Outside the Beltway

There’s very little evidence or logic to support the attacks coming from the right against Chief Justice Roberts.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

One part of the Supreme Court’s PPACA ruling has not received a lot of attention, but it has the potential to have a lot of impact in the future.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

Is there a logical flaw in the way Chief Justice Roberts addressed the tax issue in his opinion? Not really.

So, we’re safe from that broccoli mandate, right?

In his ruling on the ObamaCare cases, Chief Justices Roberts reached back to a judicial philosophy with roots in men like Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Felix Frankfurter.

There is another explanation for the sometimes confusing nature of the dissent in the ObamaCare case.

Electing Romney hardly means repeal of the PPACA, even if he will make it sound that way.

Who benefits from the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare ruling?

Either the majority and dissenting opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius were among the sloppiest in Supreme Court history or the Chief Justice switched sides at the 11th hour.

The Republican strategy on health care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision needs some tweaking.

Chief Justice Roberts sided with a majority in upholding the individual mandate and, indeed, all but some trivial portions of the Affordable Care Act.

The US Supreme Court has struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a federal crime to lie about military honors, on free speech grounds.

Regardless of how the Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, the upcoming election has the potential to reshape the Court for decades to come.

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

In advance of tomorrow’s ruling, some pundits on the left are displaying some very odd views on the role of the law in American politics.

One law professor suggests that we need to double the size of the Supreme Court. Is he right?

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

President Obama’s immigration policy shift is legal, it’s good policy, but bypassing Congress won’t solve our immigration problems.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

OTB’s comment section as a microcosm of the American political landscape.

Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice confirms that it supports Marbury v. Madison

What we are seeing at the moment is the expected political churn that accompanies something as big as the PPACA case

The White House and its allies have already declared war on a decision that won’t even be rendered until three months from now.

Is the Supreme Court risking it’s legitimacy if it strikes down the individual mandate?

This week’s hearings in the Supreme Court caught many proponents of the Affordable Care Act off guard.

This morning, the Justices pondered the fate of the PPACA if they strike down the individual mandate.

Is the now-familiar refrain that the individual mandate was originally a conservative idea really true?

It seems to have been a rough day for the individual mandate at the Supreme Court.

The Solicitor General was unprepared to answer the most predictable question on the ObamaCare insurance mandate.

By the end of today’s first day of hearings on the Affordable Care Act, the Justices seem eager to take the consider the case on the merits.

Starting tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court dives into the most significant case that has been before it in many years.