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Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. told a federal appeals court Thursday that President Obama and his administration do not quarrel with the authority of the federal courts to strike down an act of Congress, but argued that a court should not do so lightly.
UPDATE 1:44 p.m. A transcript of the exchange between the judge and the government lawyer is here, thanks to NBC News. ——————— A panel of Circuit Court judges, reacting to President Obama’s questioning of federal courts’ authority to strike down some or all of the new health care law, on Tuesday demanded that the government spell out its intentions if a court should do so.
We’re so grateful to all our readers — old and new — for visiting during the health care arguments. We received just over 800,000 hits, which is more in three days than in the entire first four years of the blog’s existence.
Analysis The Supreme Court spent 91 minutes Wednesday operating on the assumption that it would strike down the key feature of the new health care law, but may have convinced itself in the end not to do that because of just how hard it would be to decide what to do after that.
Analysis If Justice Anthony M. Kennedy can locate a limiting principle in the federal government’s defense of the new individual health insurance mandate, or can think of one on his own, the mandate may well survive.
Analysis (Final update 3:11 p.m.) When Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., commented at the end of Monday’s first day of hearings on the health care law, “We’ll continue argument on this case tomorrow,” it seemed to have a secondary meaning even if he did not intend it.
Analysis American constitutional history has not moved in a straight line, from the Founding to the 21st Century. Its development is a wavering line, with twists and turns that were far from predictable.
Two years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Next Wednesday, March 28, the Supreme Court will complete its hearings on constitutional issues surrounding the law.
On Wednesday, March 28, the Supreme Court holds its third day of hearings on constitutional issues surrounding the new federal health care law. This is the third of four articles that will appear on the blog this week, previewing the issues that the Court has agreed to review.
On Tuesday, March 27, the Supreme Court will meet for the second day of hearings on constitutional issues surrounding the new federal health care law. This is the second of four articles that will appear on the blog this week, previewing the issues that the Court has agreed to review.
On Monday, March 26, the Supreme Court begins three days of hearings on constitutional issues surrounding the new federal health care law. This is the first of four articles that will appear on the blog this week, previewing the issues that the Court has agreed to review.
The Supreme Court will allow the release to the public of the audiotape recordings of the health care arguments on the same day as those hearings are held, it announced Friday, citing “the extraordinary public interest in these cases.” As usual, the written transcripts will also be available on a same-day basis.