Tag Archives: Obamacare

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

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

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

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

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

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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3/28 Senator Tom Harkin & Cancer Survior Spike Ward on SCOTUS v. Obamacare

Interviews from Sam’s coverage of SCOTUS v Obamacare.  Iowa Senator Tom Harkin

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3/27 Amanda Frost, SCOTUS & Richard Eskow, Horrible Jobs Act

Law Professor Amanda Frost breaks down issues in Obamacare SCOTUS case, outlines legal and political implications. Also, writer, blogger Richard (RJ) Eskow on

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3/20 Jonathan Cohn, Obamacare vs Supreme Court

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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