So much praise has been heaped on Paul Clement, lawyer for the Obamacare opposition, that it made me wonder about him—just who he was and what he was doing before this particular case came his way. Clement’s got a lengthy … Continue reading →
The latest liberal meme is that if the Court rules against Obamacare it will be such an egregious case of conservative judicial activism that the Court will become illegitimate. My question is: to whom? The 72% of the American public … Continue reading →
Jonathan Adler asks the question: why did legal elites underestimate the case against the mandate? You might want to give quick and flippant answers—such as, for instance, “because they’re stupid and biased”—but that really doesn’t tell us much. Legal elites … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed a lot of speculation today about the way the questioning is going in the Supreme Court, and what it might mean for the ultimate ruling. And that’s as it should be. It’s a case of unusual importance, and … Continue reading →
Three days of oral arguments is a long time in SCOTUS-land, indicating that the Court considers the issues in the HCR case incredibly important. And yet this hasn’t stopped some liberal commentators (see this, for example) from preemptively suggesting that … Continue reading →
Soon the Supreme Court will be facing the question of whether the federal health care individual mandate is constitutional, but Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick thinks the legal questions are laughable and not even worth considering. Of course it’s constitutional, dummyheads, she … Continue reading →
It’s a real lawsuit, not a fake one, and hearings begin in Los Angeles today. Sugar is suing high-fructose corn syrup for falsely claiming an equivalence to the time-honored sweetener that we all know and love: In a lawsuit that … Continue reading →
Adam J. White does a good job of explaining why the Obamacare individual mandate at the federal level is really and literally “unprecedented.” It’s a long article, but well worth reading if you want to understand the legal issues facing … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “expat.”] Remember the Mohammad al Durah case? There’s a new court ruling with an angle I’d not heard much about before: The [French Supreme Court] vindicated a doctor who was sued by al-Dura’s father for saying the … Continue reading →
Here’s a column by George Will that tackles New York’s very odd rent control/stabilitzation laws—which have been in effect in one form or other for far longer than my lifetime, and which are being challenged in court: The tenants in … Continue reading →
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld, by a vote of 2-1, a judge’s lower court ruling that California’s “Proposition 8 ”” a response to an earlier state court decision that legalized gay marriage ”” was a violation … Continue reading →
A fascinating story: from violent 60s radical to—well, to what? Do you think Judith Clark’s change is sincere? Do you think she should be let out of prison? Those are two separate questions, by the way. [ADDENDUM: David Horowitz says … Continue reading →