Justice Scalia was predictably skeptical of the mandate in today’s arguments, invoking one of conservatives’ favorite talking points: Can Congress mandate the consumption of broccoli?
Kennedy, Roberts, Alito all ask skeptical questions on the mandate but it’s not clear after today if there are five votes to throw out the mandate, Sahil Kapur reports.
A reminder that this sort of tea-leaf reading can be overdone and misleading. But it isn’t necessarily. The current court is a lot more direct in its questioning with fewer rhetorical feints than courts past.
Audio of Tuesday’s Supreme Court oral arguments. Listen.
Or you can read the transcript.
Here’s audio Monday’s, too, if you missed it.
In a stunning blow to federal prosecutors, a judge throws out the most serious charges against Michigan’s Hutaree militia.
We’ve got all the news from today’s centerpiece oral arguments at TPM HCR, including Sahil Kapur’s account from inside the courtroom and Brian Beutler’s “it’s not as bad as it looked” analysis.
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) holds narrow leads against his potential Democratic rivals in the recall election, according to a new poll.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is front and center in the protest over Trayvon Martin’s killing. He’s also host of a program on MSNBC. Does the network have a problem?
Brian Beutler has all you need to know ahead of the final day of oral arguments on the Affordable Health Care Act in front of the Supreme Court.
It’s easy to imagine that two generations of aggressive judicial advocacy and court-packing was leading up to this moment yesterday before the Supreme Court. This would be the prize. Read More
TPM Reader PM checks in with a smart take on the HCR oral arguments:
I’m sure you’re getting a ton of comments from lawyers, and I don’t want to add to that deluge except for two short points: