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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Roberts’s Solution to a Non-Problem
The Court’s ruling on Medicaid expansion forbids the federal government from doing something it wouldn’t do anyway.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Same-Sex Marriage Is a Radical Feminist Idea
Does anyone remember yesterday, before our minds were blown away by watching (on Twitter) Roberts vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act and Kennedy join with the three billygoats to declare the whole thing unconstitutional? I’m having trouble remembering, too. But my notes here say that yesterday I wrote about David Blankenhorn’s decision to support […]
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 inHealth and Social Policy
Why It’s Still in States’ Interests to Expand Medicaid
Today’s SCOTUS opinion gives states an out if they choose not to extend Medicaid benefits. But they’d still be crazy not to.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Republicans Will Soon Stop Talking about Health Care
And Mitt Romney will be relieved.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Yes, America, Global Warming Does Exist
The D.C. Circuit Court says so, despite convoluted industry arguments to the contrary.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Cruel? Sure, but How Unusual?
Alito’s overlooked, important dissent on juvenile sentencing
