It's an argument that's so beloved by professors, but there was not a single justice who was even interested in the tax-power argument in six hours of oral presentation. If any justice liked the tax-power theory, you would have expected to hear from her or him during the discussion of the Anti-Injunction Act.
The justices were
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the penalty in the Affordable Care Act for not buying health insurance as within Congress's constitutional power to tax. Nat'l Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, No. 11-393 (U.S. June 28, 2012).
The majority consisted of Chief Justice Roberts, who wrote the main opinion, and
Walter Brennan (1894-1974) played Will Sonnett.
In 1967, at the tender age of eight, Blawgletter started watching a new TV western, The Guns of Will Sonnett. It lasted two seasons. We loved it.
The namesake of Will Sonnett handled a pistol as well as any man alive. He revealed his skill by citing his son ("the
An adverb usually relates to a verb. It in that case does something to the verb. But it can also concern an adjective. Or indeed any part of speech, except a noun. And it often ends with "ly", as in "simply" or "oftenly". Or "stupidly".
So do you think it should adjoin the verb (or
For people who lose a claim of confidential lawyer-client communication or work product privilege, the normal rule gives them a scary option if they want to contest the loss in a higher court. They must defy the order, which directs them to produce the documents or furnish the information, and thus stand in contempt of
Blawgletter has now — just now – posted 2012 times. Which means that the number of posts matches the count of years since B.C. switched to A.D. Woo-hoo!
The milestone makes us a bit giddy. We feel so giddy in fact that the latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court inspired us to re-think the outcome
I recognize that my partners are essentially unmanageable.
Neal Manne, "Lawyer Limelight: Neal Manne", Lawdragon, May 20, 2012 (interview by Xenia Kobylarz).
Scene: An office near Ground Zero. Way up high. Perhaps in 40 Wall Street. Which has that awesome Duane Reade store on the ground floor. Some place posh in the area no matter what.
Snappy: Did you know, Bitey, that people could insure themselves against risks they Do Not Have?
Bitey: When, in the course
The First Circuit sits in Boston. Which when Blawgletter went to law school called itself "The Hub". As in "Hub of the Universe". Which we found charming. Also troubling.
True, though? Kinda.
Today the court that sits in the Hub held that a qui tam — False Claims Act — claim about Harvard Medical School