The Court’s ruling on Medicaid expansion forbids the federal government from doing something it wouldn’t do anyway.
Blog: The Docket
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Tale of Two Justices
John Roberts joined with the Court’s liberals to uphold the Affordable Care Act—but he left a political weapon in his opinion for Republicans to use in the future.
Posted inLaw and Justice
It’s Roberts’s Court Now
Today’s decision on the Affordable Care Act shows that, despite conventional wisdom, Anthony Kennedy is not the guy calling the shots.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
What’s Wrong With Scalia’s Sovereignty Argument
The Justice seems to have forgotten about the Fourteenth Amendment.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Who’s Sovereign Now?
Antonin Scalia’s double standard for states’ rights
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Memo to Jan Brewer: You Had a Bad Day Monday
Five Justices cut out three lobes on S.B. 1070, and leave one on life support.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Supreme Court Strikes Most of Arizona Immigration Law, Making Scalia Very Angry
The oral arguments earlier this year on the SB-1070, the infamous Arizona immigration law, made it difficult to read how the Court was going to rule on most of its provisions, although the Court seemed on balance more sympathetic to Arizona’s position. Given how things looked after that, today’s decision in Arizona v. United States […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Court to Super PACs: Full Speed Ahead
As the ship drifts over the campaign-cash falls, the five captains decline a chance to reconsider the course.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Can Broadcasters Use Dirty Words? Court says, “#$%& If We Know”
In what is literally its most visible case of the Term, seven justices duck the free-speech issue.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Court’s Scott Walker Moment
Five justices tell public-employee unions they “tolerate” them—for now.
