Supreme Court
Samuelson Endorses Medicaid Federalization
Samuelson Endorses Medicaid Federalization
Federalizing Medicaid
My latest TRB column ("States Of Confusion") explains why the Supreme Court has likely hastened the day when the federal government takes over Medicaid (which currently is a state-federal program). READ MORE >>
William Raspberry, Radical
The Washington Post columnist William Raspberry, who died today at 76, is remembered as being relentlessly moderate, but Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell didn't view him that way. READ MORE >>
William Raspberry, Radical
The Washington Post columnist William Raspberry, who died today at 76, is remembered as being relentlessly moderate, but Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell didn’t view him that way. READ MORE >>
Two Sentences
Between the Lines
SOME VICTORIES prepare the ground for more victories; others lay the basis for future defeats. The great question for liberals about the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is which kind of victory it is. READ MORE >>
Big Chief
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States of Confusion
Who Reported It First? Who Cares?
Can we talk about the nonsense of caring about which news outlet first reports a big piece of news? I’m not talking about a genuine scoop—a report that wouldn’t have otherwise come to light—but about news that we’re all eventually going to find out anyway. Who Mitt Romney selects to be his running-mate, for instance, or whether the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate. READ MORE >>
