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Jamie Dupree blogs on the Supreme Court
Congress battles on Obama health law
As the Congress returns to work this week after a July Fourth break, Republicans in the House will focus their political energy on a vote scheduled for Wednesday which would repeal the Obama health law. The outcome is easy to predict, as Republicans will vote for the law's repeal, while ...
Why the Individual Mandate is still constitutional
Since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama health law on Thursday, I have received a number of messages from listeners and readers arguing that because the Justices found the individual mandate was a tax, it was unconstitutional, as that plan didn't start in the House. "Article 1, Section 7 ...
Reporters get a Supreme Court reminder
Through the years that I have covered news in Washington, D.C., I have always tried to follow one rule - don't try to predict what the Supreme Court is going to do on a certain case. That was driven home this week by decisions in several major cases of the ...
Chief Justice Roberts delivers for President Obama
With the Supreme Court sharply divided, the Obama health law was saved by Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the four more liberal justices on the Court to uphold both the individual mandate and the overall health reform plan. It was a supremely ironic outcome, as the Roberts Court ...
Supreme Court rules on health care
It has been three months since three days of arguments before the Supreme Court wrapped up on the Obama health law, and now the Justices will finally deliver their verdict. But here is something important to remember - there is not just one health care case before the Supreme Court ...
Supreme Court Monday
All eyes Monday morning will again be on the U.S. Supreme Court, as this week should bring what some believe may be a landmark decision on the Obama health law as well as a controversial illegal immigration law from Arizona. There are other cases still to be ruled on by ...
Waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will again be the big focus in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, as the Justices will issue some of the final decisions of their 2011-2012 term - whether that includes a ruling on the Obama health law, no one knows. Once again, the major TV news networks and ...
"Dress rehearsal" expected at Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. will be on alert on this Monday morning for a possible Supreme Court ruling on the Obama health law, even though most experts don't believe that decision will be handed down until next week. My friends who work for the various television networks will all be in place ...
Media requests Supreme Court coverage
A coalition of news companies and media organizations has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for live video and audio coverage inside the court when the historic decision is announced in coming weeks on the Obama health law. In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, the group acknowledges ...
Health Care Verbal Battle
As President Obama walked back some of his tough rhetoric on the Supreme Court review of his administration's health reform law, a federal appeals court judge boiled over during a hearing on that same issue, saying Mr. Obama's statements were "a challenge to the federal courts." On Monday, the President ...
Inside the Supreme Court III
As the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up over six hours of arguments on the Obama health law on Wednesday afternoon, all sides left the courtroom without a clear idea of how the Justices might rule. "The idea all along was to get our opportunity to present our case to the ...
Supreme Court Wrap
The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up three days of arguments on the Obama health law on Wednesday with no clear road map on what the justices might do with the controversial law. The first arguments on Wednesday centered on what the justices should do if the individual mandate was to ...
Supreme Court - Day Three
The U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Wednesday with the question of what to do with the underlying Obama health law, if the individual mandate is struck down by a majority of the Justices. Justice Antonin Scalia argued that if you "take the heart out" of the law, then the rest ...
Supreme Court - Day Three Preview
After Justice Anthony Kennedy made everyone sit up in the U.S. Supreme Court and realize that the individual mandate of the Obama health law could be in real danger, today the justices examine the next logical step - if the mandate is thrown out, what happens to the rest of ...
Inside the Supreme Court II
I received some critical emails last week after I talked on the radio about how excited I was to cover the three days of historic health care arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. You need to be "solemn" about it, one woman wrote, chiding me for showing News Exuberance. But ...
The Solicitor General's Tough Day
There was no reason to think that Tuesday's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court would be an especially difficult day for Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. His performance on Monday had been solid and the same was expected today. But from the outset, Verrilli seemed nervous, as he coughed during one ...
Individual Mandate in Trouble
After two years of debate, the central question of the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Obama health law went before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, and what emerged was the distinct possibility that a majority of justices could rule against the mandate. Legal experts have been wondering ...
Supreme Court - Day Two Preview
After a first day of arguments which was more like an exhibition season scrimmage, the U.S. Supreme Court now moves into the meat of the legal fight over the Obama health law, with two hours of arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. We saw some skirmishing in the ...
Inside the Supreme Court
I spent well over three hours in the Supreme Court on Monday morning, a good chunk of it waiting for the Justices to start arguments on the Obama health law, which meant a lot of down time and some silly moments. Here's my view from the inside - it's meant ...
Supreme Court - First Day
While the U.S. Supreme Court set aside 90 minutes for argument on the first day of its review of the Obama health reform law, it did not seem like there was an appetite among the Justices to side step the essential question of the constitutionality of the law itself. Instead, ...
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