All About Politics and Not the Law
…letting politics trump the rule of law, the principle that there are laws that everyone, including the government, must follow. Apparently, the senator is no longer a fan. Senator Lee,…
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SCOTUS Opinions on Stops based upon race, ethnicity, language, location, or occupation
…Sotomayor takes swipe at Brett Kavanaugh over Supreme Court dispute.” NewsWeek Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: He “probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour.” This was…
Cost Sharing Reductions and the Constitution
…2015: “The Supreme Court has been very clear that you do not have to have a law that says ‘appropriations’ across the top. You just need a law directing that…
Republicans are quietly rolling back Obamacare
…well as North Carolina, which has a Democratic governor, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, the Affordable Care Act provisions in the law are forecast to…
Employee Stock Options and How the IRS Cannot Win a Court Case
…is litigating this issue in a pending Tax Court case Xilinx Inc. v. Comr. It seems the IRS has tried to litigate this issue for almost a decade with no…
Okay, so why was Julie Boonstra advocating for lower-cost oral chemotherapy treatment in Washington when she was getting that medication for a set, low monthly price under the insurance plan she liked and did not want to part with? Was she concerned about reaching her annual or lifetime coverage cap?
Boonstra is the ex-wife of Mark Boonstra, the former Washtenaw County GOP chairman whom Gov. Rick Snyder appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 2012. Julie Boonstra said she’s…
Yes, Scalia Messed Up. But He Was Right. Sort of. (Although not about his claim that in 2001 the EPA was masquerading as a trucking association and arguing both sides of a lawsuit.)
…expertise whatsoever in environmental law and because I haven’t read either the majority opinion written, by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or Scalia’s dissent, joined by Clarence Thomas, who probably would have…
Just a “stab at humor”
…of confidence in jury verdicts, a confidence that is a central premise of the Sixth Amendment trial right,” the court wrote. As such, the court concluded that “where a juror…
Social Justice: Debt, Solidarity or Care?
…person has benefitted at the expense of someone else and therefore owes compensation in return. This might not be recognized in a court of law, but it makes an ethical…
When a post office is not a post office: USPS celebrates 130th anniversary of the Bellville GA post office by closing it
…and it’s the home of Pinewood Christian Academy, a school with alumni like ET’s Brooke Anderson (@BrookeAnderson), actor Michael Moncrief, Comedy Central’s Drew Tarver (@drewtarver), Drew’s sister, singer Katelyn Tarver…