NFIB v. Sebelius

Supreme Court & health care: Speeding is legal – just pay fine through the IRS!0
- July 9, 2012
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading →
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Rob Natelson on Supreme Court’s sophistry, why mandatory insurance is not a tax 0
- July 6, 2012
The rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading →
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Kopel: Neither Constitution or tax law justifies excise tax for not buying a product 0
- July 4, 2012
Kopel: “There is literally no constitutional or tax-law precedent for the notion that an individual can be subject to an excise tax merely for choosing not to buy a product.” Continue reading →
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Obama’s SCOTUS Victory Speech Translated (by John Stossel)0
- July 3, 2012
After the Supremes approved Obamacare yesterday, the President gave a speech. John Stossel think it needs de-coding. Continue reading →
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Paul Hsieh, MD on SCOTUS ObamaCare ruling 0
- July 2, 2012
1) American health care will be in deep trouble in just a few years. 2) There are plenty of good ideas for free market health care reform. 3) ObamaCare must be defeated politically. Continue reading →
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Dave Kopel Explains SCOTUS ObamaCare Decision 0
- June 30, 2012
Host Jon Caldara is joined by Dave Kopel, constitutional law professor and attorney of record for two (count ’em, two) Independence Institute amicus briefs in the Obamacare Supreme Court case, to dissect and explain the court’s rulings on the controversial health care law. Continue reading →
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