It Was Lunacy Time At the Fifth Circuit Today
It was nice while it lasted.Arne Dedert/DPA via ZUMA As you know, Obamacare is in court yet again. This time the argument is that when Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero, they made the mandate unconstitutional. And if the mandate goes, then the whole law has to go. This is bedbug crazy, but…
British PM Candidate’s Strategy: Ride Hatred of Donald Trump to Victory
David Mirzoeff/PA Wire via ZUMA There’s a fascinating bit of political strategizing that’s emerging in the UK right now. Jeremy Hunt is running against Boris Johnson for leadership of the Conservative Party, and with it leadership of the country. Whoever wins will be the next prime minister. At the same time, diplomatic cables from the…
The Virginia Legislature Held a Special Session to Pass Gun Control. Then State Republicans Pulled a Mitch McConnell.
Gun control activists protest outside special session of the General Assembly to consider gun legislation in Virginia. Steve Helber/AP Tuesday was supposed to be a big day for Virginia legislators to have serious discussions about gun control in the state. Following the mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in May—which left 12 people…
A Federal Court Appears Ready to Buy the GOP’s Argument to Kill Obamacare
Sachelle Babbar/Zuma The fate of the Affordable Care Act remains uncertain following a hearing about the law at a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The hearing concerned a lawsuit originally filed by Republican state attorneys general in a Texas district court in 2018, which alleges that the entirety of Obamacare should be invalidated because…
How Is Greece Doing These Days?
Greece used to be in the news a lot. There were riots in the streets; it was an economic basket case; and the far-left Syriza party took over in 2015. But it’s been pretty quiet on the Greece front lately, and over the weekend the center-right New Democracy party won 40 percent of the vote…
ICE Just Quietly Opened Three New Detention Centers, Flouting Congress’ Limits
Officers stand on the roof of and outside the Adams County Correctional Facility during a 2012 riot. ICE recently started sending asylum seekers to the prison.Lauren Wood/AP When members of Congress reached a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown in February, they gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement a simple instruction: Stop detaining so many…