Category Archives: Supreme Court

The Actual Text of the Maryland vs. King Decision

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Actual text of the Supreme Court’s Maryland vs. King “police can take DNA samples” decision can be found here in PDF form. Still haven’t read it yet.

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Supreme Court: All Your DNA Are Belong To Us

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In a 5-4 decision on Maryland vs. King, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can indeed take your DNA sample upon arrest. It was also a decision that split across the court’s usual ideological lines: “Kennedy wrote the decision, … Continue reading →

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It’s All the Same Fight

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Rand Paul has won some liberal plaudits for his filibuster against extra-judicial drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil. Fine and dandy. But what liberal don’t realize is that debate, the debate over government spending, the debate over gun control, … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare Ruling May Hasten Demise of Blue State Model

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

One effect of the ObamaCare ruling is that states can safely reject ObamCare’s Medicaid expansion without losing access to all Medicaid funds. It appears that Texas, wisely, will be doing just that, as will Florida. Hopefully all this won’t matter, … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for June 29, 2012

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Just over a month until the runoff, and the ObamaCare decision seems to have energized the Ted Cruz campaign: The Cruz campaign announced that they crushed their $200,000 fundraising goal tied to their “Knockout punch to ObamaCare” pitch, including over … Continue reading →

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TPPF Conference Call on the ObamaCare Decision

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Just got off a Texas Public Policy Foundation conference call with Chuck DeVore and Arlene Wohlgemuth on the effects of the Supreme Court ObamaCare decision. Just in case you hadn’t read anything on the Internet today, that ruling was 5-4 … Continue reading →

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And Still More ObamaCare Hearings Follow-Up

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lawrence Person

First, the ubiquitous Richard Epstein, on why Justice Kennedy’s million dollar question might restore our understanding of the Commerce Clause to the pre-NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin and Wickard v. Filburn reading that held sway from the founding of the … Continue reading →

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Richard Epstein on the Third Day of ObamaCare Hearings

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I don’t usually link to long audio snippets like this one. But this 19 minutes interview of Richard Epstein is so chock-full of concise and articulate reasons why ObamaCare is unconstitutional that I recommend anyone interested in the subject listen … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 30, 2012 (Including More ObamaCare Hearings Fallout)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A few nuggets of insight before you head off for the weekend: ObamaCare is bad already, but it’s going to get a lot worse. Why ObamaCare can’t work: “It is a perverse but very real fact of life that the … Continue reading →

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Third Day of ObamaCare Arguments Roundup

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Lawrence Person

(Sorry for the delay, the James interview took a lot of time to whip into shape and post.) Day 3 was all about severability and medicaid expansion: Here’s the official transcript. TPFF/PPACAction final analysis. Buzzfeed has edited together all of … Continue reading →

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