Can the Republican Party still be the party of “small is better” government if it isn’t willing to stick to its guns when the policy is one of its favored issues? Such as, for example, tort reform? I hate it when I hear Republicans at the federal level attack Democrats on the size and scope of […]
“Unconstitutional,” says the 11th Circuit.
August 12, 2011 by
“Unconstitutional” The news making its way through the legal blogosphere, and the online news outlets, is that the 11th Circuit has ruled the individual mandate part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”) is unconstitutional. Let me underscore that: only the individual mandate was found unconstitutional. The rest of the law has […]
The Commerce Clause argument in Virginia v. Sebelius, among others
December 14, 2010 by
Yesterday, the headlines shouted that individual mandate of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (let’s just call it “the Act” for short) was found unconstitutional by a federal court in Virginia. (see my short post on it here) Partisan critics of the ruling were quick to point out that there have already been two cases […]
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An Impressive New Blog in Utah: the “Utah Political Summary”
Reading up on some of the local blogger commentary on HB 477 this morning, I ran into a blog I’d not seen before: the Utah Political Summary. Written and published by local attorney Curt Bentley, the blog purports to provide a political commentary with dual purposes: “(1) to help people who want to know get informed […]