On Friday, a George W. Bush-appointed federal judge specifically chosen by Republican governors and attorneys general to decimate the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) did what he often does: he struck down a policy enacted by elected Democrats using spurious legal reasoning.
But while United States District Judge Reed O’Connor’s tortured argument that the whole of Obamacare is now unconstitutional since congressional Republicans removed its individual mandate ...
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Federal judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional, Democrats immediately vow appeal
The president celebrated the judge's ruling late Friday.
BREAKING: Republican judge issues order striking down Obamacare
Last February, a bloc of 20 Republican governors and attorneys general brought a lawsuit seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Then they ran into a problem. Some of these officials faced reelection races in 2018. Others sought higher office. And repealing Obamacare is unpopular.
One of these officials, Senator-elect Josh Hawley (R-MO) even ran an ad where he lied to his state’s voters and claimed that he supports “forcing insurance companies to cover all pre-existin...
Walker signs lame duck bills aimed at undermining incoming Democratic governor
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed into law a suite of bills Friday aimed at weakening his incoming successor, Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers (D).
“There’s a lot of hype and hysteria, particularly in the national media, implying this is a power shift,” Walker, who has less than a month left in office, said Friday before signing the legislation. “It’s not.”
Among other things, the package gives the legislature control of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. boa...
Robert Mueller just got some hilarious news from the worst judge in Washington
Judge Richard Leon, a senior U.S. District Judge who sits on the District Court for the District of Columbia, is the judge you want when what you want is to own the libs. Yet, in an order handed down Wednesday, Leon suggested that even he has limited patience for that merry band of misfits and cranks that orbit Donald Trump.
For those of you who may not be familiar with this jurist, Leon handed down what may the the most aggressive anti-birth control decision of the Obama years, hol...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the only 29-year-old Democrat who was just elected to Congress
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) isn’t the only 29-year-old who was part of Democrats’ historic “blue wave” in last month’s midterms.
Her future House colleague Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) — who recently unseated two-term Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA) in Cedar Rapids’ 1st congressional district — is only nine months older, but she’s just as relatable.
If you aren’t already feeling old, let’s just get it all out of ...
WATCH: SCOTUS deals blow to two states’ attempts to cut Planned Parenthood funding
The Supreme Court today dealt a blow to two states' attempts to hamstring Planned Parenthood clinics by disqualifying them from public Medicaid funds.
SCOTUS deals blow to two states’ attempts to cut Planned Parenthood funding
The Supreme Court today dealt a blow to two states' attempts to hamstring Planned Parenthood clinics by disqualifying them from public Medicaid funds.
The Supreme Court just gave us its first view of how it will handle abortion in the Kavanaugh era
The Supreme Court handed down a surprising order on Monday, announcing it will not hear a pair of cases asking, among other things, how much power conservative states have to defund Planned Parenthood. The order is surprising because, as Justice Clarence Thomas notes in a dissent joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, the two cases meet the ordinary criteria the Supreme Court uses to determine which cases it should hear.
“One of this Court’s primary functions is to ...
Trump floats one of the architects of the 2013 shutdown as his new chief of staff
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that current White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will resign at the end of the year. So far, the search for anyone willing to manage a chaotic White House and a goonish, know-nothing president is not going well.
NEW: A source close to Mulvaney tells me he is no longer interested in COS job, Mnuchin and Lighthizer sending out same signals…. list of potential replacements for Kelly shrinking by the hour.
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