August 11, 2026

President Obama responds to HCR challenges

I’ve written before about the constitutional challenges to the Obama healthcare reforms.  As reported over at Paper Chase The Obama administration is also facing health care lawsuits in Virginia and Florida, filed by numerous state attorneys general. Last month, Georgia joined 18 other states [JURIST report] in a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] filed [JURIST report] in the US District Court […]

You know what they say…

The talk about the town is Elena Kagan.  Is she qualified?  Where does she stand on the issues?  Will the GOP try to Bork her?  Does she reflect the President’s vision? and so on.  Here’s a sampling of a few of the blogs and articles out there about the Supreme Court nominee: Over at Slate, […]

And the nominee is…

Elena Kagen.  Not the most accomplished nominee in fifty years, but…not too shabby, either.

The Supreme Court closing its front doors…

The Supreme Court closing its front doors for security reasons. http://ow.ly/1GlQN and still, there are two dissents. Ironic.

Amazon v. North Carolina: taxes on internet purchases, or “Big Brother” in N.C.

One of my favorite things about Amazon–other than that I can shop and never have to leave my desk–is that I can avoid paying taxes on my purchase (as well as shipping, if I can buy enough books, which, honestly, is almost never a problem.  Quite the contrary.  But I digress…).  There have been several […]

Some lessons from Lincoln

With all the hubbub from the far right about returning to our roots and the Founders of the Constitution (whether you think they are crazy or not), it has occurred to me that perhaps they–the Tea Partyers, 9/12 groups, and so on–might be missing a lot of important history in the middle.  That is, all […]

SCOTUSBlog a buzz with Stevens replacement

With Justice Stevens on the way out, the list of who is on the way in is making the rounds. From SCOTUSblog: The Wall Street Journal profiles the list of potential nominees under consideration by the White House.  Anne Kornblut and Robert Barnes of the Washington Post discuss the administration’s list here.  ABC Newsreports that the White […]