John Roberts and Elena Kagan: Mirror Images of Each Other
…in a 5-4 ruling striking down the ACA. I think he’s, in a way, the mirror image of Elena Kagan, who in high-profile cases usually votes liberal but who, best…
…in a 5-4 ruling striking down the ACA. I think he’s, in a way, the mirror image of Elena Kagan, who in high-profile cases usually votes liberal but who, best…
…government the power to mandate purchases. But at one point, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayorasked whether it would be constitutional for Congress to assess a tax for health insurance and include…
…(click for larger): Everybody fudges. And all politicians lie, including Democrats. But matters of degree do matter, no? The Washington Post is just a bunch of east-coast liberal media elitists,…
…legitimate “rational basis” for the discrimination. Greenhouse observes (as most liberal court watchers have recognized) that the conservative justices select out a few favorite conservative causes—most notably, the cause of…
…off as a result of trade. One small bit of comfort comes from Paul Krugman’s book The Conscience of a Liberal (pp. 262-3). He provides us some reason to think…
…many building cranes and liberal arts colleges, and it will take years to shift our human and produced resources to more valuable pursuits. (Actually, I think there continues to be…
…Times column, Paul Krugman has been explaining why numbers matters since 1999. The unabashed liberal took the Bush administration to task, but he hasn’t exactly let the Obama administration off…
…critics. We should remember that, according to Paul Krugman (Conscience of a Liberal) recent studies of the minimum wage do not uphold the long-claimed negative effects of the minimum wage…
…and of government tax policy by enacting conservative-favored policies is a self-defeating paradox. Ironically, the path to this ideal conservative outcome can only be achieved by first enacting liberal policies…
…party is totally dedicated to reducing taxes which a solid majority think are too low already. Khim is just describing the data. Drum has a long history of warning liberals…