by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Matthew Franck has defended Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion thusly: I am more convinced than ever that Roberts has a fully plausible case that can be defended on principled grounds. That is not the same as an endorsement of its merits. … But I do think...
by Jane Richey | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
From R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.: Thanks, however, to Professor E. Donald Elliott of the Yale Law School I had a translator at my side, and I shall now hand down my judgment of the Court’s decision on Obamacare, which all sensible Americans have abstained from...
by Jane Richey | Jun 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
In his deciding opinion in the cases challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), Chief Justice John Roberts first says the mandate in the law requiring individuals to buy health insurance is not a tax. Then he says it is a tax. He...