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Single-Payer and the Supreme Court
Surprisingly, several groups seek to challenge the Affordable Care Act from the left.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Now Is the Law of Their Discontent
The biggest arguments against the Affordable Care Act exist far more in the political realm than the legal.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Precedents for the Unprecedented
The Comprehensive Baseball Bat Act that never quite materialized sheds light on the health-care case.
Posted inLaw and Justice
“That’s Specious Reasoning, Representative”
Arbitrarily classifying a number of murders as not-crimes is a good way to reduce reported violent crime rates, but it doesn’t actually reduce violence.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Hard Work Doesn’t Pay for Home-Care Workers
Home-care workers aren’t casual babysitters, and it’s time to make sure they don’t get paid like one.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court Joins the War On Women
When Daniel Coleman asked for sick leave from his job at the Appeals Court of Maryland, he was told he would be fired. The state’s actions violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), passed by Congress in 1993. Unfortunately, thanks to the Roberts Court, Coleman has a right without an appropriate remedy. A bare […]
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The History of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” Law
The English common-law origins of the legislation at the center of the investigation into Trayvon Martin’s death
