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obamacare
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Don’t Celebrate Yet
The Supreme Court’s decision will make it much harder to extend health insurance to America’s poor.
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Rip, Don’t Read
Republicans attack the Supreme Court’s health care ruling before they’ve even read it.
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The Eight Stages of Conservative Grief
The fiery, petty, glum GOP responses to the Obamacare decision.
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John Roberts Is No Hero
Why our crush on the chief justice is silly—and undeserved.
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Supreme Court Year in Review
The Commerce Clause was clearly enough to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
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Obamacare Survives
Dahlia Lithwick’s reaction to the historic Supreme Court ruling.
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What Would President Romney Do?
Romney’s promised to scrap Obamacare—and if he wins he can do it.
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Obama Wins the Battle, Roberts Wins the War
The chief justice’s canny move to uphold the Affordable Care Act while gutting the Commerce Clause.
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Originalist Sin
A brilliant article shows that the Founding Fathers not only supported mandates, they passed laws imposing them. Take that, Scalia!
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Justice by the Numbers
When it comes to deciding the future of Obamacare, the Supreme Court should ignore public opinion.
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Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Gloat Yet
The right is giddy after last week’s Supreme Court arguments on Obamacare. Their glee may come back to haunt them.
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A Court of Radicals
If the justices strike down Obamacare, it may have grave political implications for the court itself.
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Lights! Cameras! It’s the Supreme Court!
If the justices are going to act like Fox News, why not broadcast oral arguments for the world to see?
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Scalia’s Liberating Explosion of Joy
Dahlia Lithwick chats with readers about the Obamacare oral arguments.