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Poll: 54 Percent Of Voters Think Court Will Pull Plug On Obamacare

By Justin Duckham on March 29, 2012

A slight majority of voters appear to believe that the Supreme Court will overturn health care reform following this week’s hearings on the constitutionality of key provisions in the Affordable Care Act. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll, 54 percent believe that the law will be stricken down while just…

Court Hears Medicaid Portion Of Obamacare

By Staff on March 28, 2012

By Tim Young This afternoon the Supreme Court heard the portion of the Obamacare case dealing with the issue of whether or not Congress unconstitutionally compelled states to expand Medicaid eligibility. Counsel for 26 states, each under Republican control, argued that the federal government was coercing rather than compelling states…

GOP Lawmakers Confident Health Law Will Fall Flat

By Benny Martinez on March 28, 2012

Congressional Republicans were almost giddy Wednesday after the Supreme Court ended its third and final day of arguments focused on President Obama’s staple health care overhaul, despite splitting opinions from the nine Supreme Court Justices over the eventual fate of the bill. Arguments Wednesday revolved around “severability” and the question…

Individual Mandate May Not Spike Health Law

By Staff on March 28, 2012

The Supreme Court began the final day of arguments over health care reform today in order to determine if the individual insurance mandate included in the Affordable Care Act could be severed from the rest of the law if deemed unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Weighs Obamacare’s Constitutionality

By Staff on March 27, 2012

Capping months of speculation, the Supreme Court heard arguments over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, particularly the individual mandate, a provision that requires Americans to purchase health insurance.

Health Care Hearings Draw Supporters And Opponents To Court Steps

By Staff on March 27, 2012

Activists gathered in front of the Supreme Court Tuesday to speak out on demonstrate for and against health care reform. <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/qV6d57h94Us” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

Health Care Reform Heads To High Court

By Staff on March 26, 2012

The Supreme Court began the first of three hearings on health care reform today and the battle lines have already been drawn.

Activists Rally Outside Supreme Court

By Staff on March 26, 2012

By Lily Benitez De Luna Supporters and opponents of the health care reform law rallied outside of the Supreme Court building Monday morning in preparation for three days of arguments before the high court. Large, blue signs that read, “Protect My Healthcare, Protect The Law” occupied the steps of the…

Supreme Court Hears Harmless Error Case

By Staff on March 21, 2012

The Supreme Court heard the case of Vasquez v. United States today in order to determine whether or not their precedent on harmless error was violated. In August of 2008, Alexander Vasquez, Joel Perez and other men were arrested by DEA agents for aiding in what was to be a…

Cheney Critic Gets His Day In Court

By Staff on March 21, 2012

By Tim Young In 2006, Steven Howards noticed then Vice President Dick Cheney shopping at a mall in Beaver Creek, Colorado. A Secret Service agent assigned to Cheney said that he overheard Howards telling someone on a cell phone that he was going to ask the Vice President “how many…