Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

10/2 Nan Aron, Will the Supreme Court Kill Civil Rights?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by not-sam

Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice explained why the next Supreme Court term matters so much, the future of affirmative action and the voting rights act and Justice Robert’s troubling history

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7/31 Neil Barofsky, How Washington Saved Wall Street and Abandoned Main Street

Posted on July 31, 2012 by not-sam

Former Tarp Inspector General, Neil Barofsky joined Sam to talk about his new book “Bailout: An Insider Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street.” Neil and Sam discussed the widespread fraud in the TARP program, how … Continue reading →

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6/29 Ari Berman, SCOTUS Ruling & Michael Ian Black, Movies

Posted on June 29, 2012 by not-sam

Ari Berman, author of Herding Donkey’s, on SCOTUS v. Affordable Care Act: the votes of the Justices, the impact on reputation of the Court, mobilization of

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6/28 Amanda Frost, ACA Individual Mandate Upheld

Posted on June 28, 2012 by not-sam

The Supreme Court upholds the Individual Mandate of Affordable Care Act.  Law Professor Amanda Frost talks semantics of ruling, implications of

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6/26 Lori Wallach, TTP Corporate Power Tool & Amanda Frost on ACA

Posted on June 26, 2012 by not-sam

Lori Wallach, from Public Citizen, on the secret negotiations of the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free trade” agreement.   Globalization on steroids

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4/2 Olbermann Fired, Josh Orton on Wisconsin Recalls

Posted on April 2, 2012 by not-sam

Sam comments on upheaval at Current and our man in Wisconsin Josh Orton with news of recalls, the GOP strategy involving fake democrats and tacking

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3/29 Adam Serwer on Disaster that is SCOTUS

Posted on March 29, 2012 by not-sam

Mother Jones reporter Adam Serwer reports on SCOTUS v Obamacare; the poor analogies, Limiting Principle, the Individual Mandate (is it severable?) and

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3/20 Jonathan Cohn, Obamacare vs Supreme Court

Posted on March 20, 2012 by not-sam

Jonathan Cohn from The New Republic on upcoming challenge to Affordable Care Act; what the litigation means; possible impact on relationship

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2/21 Congressman John Sarbanes, Valerie Arkoosh & Timothy Jost

Posted on February 21, 2012 by not-sam

Interviews from the Health Action 2012 Conference in D.C. on the corruption of democracy; on Affordable Care Act vs Supreme Court; on reshaping

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2/20 Richard Eskow FHFA Cripples Recovery & Ron Pollack, Affordable Care Marketplace

Posted on February 20, 2012 by not-sam

Richard Eskow, senior fellow with Campaign for America’s Future, on how the Federal Housing Finance Agency is crippling America’s recovery.   Eskow explains

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