In today’s American Spectator, I discuss the eight GOP governors who have embraced Obamacare’s Medicaid mandate, even though the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional. Medicaid is a joint state-federal program, yet a provision of Obamacare required the withholding of all federal funds from noncompliant states. The plaintiffs argued that this was so coercive that was [...]
In today’s American Spectator, I discuss the curious silence of the “news” media on the four December court rulings that went against the HHS mandate, as compared to the thousands of stories they produced about the relatively unimportant Hobby Lobby decision: In December, there were five federal court decisions relating to ObamaCare. Chances are, however, [...]
You wouldn’t force an atheist to buy you a bible. You wouldn’t force a vegetarian to buy you a hamburger. Why, then, would you ask a Catholic employer to purchase your birth control? It’s that simple. [ht Ed Morrissey]
Remember when our President made this pledge? Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes. Well, this turns out to be yet another broken promise: Nearly 6 [...]
Another day, another lawsuit. Like the Catholic organizations that have sued the government, these folks object to being forced to make a choice between betraying their religious beliefs and staying in business: Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts retailer founded by evangelical Christians, sued the Obama administration on Wednesday to stop a mandate under the [...]
Ann Coulter says Obama’s base is comprised of stupid single women. Seem outrageous? Well, she obviously phrased her point in the most provocative way possible in order to draw attention to it. And some voters still support him, after so many failures, for reasons more complex than mere cluelessness. But her statement is certainly true [...]
In my column for today’s American Spectator, I discuss Obamacare’s latest legal troubles. On Friday, a federal judge appointed by Jimmy Carter issued an injunction halting enforcement of the anti-conscience mandate: If the supporters of ObamaCare thought its legal troubles were over after the recent Supreme Court ruling, they learned otherwise last week. On Friday, [...]
This movement against the Obama administration’s anti-conscience mandate may, in the end, have a more profound effect on the election than the recent decision by the Supreme Court. It’s not just Catholics anymore: Today Wheaton College filed a lawsuit alongside The Catholic University of America in the Washington, D.C. District Court opposing the Health and Human Services [...]
Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett discusses how the Constitution is actually a little safer because of the ruling. How? Five of nine justices voted against the notion that Congress can make you buy things pursuant to its power to regulate interstate commerce.
He claims here that ObamaCare only taxes you (via the mandate) if you don’t buy insurance. It’s a lie, of course, that you won’t pay a tax if you have insurance. But watch before I explain why: He fails to mention that, if you have a plan whose benefits exceed what the government says is [...]
