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Activist Judges on Trial
Washington - Three days of Supreme Court arguments over the health care law demonstrated for all to see that conservative justices are prepared to act as an alternative legislature, …
Generals Who Don’t Just Fade Away: The Newest in Self-Dealing Maneuvers
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was one of the major generals of World War II and Korea, but he will also always be known as one of the generals who was …
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GOP Justices Clown Over Health Care
The questions asked by the Republican partisans on the U.S. Supreme Court suggest they will overturn the Affordable Care Act. Instead of a serious debate about health care and the …
Healthcare Debate: As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case, Does Law Do Enough to Fix Health Crisis?
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the Affordable Care Act goes too far, we host a debate on whether the law goes far enough. The case is reviving the …
Can Health Care Win by Losing at Highest Court?
A police officer stands guard as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2012. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the individual mandate Tuesday, the central …
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Hard Questions From Justices Over Insurance Mandate
Washington - With the fate of President Obama's health care law hanging in the balance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a lawyer for the administration faced a barrage …
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ALEC Climate Change Denial Model Bill Passes in Tennessee
The month of March has seen unprecedented heat and temperatures. A rational thinking, scientifically-grounded individual could only posit, "Well, hmm, I bet climate change has something to do with the …
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Supreme Court to Hear Heart of Health Care Law Case
Supporters and opponents of the health care law demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2012. The Supreme Court on Monday starts three days of hearings on …
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Health Care Jujitsu
Not surprisingly, today’s debut Supreme Court argument over the so-called “individual mandate” requiring everyone to buy health insurance revolved around epistemological niceties such as the meaning of a “tax,” …
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French Muslims Fear Stigmatisation After Killings
“The murderer is gone, and now it's us who will have to live with the consequences.” That's how a Muslim shopkeeper summed up for IPS the death and legacy …