This post probably won’t mean much to newcomers to this blog. But I bet most of the oldtimers remember, and still acutely miss FredHJr, one of the most memorable and prolific commenters here. It hardly seems possible that three years … Continue reading →
…but rats are more like people than you might think: Now may be as good a time as any to say that I am puzzled by people (or rats, for that matter) who like to be tickled. When I was … Continue reading →
After all the brouhaha, I’ve come to the conclusion that, although I would have liked to have seen Obamacare overruled Thursday, fussing about the details of Commerce Clause vs. tax power isn’t really the point, although it’s legally interesting and … Continue reading →
…new Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.
Continue reading →…by Andrew McCarthy.
Continue reading →…among liberals, leftists, and RINO pundits around the MSM and the blogosphere: that there’s no possibility of a repeal of Obamacare in 2012. Even if the Republicans try, they won’t be able to succeed. Or they won’t even try. The … Continue reading →
It can do almost anything it wants to. Rick Hills, an NYU law professor who appears to specialize in federalism (and does not appear to be a conservative), writes: I am no friend of the Commerce Clause argument against the … Continue reading →
I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning reading the SCOTUS Obamacare decision. What I found was so distressing I’m having trouble digesting it; it’s too fibrous and unappetizing a meal. But I’ve already swallowed it; in fact, … Continue reading →
In another comment thread, I wrote: In order for the Court to have standing to hear the suit””because if it were a tax, it could not be heard until the “tax” kicks in, which I believe wouldn’t be till 2014””the … Continue reading →
I’ve been wondering what sort of reasoning the Court used to justify calling the mandate a tax, despite the fact that it the people who designed it and passed it explicitly claimed it was not a tax. Here’s the text … Continue reading →
Randy Barnett, who has been instrumental in developing the legal arguments against Obamacare, asks a very good question: Who would have thought that we could win while losing? The “we” he refers to are those who’ve been arguing—like he has—that … Continue reading →
I don’t usually listen to talk radio. But today I’ve made an exception, and I think that Rush Limbaugh’s approach makes a lot of sense. His point: Obama passed the biggest tax increase in history and committed fraud on the … Continue reading →