The Judge Sure Is Funky… The Judge Sure Is Funky…
Eric on silly predictions and the Washington Post, and Reed on Obamacare.
Jun 29, 2012 / Eric Alterman
This Week in Poverty: 89,000 Children in Pennsylvania Lose Medicaid This Week in Poverty: 89,000 Children in Pennsylvania Lose Medicaid
In Pennsylvania, 89,000 children have been dropped from Medicaid, including many with life-threatening illnesses who were mistakenly deemed ineligible.
Jun 29, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Justice Roberts’s Decision Is Not for Cheering Justice Roberts’s Decision Is Not for Cheering
There are booby traps in the Court’s Commerce Clause reading, and the traps are baited and ready for tripping in the Medicaid part of the ruling.
Jun 29, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Straight and Narrow Straight and Narrow
Can you cheat when solving a crossword puzzle, and if so how?
Jun 28, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Did Justice Roberts Set Booby-Traps in His Commerce Clause Ruling? Did Justice Roberts Set Booby-Traps in His Commerce Clause Ruling?
Is Roberts “gutting the Commerce Clause”—or merely throwing red meat to the right?
Jun 28, 2012 / Leslie Savan
The Supreme Court Leaves Romney in the Cold The Supreme Court Leaves Romney in the Cold
Mitt's reaction to today's decision was feeble, and telling.
Jun 28, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Nora Ephron: Writer, Filmmaker, Feminist, Wit Nora Ephron: Writer, Filmmaker, Feminist, Wit
A brilliant, elegant, hilarious woman at the top of her creative powers since forever—since before I used to proofread her Esquire column back in the early ’7...
Jun 28, 2012 / Katha Pollitt
The Three-Letter Word That Saved Healthcare The Three-Letter Word That Saved Healthcare
Obama didn’t kill your granny, freedom is not actually dead and constitutionally protected taxation can—and often does—create a stronger America.
Jun 28, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
Ruling Could Allow Republicans to Deny Medicaid to Millions of Poor Americans Ruling Could Allow Republicans to Deny Medicaid to Millions of Poor Americans
Today’s decision could mean the no government insurance for millions of Americans that would otherwise get it under the ACA.
Jun 28, 2012 / George Zornick
Obamacare Upheld: How and Why Did Justice Roberts Do It? Obamacare Upheld: How and Why Did Justice Roberts Do It?
President Obama may not call the individual mandate a “tax”—but John Roberts does.
Jun 28, 2012 / David Cole