Political and Legal Law

Political Wisdom: Intriguing Court Decision – Wall Street Journal

Political Wisdom’s morning edition rounds up the most … joining a global rally. Key Reads: Law experts say Chief Justice John Roberts may have ruled the way he did on health-care because of a desire to keep the Supreme Court … Continue reading

Court ruling cements Obama’s political legacy, experts say – CNN

(CNN)– Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation effectively cements the cornerstone of his political legacy … of-the-court brief attacking the law. “Not only is the individual …

House Republicans win contempt vote against Attorney General Holder, but legal dispute ahead – Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Republicans have won a historic political fight to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. But the GOP likely is still a long way from obtaining documents it wants in an investigation of a bungled gun-tracking … Continue reading

Obama’s legal victory, political defeat – FOX News

June 28, 2012: President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, after the Supreme Court ruled on his health care legislation.(AP Photo/Luke Sharrett/pool) The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act …

Republicans vow to keep attacking healthcare law in fall campaign – Los Angeles Times

“What we won’t do — what the country can’t afford to do — is refight the political battles of two years ago … “Opposition to this bad law is going to escalate,” predicted Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.

Republicans look to election to give them a chance to repeal health care law – Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Turned away at the Supreme Court, congressional Republicans sketched a strategy Friday to repeal the nation’s health care law in 2013 that requires a sweeping election victory carrying Mitt Romney to the presidency and the party at least … Continue reading

The Reality of Repealing Obama’s Health Care Law – ABC News

Within minutes of the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the president’s health care law Thursday, both House Republicans and the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, vowed to repeal the law. But can they? If Romney wins the White House … Continue reading

McDonnell hopes health-care law will be repealed – Washington Post

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has been making the rounds on national TV the last day or two to talk about the Supreme Courts’s decision to uphold the federal health-care law. McDonnell will meet with staff to determine how Virginia … Continue reading

Law’s politics not settled – Wichita Eagle

The politics of the federal health care law are sure to motivate voters in the coming elections and spur pushback in Washington, D.C., and Topeka. The U.S. Supreme Court finally settled the question of whether the federal health care law … Continue reading

G.O.P. Vowing to Take Battle Over Health Care Law Into November – New York Times

“Whatever the politics, today’s decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law,” Mr. Obama said from the East Room of the White House, taking care to avoid being … Continue reading