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Category Archives: Individual Mandate
Settled and Unsettled
Gerald Ford, the one president who was never elected to the office, when Richard Nixon was somewhere high over Kansas on his way to San Clemente out here, an hour or two after resigning rather than face impeachment and certain … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act of 2010, Constitutional Law, Constitutionality of Obamacare, Individual Mandate, John Roberts, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Rules Affordable Care Act Constitutional
Tagged ACA Constitutional, Affordable Care Act, Constitutionality of Obamacare, Gerald Ford, Impeach John Roberts, Individual Mandate as Tax, John Roberts, Medicaid Expansion, Moving to Canada After Obamacare Wins, Obama Wins Big, Obamacare Constitutional, Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion, Our Long National Nightmare Over, Republican Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling, Ruling in Favor of Obamacare, Stopping Medicaid Expansion, Supreme Court Back Obama, Supreme Court Declares Affordable Care Act Constitutional, Tax versus Taxing Authority, Things Those Who Don't Buy Insurance, World Reaction to Affordable Care Act
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Behind That Door
Everyone knows the conventions of most every Hollywood horror movie. A group of young people, which must include at least one hot babe, finds themselves at night in the middle of nowhere, except that there’s this dark mysterious house on … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act of 2010, Constitutionality of Obamacare, Individual Mandate, Supreme Court
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act, Constitutionality of Individual Mandate, Constitutionality of Obamacare, Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death Life and Everything in Between, Death Panels, Democrats Worst Nightmare, Healthcare Reform, Hollywood Horror Movies, Horror Movie Clichés, Individual Mandate, Killer Broccoli, Risk Pools, Striking Down Obamacare, Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare, Supreme Court Simply an Arm of One Political Party, The Broccoli Argument, Theresa Brown
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No Reason to Expect Justice
Summer began – the summer solstice arrived, as it always does, and in Paris there was the Fête de la Musique – as there is every year. Along with the classical stuff in the parks and churches there’s always a … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act of 2010, Constitutionality of Obamacare, Individual Mandate, Supreme Court
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Americans and Vacation, Conservatives Tend Toward Triumphalism, Court of Law Not Justice, End of Term Supreme Court Rulings, Ezra Klein, Final Supreme Court Rulings, Individual Mandate, Justice versus Law, Law Not Justice, Liberals Tend Toward Despair, Mere Factual Innocence, News Media Tends to Overplay the Importance of Whatever Thing Just Happened, Of Course the Supreme Court is Political, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Political Court Rulings, Politicization of the Supreme Court, Predicting the Supreme Court, Supreme Court, The Law and Politics
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The Day the Dog Didn’t Bark in the Night
What doesn’t happen is sometimes what matters. Sherlock Holmes did solve that case of the missing race horse primarily because that dog didn’t bark in the night. And each November the Brits celebrate that day in 1605 when Parliament didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act of 2010, Constitutionality of Obamacare, European Debt Crisis, Greek Economic Crisis, Individual Mandate
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Antonin Scalia, Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Eurozone Crisis, Greece is Doomed, Greece Votes for Austerity, Greece Votes To Stay in the Union, Greek Crisis, Individual Mandate Necessary, Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Market Reaction to Greek Vote, Medicare for All, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Scalia Changes His Mind, Striking Down the Individual Mandate, Supreme Court Silent
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Death as the Great Instructor of Personal Responsibility
There is much about conservatives that liberals just don’t get – but conservatives like it that way. Liberals are big on that notion that you should walk a mile in the other guy’s shoes – you try to understand others. … Continue reading
Posted in Individual Mandate, Intensity as Truth, Liberal Tolerance, Libertarianism, Personal Responsibility, The Conservative-Liberal Divide
Tagged Belief versus Thinking, Cheering Death from Poverty, Emergency Room Law, Individual Mandate, Liberal-Conservative Divide, Libertarian Purity, Obamacare, Perry Executes Innocent Man, Perry's Executions, Personal Responsibility, Republican Tea Party Debate, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Socialized Medicine, The Tampa Debate
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