By Frank McCaffrey — The Supreme Court is trying to decide the constitutionality of ObamaCare. ObamaCarewatcher.org’s John Vinci explains what this debate is all about.

Many have been critical of the performance of Solicitor General Don Verrilli in front of the Supreme Court while attempting to defend the individual mandate in ObamaCare. Now, the White House is stepping in to do damage control and slow the panic on the left that Verrilli has lost the ObamaCare case for them. “Mr. Verrilli is an extraordinarily talented [...]

By Bill Wilson — Today’s oral arguments show the Court may be accepting the premise that the individual mandate will be struck down. What remains is the rest of law, and the justices appear to be pretty evenly split on that matter. This may indicate that a split decision is in the works, wherein a wide majority finds the mandate [...]

By Rebekah Rast — “Here the government is saying the federal government has a duty to tell citizens it must act,” says Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy during the Obamacare oral arguments, and the idea of forcing individuals to purchase health insurance changes the relationship between the government and the person “in a fundamental way.” Taking this a step further, [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: We will be updating this post throughout the day with new information–so stay tuned! Arguments in day 2 of the ObamaCare SCOTUS case have come to an end. Listen to today’s arguments by clicking here (you can listen to yesterday’s arguments by clicking here). Today’s arguments centered around whether the mandate portion of ObamaCare passed the constitutional [...]

From a Wall Street Journal breaking news alert: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said the U.S. government has a “very heavy burden of justification” to show where the Constitution authorizes the Congress to change the relation of individuals to the government. His comments came as the high court tackled the central issue in the challenge to the Obama administration’s health-care [...]

By Frank McCaffrey — A certain tax law might or might not apply with ObamaCare. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on this. ObamaCareWatcher.org’s John Vinci explains this complicated argument.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito lit up the court room today when he questioned Solicitor General Don Verrilli about whether the penalty for failing to purchase health care under the ObamaCare mandate was a tax. Here is the exchange: JUSTICE ALITO: General Verrilli, today you are arguing that the penalty is not a tax. Tomorrow you are going to be [...]

NRD Editor’s Note: We will be updating this post throughout the day with new information–so stay tuned! The oral arguments for day 1 of the ObamaCare Supreme Court hearing have come to a close. Click here to hear the first day’s SCOTUS arguments. Here is some background on the lawyer’s going in front of SCOTUS on ObamaCare today (H/T Politico): [...]

By Bill Wilson — This is one of the most important weeks in the national debate over Obamacare. The oral arguments at the Supreme Court over these three days will give valuable insight into what many of the justices’ thinking on the important issues surrounding the law are, including the individual mandate and its severability from the rest of the [...]