Obama in 2009: Mandate is Not a Tax
(multimedia) President Obama signaled in our interview that he was prepared to address some of the concerns raised by key Senator Jay Rockefeller, who called the Baucus bill a “big middle class tax increase”...
(multimedia) President Obama signaled in our interview that he was prepared to address some of the concerns raised by key Senator Jay Rockefeller, who called the Baucus bill a “big middle class tax increase”...
Chancellor Angela Merkel is taking a hard line on the euro crisis this week, insisting that shared debt be avoided at all costs. Her shrill tone, however, is born out of fear. Just as...
In 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance and decrease the cost of health care. One key provision is the individual...
(multimedia) Constitutional law expert Ted Ruger tells Scott Pelley there were a number of surprises in the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, including Chief Justice John Roberts’ support for the individual mandate,...
The federal health care overhaul stands, after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the so-called individual mandate is constitutional. Here’s a sampling of some of the most significant provisions that will remain as a...
The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform act is constitutional. The court upheld a core requirement known as the “individual mandate” that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine....
Jewish and Muslim groups in Germany on Wednesday condemned a court ruling that deemed circumcision equivalent to grievous bodily harm, claiming the ruling trampled on religious freedom and could lead to “circumcision tourism”. In...
(multimedia) Are you hungover? High on drugs? Do you hate your boss? If you’ve published a status update to Facebook and admitted any of the aforementioned — the world is reading. “We Know What You’re...
“If you go back to the 1991 exploratory memorandum that was found just right across the Potomac here in northern Virginia, it was a Muslim brotherhood document that really talked about their goals and objectives for the United States of America....
By MIKE BAKER Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands...