So much for weeks of chatter about how the Supreme Court is the last hermetic institution in Washington. CBS News has its …
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And Now, How to Improve Obamacare
Obama could help himself if he leveled with voters about the law’s weaknesses
John Roberts’ Moment: The Chief Justice Weighs Image and Principle in Obamacare Decision
Chief Justice John Roberts arrived on the Supreme Court in 2005 full of promises to dial down the partisan rhetoric and foster the Court’s reputation as a fair-minded forum, not a food fight. But if the liberal Justice Ruth …
Will the Supreme Court Consider a Campaign-Finance Mulligan?
The Affordable Care Act isn’t the only consequential law whose fate the U.S. Supreme Court holds in its hands. Before the end of the month, the court is also expected to decide whether to hear a Montana campaign-finance case that …
No Supreme Court Slam Dunk: Justices Grill Government on Health Insurance Mandate
The Obama Administration’s fight to preserve the new health care law’s individual mandate appeared to take a dark turn Tuesday. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, arguing before the Supreme Court that the government has …
SCOTUS Gets an Education in PDA In More Ways Than One
Listening to arguements today on The City of Ontario v. Quon — a case about whether police officers sexting each other on city-given pagers had an expectation of privacy — the Supreme were struggling a bit with the technology. You know you’re in trouble when the youngest guy on the court, Chief Justice John Roberts, asks: “What’s the …
Wag the SCOTUS
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts last week lashed out at President Obama for his State of the Union criticism of the court’s Citizens United ruling — the line where Associate Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words “No true.” Roberts, speaking at the University of Alabama, called Obama’s remarks “very …