This is why “The Enemy of The People,” the “Grim Reaper” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is focused on packing the federal courts with unvetted and unqualified conservative activist ideologues who have the Federalist Society’s stamp of approval, reactionaries who want to roll back the 20th Century and return to the Lochner era (1890 to 1937) … Read more
The Affordable Care Act aka “ObamaCare” will be back in court on Tuesday in a closely watched case hanging over the health care system. ObamaCare repeal lawsuit faces major court test: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear arguments in a lawsuit backed by the Trump administration seeking to overturn the … Read more
The 2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court term is slowly shaping up to be a momentous one, dropping a bombshell or two into the 2020 presidential campaign. The Census case is not over, and could return as early as this summer, or in early October. As Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern note at Slate: If there … Read more
Back in early May, the Trump administration asked the court to strike down all of Obamacare: The Trump administration filed a motion in opposition to the entire Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare” on Wednesday, arguing in a federal appeals court that the signature Obama-era legislation was unconstitutional and should be struck down. Trump Administration Files Formal Request … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court started the day with a dozen cases yet to be decided this week. The Court announced four decisions today, and also that it would be back on Wednesday for another decision day. I would expect at least one additional decision day. It was another day in what would appear to be … Read more