“This opinion reinvigorates a stricter understanding of all the powers of government,” Professor Amar said. “There’s a renewed interest in limits to federal power. The language about inactivity suggests that any laws that purport to order conduct, including existing laws, … Continue reading
Health Care Reform The Supreme Court upheld Obamacare, aka the “Affordable Care Act” on Thursday in National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius. There are silver linings here, in that a majority of the justices clearly understand that there are … Continue reading
Californians continue to debate the legacy of the late Peter Douglas, the principal architect and former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commisison. If you’ve followed our work, you know our views about the Commission under Douglas’s leadership. Sacramento writer, Lloyd … Continue reading
Largely lost in the hullaballoo yesterday, the Supreme Court dismissed First American v. Edwards as “improvidently granted.” It did not give any reasons for the dismissal. This case asked whether a plaintiff who suffered no injury whatsoever from a defendant’s … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for writ of certiorari in a case concerning Hawaii’s discriminatory race-based property tax scheme that forces non-preferred races to pay a higher tax rate. The case is called Corboy v. Louie. Here’s the background. In … Continue reading
Columnist George Will explains why “Conservatives distraught about the survival of the individual mandate are missing the considerable consolation prize they won when the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional rationale for the mandate — Congress’s rationale — that was pregnant … Continue reading
I’ll be speaking with KFI radio’s John & Ken in about a half an hour about today’s decision in the Obamacare cases. You can listen online here. … Continue reading