Category Archives: supreme court
Health Care Tax
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-up (1936)
Here’s Justice Alito, quoted in the NYT:
“Today you are arguing that the penalty is not a tax,” he told Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the administration’s lead advocate. “Tomorrow you are going to be back and you will be arguing that the penalty is a tax. Has the court ever held that something that is a tax for purposes of the taxing power under the Constitution is not a tax under the Anti-Injunction Act?”
Here’s President Obama answering Alito’s question.
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More Powerful Than a Locomotive
The president has begrudgingly consented to bazillions of dollars in Super Pac money to help him keep his job. This isn’t to be confused with the Super Committee, which remains in exile.
On the bright side, Supreme Court justices may attend future State of Union speeches without fear of tongue lashing.
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I Know Where You’re Going
Big Brother is watching you, with a warrant. The Supreme Court ruled the cops can’t plant a GPS device on your car without one. However, the NYT tells us, you can be your own big bro for only $300.
Buy it Now
The administration has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Obama Care individual mandate to buy insurance, right away.
Meanwhile, Obama Motors is offering free loaner cars if your Volt bursts into flames.
The Don Rickles Administration
The Heckler in Chief has gone from insulting the Supreme Court and Paul Ryan, to all the Republicans in Congress. Here’s Obama. And here’s Biden.
Update: Here’s a Michelle Malkin column about Biden’s thuggish behavior toward journalists in this case and others.
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