Politics Law 
GOP leaders see November as time to defeat health law – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
provided the pivotal vote in that decision by ruling that the penalty was legal under the government’s taxing authority. While technically handing a political victory to Mr. Obama, Justice Roberts’ ruling invigorated Republicans eager to cast the law as a … Continue reading
Politics: Justice without thought, reason replaced with bank accounts – Examiner
resulting in Witch Trails and martial law imposed. Blindly following this focus will result only in the same results, to be heard one must be part of the ruling party. The political process and legal remedies meant only to be … Continue reading
Roberts ‘wobbly’ before ruling on health-care law, CBS reports – Seattle Times
Word of Roberts’ unusual shift has spread widely within the court, and is known among law clerks, chambers’ aides and secretaries, CBS reported on its website. The report by CBS News chief political and legal correspondent Jan Crawford noted …
Chief Justice John Roberts Betrays Conservatives But Dooms Obama – Forbes
whatever you make of its impact on legal doctrine, Chief Justice Roberts’s thin and slapdash opinion upholding Obamacare had dire political consequences. So far, so bad. First, we have learned that Roberts switched his view on the law …
Maligned lawyer emerges as winner – Minneapolis Star Tribune
The justices often say the arguments set out in the legal briefs are crucial to deciding cases, more so than the oral arguments in the courtroom. There is no better example than the health care law case. Two alternative grounds … Continue reading
Healthcare law still faces obstacles – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s healthcare law emerged from its bruising two-year legal ordeal largely intact … plans — are slated to go into effect in 2014. But budgetary politics may still derail full implementation of the law.
RPT-UPDATE 1-After health ruling, will US be ready for the law? – Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) – Now that the Supreme Court has removed the main legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, policy experts question whether enough U.S. states will be ready to implement the law when it takes …
Limits on Spending Power Seen as Health Ruling’s Legacy – Bloomberg
Congress has used conditions on federal funding as a policy tool in many areas. The law known as Title IX … While restricting Congress’s legal reach under its commerce and spending authority, the high court ultimately upheld the insurance …
Obamacare, Romneycare And The Politics In Between – NPR News
I mean, it’s pretty safe to say that this was a big legal victory for the president … If the president is reelected, the law continues. It’s a pretty clear choice. GREENE: All right. NPR’s national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
InternetNZ launches funding round for policy research – Scoop
The Policy & Legal Funding Round is for research projects that explore the intersect of the Internet and public policy or law. Only those projects that align with InternetNZ’s objects can be funded as the organisation is a registered charity. … Continue reading
