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Scalia Accused Of Turning Into Advocate Against Obama

Posted 05.15.2012

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Scalia's tone this year, particularly in cases involving the Obama administration, is raising new criticism over the temperament of a justice who has ...

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Health Care, Broccoli, and the Common Good

Charles Kolb | Posted 04.18.2012

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It was Justice Scalia's argument that if the government could force an individual to purchase health insurance, it could presumably force an individual to buy broccoli, that convinced me the Supreme Court should uphold the individual mandate.

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Broccoli as Humor

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 04.04.2012

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It is always refreshing when folks who are charged with dealing with really serious subject matter bring a note of levity into the proceedings so people don't get too depressed.

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Supreme Court to Obamacare: Drop Dead?

Terry Connelly | Posted 04.04.2012

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The Supreme Court's conservative majority seems to be caught up in what we might call the "broccoli patch."

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A True Limiting Principle for the Supreme Court Justices

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 04.03.2012

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If one looks at where the federal government has intervened in commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, it's primarily in situations involving very significant market failure.

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Massachusetts to Require Broccoli

Ken Allen | Posted 04.02.2012

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In a stunning development, the Massachusetts legislature today passed a bill requiring its citizens to eat broccoli at least once a week.

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Both Sides: Is Scalia a Pol in Robes? What If Races Reversed in Shooting?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 04.02.2012

Matalin and Kuby clash over health and race. If five Republican justices again rule along party lines, who are the judicial activists? What about Fox's complaint about a rush-to-judgment in Trayvon -- i.e., the Sherrod-Wright cable network? Then: Gaffe-Gate!

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Might Kennedy's Plea Bargain Decisions Reveal How He Will Swing on Health Care?

David Coleman | Posted 05.26.2012

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One can hope Justice Kennedy's approach of seeing the world as it really functions, and not through ideological glasses, will incline him to be a swing vote to affirm the constitutionality of imposing insurance obligations for health care.

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Scalia Has Simple Solution For Critics Of Citizens United

AP | By JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 01.21.2012

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia has a simple solution for people who don't like all the political advertisements unleashed...

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The Supreme Court and the Individual Mandate: The Wind Beneath Whose Wings?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 03.13.2012

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Harkening back to the title of a Bette Midler song of some years back, under whose wings will the wind be when the nation's highest court decides ACA's constitutionality?

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Supreme Court Mulls Death Row Inmate's Mailroom Mix-up

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia became Alabama's best friend on Tuesday morning. During oral argument in the case of death row inmate Cory Maples...

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Let's Put It in Writing: Women Are Equal

Carolyn Maloney | Posted 08.10.2011

Most Americans believe women already have the same rights as men under our Constitution. But sadly they are mistaken.

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Justice Scalia In Fender-Bender On Way To Court

AP | Posted 05.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police ticketed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after a four-car fender-bender Tuesday along the George Washington P...

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Scalia Tells Conservatives Lawmakers Need To Get Familiar With Federalist Papers

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says members of Congress need to get themselves a copy of the Federalist Papers – and ma...

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Will Scalia Tell Congress That the Constitution Leaves Women Out?

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justice Antonin Scalia is set to provide Constitutional lessons at an event organized by Rep. Michele Bachmann. Let's hope the audience also hears from those who respect the constitutional rights of women.

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Justice Scalia To Give Constitutional Lesson On Capitol Hill

Politics Daily | Andrew Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, described just last week by a Washington law professor as "the first real celebrity justice" for his contro...

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Tucson Shooting Shows True Face of NRA's "Second Amendment Remedies"

Josh Horwitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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We can describe Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson as shocking, horrifying, and unthinkable; but no one -- no elected official, no media commentator, no opinion maker -- can truthfully say it was a surprise.

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Originalist Sinner: Justice Scalia and The 14th Amendment

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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California Lawyer this week did report On Justice Scalia of the Supreme Court His shocking views on equal protection Make one wish his was a tenure su...

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Justice Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gende...

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Michele Bachmann: Scalia Will Teach Constitution Class

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently said that she's planning to kick off her congressional constitutional education classes for incoming represen...

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Justice Scalia: The State Of The Union Address Is A 'Juvenile Spectacle'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In remarks to the conservative Federalist Society on Thursday night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia decried the "juvenile spectacl...

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McConnell Skips Obama Dinner, Eats With Federalist Society

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Stein contributed reporting. WASHINGTON -- On the day that Republican leaders were supposed to have a bipartisan meeting and an intimate dinner ...

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Mitch McConnell: Counting On The Courts To Help GOP Overturn Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlined a second part of his strategy in repealing health care reform in a speech to the...

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The Federalist Society: Where Are They Now?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Federalist Society is one of the most powerful and unique organizations in the conservative orbit, describing itself as "a group of ...

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Antonin Scalia -- The Tea Party's Court Justice

David Gans | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time Justice Antonin Scalia -- and his ideological soul mates in the Tea Party -- honored the whole Constitution, including all the Amendments that make the Constitution the great and enduring document it is today.

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