When I saw the persuasive bad reviews from Emily Nussbaum and Willa Paskin, I knew I was probably going to have to watch The Newsroom so I could judge for myself. And yet, as a longtime Sorikn-on-TV detractor, as more critics expressed doubts about the...
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The core of Mark Tushnet's three part explanation for John Roberts voting to strike the ACA at oral argument and then voting to uphold it is provocative from a different.
Scheiber: As Matt Taibbi explains, [the Barclays scandal] is a neutron-bomb of a revelation that’s caused even hardened cynics to rethink their assumptions about the banking system. It’s as though.
Mark Tushnet has an expectedly brilliant series of posts about the ACA cases up chez Balkin, all of which merit some discussion. I'll start with the least counterintuitive argument (from the perspective of Tushnet, in my view the most accomplished scholar to come from...
The latest round of arbitrary abortion regulations in Mississippi will pose a stark question should the related cases rise the appellate ladder -- namely, does Casey have any meaningful content.
Students of for-profit colleges, not surprisingly, have lower earnings than other college graduates. As a result, they "make up about half of all student loan defaults, even though they make.
The return of the debtor's prison!
For reasons Dean Baker explains, the plan David Brooks touts as an alternative to the ACA is utter crap, a combination of stuff that's already in the ACA ("skin in.
Too much attention has been paid to John Roberts's alleged doctrinal victories on the commerce clause, which will have essentially no effect going forward. On the other hand, the one.
I'll let Paul write up his own scoop, but his appearance on the teevee for those who missed it: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
I have more on the revelations about Roberts's switch. Among other things, I note that the story that some of the leaking justices/clerks want to tell -- about Roberts being.
Gov. Luthor turns down the Medicaid money. To be clear, Scott's position is that poor people should be stricken with debilitating illnesses and in some cases die unnecessarily because he.