Kopel on Obamacare & the Supreme Court
CO Independent reports: “The Independence Institute … has filed what it is calling two “potentially game changing” briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. The court this week is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the two-year-old law.” Continue reading
Kopel on Obamacare & the Supreme Court
CO Independent reports: “The Independence Institute … has filed what it is calling two “potentially game changing” briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. The court this week is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the two-year-old law.” Continue reading
Tuesday, March 27: Hands Off My Healthcare Rallies in Colorado
Rallies for the “Supreme Court to uphold Americans’ individual freedom and rule that the ObamaCare individual mandate is unconstitutional.” CO Springs, Denver, Grand Junction, Loveland. Continue reading
Obamacare Medicaid mandates are unconstitutional
ObamaCare’s Medicaid mandates are, if anything, even more constitutionally dubious than the individual mandate. The Independence Institute has taken the unusual step of filing a brief urging the court to overturn them. Continue reading
Dave Kopel on why ObamaCare Mandates Unconstitutional
Dave Kopel explains how ObamaCare is unconstitutional: 1) The “Medicaid mandate violates the principles of federalism.” 2) The “Constitution never granted Congress the power to compel people to purchase products.” Continue reading
Jared Polis (D-Boulder) wrong about Constitution & mandatory health coverage
Jared Polis argues that mandatory health coverage specified by ObamaCare is a tax, and hence is Constitutional. The problem with this argument is that President Obama himself has argued that the mandate is not a tax. Continue reading
Jared Polis (D-Boulder) wrong about Constitution & mandatory health coverage
Jared Polis argues that mandatory health coverage specified by ObamaCare is a tax, and hence is Constitutional. The problem with this argument is that President Obama himself has argued that the mandate is not a tax. Continue reading
Independence Institute’s amicus brief on Fed’s mandate to expand Medicaid eligibility
At the The Volokh Conspiracy, Independence Institute’s Research Director Dave Kopel writes: “On behalf of the Independence Institute, Rob Natelson and I wrote an amicus brief on the Medicaid mandate currently before the Supreme Court. (The ACA requirement that states must drastically expand Medicaid eligibility, or lose all their federal matching funds for Medicaid.)” Continue reading
Dem. constitutional law prof. on ObamaCare Supreme Court case: Judge Kagen should recuse herself
“I have been a liberal constitutional law professor for more than 20 years, and a loyal Democrat. I believe the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and that it would be truly unfortunate for the country (and the party) if the court strikes it down. … as a matter of both principle and law, Kagan should not hear the case.” Continue reading
Dave Kopel on what the Supreme Court should do w/ Obamacare Case
Dave Kopel, Research Director of the Independence Institute, what the Supreme Court should do with the ObamaCare case. Continue reading
Mandatory health insuance both a tax & not a tax
The so-called Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to *not* consider mandatory insurance as a tax when deciding to hear the case, but after it does decide, the DOJ’s lawyers will argue that it’s a tax. Continue reading
Obama’s pre-election strategy of silence on ObamaCare
The White House is quietly implementing a strategy of silence on Obamacare. Its goal: making sure the revolt against the unpopular health care overhaul that swept Republicans into power across the country in November 2010 isn’t repeated in 2012. Continue reading
