NRD Editor’s Note: We will be updating this post throughout the day with new information–so stay tuned! The oral arguments at the Supreme Court over ObamaCare have ended. After 3 days, the fate of ObamaCare hangs in the hands of the 9 justices of the Supreme Court. We can expect a decision in late June. You can listen to today’s [...]
Predictions of Obamacare’s Demise by Liberal Media Premature
By John Vinci — Yesterday, Jeffrey Toobin, a liberal legal analyst for CNN, was rebuked by Senator Harry Reid for predicting that, based on yesterday’s oral arguments, the Supreme Court would rule against Obamacare’s Individual Mandate. But despite early predictions of the Individual Mandate’s demise, a closer look at the oral arguments shows that such analysis is premature. It is [...]
Is The Individual Mandate Constitutional?
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.
White House defends Solicitor General Verrilli’s widely panned attempt to defend ObamaCare
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 [...]
ObamaCare & SCOTUS: Day 2
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 [...]
Justice Anthony Kennedy: Federal government has a ‘very heavy burden of justification’
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 [...]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Obamacare, ObamacareWatcher.org Explains
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.
ObamaCare & SCOTUS Day 1
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): [...]
Supreme Court oral arguments begin on Obamacare
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 [...]
Two years of Obamacare and ‘We’re still trying to find out what’s in it.’
By John Vinci — Today is the second anniversary of the passage of Obamacare. And by our count there are now over one hundred Obamacare regulatory implementation documents that span over 10,000 pages and contain nearly 2.5 million words.[1] You’d think that 2.5 million words would be enough to tell us exactly how Obamacare will work and operate. Not so, [...]



