreme Court Has Had More Leaks Than a Flomax Convention

Nick Gillespie | 7.9.2012 12:21 PM

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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

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Is Anthony Kennedy the Supreme Court's "Most Consistent Libertarian"?

Damon Root | 7.6.2012 4:42 PM

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

Peter Suderman | 7.5.2012 1:51 PM

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Did John Roberts Foreshadow His ObamaCare Decision With a Reference to a 1927 Oscar Winning War Movie?

Peter Suderman | 7.5.2012 12:29 PM

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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

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Roberts' Rules of Meddling

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

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 7:00 AM

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

Peter Suderman | 7.3.2012 4:04 PM

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ThinkProgress Thinks Justice Thomas Might Be a Bit Leaky

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2012 2:31 PM

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The Case Against Judicial Restraint: ObamaCare Edition

Damon Root | 7.3.2012 12:57 PM

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

Peter Suderman | 7.2.2012 4:34 PM

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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

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

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2012 9:33 AM

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Did Liberal Pressure Bully John Roberts Into Voting for ObamaCare?

Peter Suderman | 7.1.2012 6:35 PM

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Peter Suderman on How to Think About The Obamacare Decision

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 7.1.2012 10:54 AM

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The Power to Tax Is The Power

Understanding the Supreme Court's ObamaCare ruling

Sheldon Richman | 7.1.2012 8:00 AM

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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

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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

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Supreme Court Upholds Fairness in Union-Dues Case

The high court gets it right in Knox v. SEIU

Steven Greenhut | 6.29.2012 12:00 PM

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Chief Justice John Roberts Splits the Baby

Ed Krayewski | 6.29.2012 11:58 AM

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SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling Still Screwing Up News Schedule

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 10:59 AM

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3 Essential Takeaways From the Obamacare Decision: Gov't is Still Unlimited, Romney's Still Lame, & Health Costs Still Set to Rise.

Nick Gillespie | 6.29.2012 9:42 AM

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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

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Random Reflections On the ObamaCare Ruling

Shikha Dalmia | 6.29.2012 7:37 AM

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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

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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

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

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 6:42 PM

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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

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

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 5:28 PM

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

Damon Root | 6.28.2012 5:22 PM

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

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 5:11 PM

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Could Medicaid Ruling Lead to Challenges to Other "Voluntary" Federal Funding Regulations?

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 4:49 PM

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

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 3:27 PM

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Watch Boehner, Cantor and Pelosi Responses to ObamaCare Ruling

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 3:23 PM

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Health Care Law Still on Trial in the Court of Public Opinion

Emily Ekins | 6.28.2012 3:00 PM