First Day of ObamaCare Arguments Roundup

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today was the first day of oral arguments over ObamaCare at the Supreme Court. Here’s a roundup of some of the coverage:

  • TPFF offers up a nice primer on the issues involved.
  • Speaking of TPFF, here’s newly hired Senior Fellow Richard Epstein on why ObamaCare is unconstitutional. (And more on the same theme.)
  • NPR offers a transcript of the hearings. Unless you are well versed in the intricacies of the Anti-Injunction Act (I am not), it’s like reading a brief on the finer points of an angel’s pin-leasing agreement.
  • In light of that, here’s a lay summary.
  • The Wall Street Journal‘s writeup.
  • Avik Roy offers a preview of arguments.
  • Ann Althouse notices the amazing flexibility of ObamaCare: sometimes it’s a tax, and sometimes it’s not!
  • Even Howard Dean thinks the individual mandate will be ruled unconstitutional.
  • Savingourhealthcare.org on why ObamaCare is a bad idea.
  • The giant C-SPAN ObamaCare archive.
  • NRO’s Condition Critical put up a live blog.

    • About Lawrence Person

    Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.
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