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King v. Burwell: The Latest Obamacare Mess at the Supreme Court 0
- March 10, 2015
When I first heard about King v. Burwell, the latest Obamacare controversy before the U.S. Supreme Court, I assumed it was the kind of case in which the legislative intent was clear, but for one reason or another the wording of the statute did not match the legislative intent. That would have been an interesting
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More Evidence From Last Term That It’s Not a “Conservative Supreme Court”0
- October 20, 2014
Note: This article was first published at cns news. There is a common media myth that the current U.S. Supreme Court, or at least a majority of the current justices, is “conservative.” But if a “conservative” justice is one who consistently interprets the Constitution in accordance with traditional methods of judging—as the Founders intended for
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Did Obamacare Violate the Constitution’s Origination Clause? No. . . and Yes 0
- August 5, 2014
Note: This a modified version of an article that appeared at The American Thinker. Two years ago, the Supreme Court declared Obamacare’s penalty for failure to purchase conforming insurance to be a “tax.” Several plaintiffs subsequently sued in federal court arguing that the penalty is invalid for violating the Constitution’s Origination Clause. The Origination Clause
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Numbers cast doubt on Hickenlooper’s teen pregnancy claims 0
- July 29, 2014
Has Colorado really had more success in preventing “teen” pregnancies than other states? Gov. John Hickenlooper said yes in a news conference convened within days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision. But the numbers cast serious doubt on his story.
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The Dark Side of Hobby Lobby: Contraceptive Coverage as a ‘Compelling Government Interest’0
- July 14, 2014
Note: This item originally appeared at the website of The American Thinker. The Hobby Lobby case is being hailed by freedom advocates as a great victory. On balance it certainly it is a victory for those who value personal freedom. But it also contains land mines that may one day prove destructive to freedom. One
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The Colorado health exchange costs federal taxpayers $1,427 per enrollee 0
- June 3, 2014
A May 2014, report from the law firm Mehri & Skalet estimates that the Colorado health exchange is costing federal taxpayers $1,427 per enrollee. That was before its director, Patty Fontneau, got the $14,000 bonus, and a 2.5 percent salary bump that raised her salary to $195,314 a year and sweetened an already generous retirement
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