And here’s Elon’s response: “Thanks Dan, you are a good sportsman. I will still donate to DWB as though I’d lost.”
The General Welfare Clause
It’s even more insidious than the Commerce Clause.
Conservative Anger
It’s growing, over the ObamaCare decision.
Mark Steyn certainly isn’t happy. And they sure found a terrible picture of Roberts.
But I think that this will really fire up people in November.
Being Heart Healthy
I’ve never been a coffee drinker — it always seemed like an addiction to me, and I don’t want become one of those people who can’t function in the morning without it. I’d like to see the numbers on this study to determine whether or not it would be worth taking up the habit, given that I chose very bad parents when it comes to heart problems (though my general lifestyle is much different than theirs as well, since I’ve never smoked, and have a much better diet).
The Mystery Of The Decision
Solved: “Randy Barnett made a wish on a cursed monkey’s paw that his commerce clause argument would be accepted. It explains everything, no?”
Seriously, here’s what I think happened. Roberts initially voted with the others to throw out the whole law, and has spent the last several weeks trying to pick up at least one more vote (perhaps from Breyer or Sotomayor — Ginsburg and Kagan were never a possibility) to make it 6-3 instead of a narrow 5-4. At the end, he gave up, and decided to narrowly keep it instead of narrowly strike it down. I think that explains the facts, and the bizarre opinion, which was nowhere near as cogent and well thought out as what became the dissent. And I’ll bet that the new minority is pretty angry at him right now (and have been since he switched).
If You Thought The Weather Was Bad In DC
…it’s about to get a lot worse.
Fast And Furious
[Update a while later]
Nostalgia for when the media loved whistleblowers:
These days, in the Obama era, Democrats and the media seem a lot less admiring of whistleblowers, oddly enough. Imagine for a moment that Rowley had been assigned a new boss at the FBI after her whistleblowing, one that had told others that the agency needed to “get whatever dirt we can” on her to “take her down,” and especially if that boss had previously said in the presence of at least one witness that the FBI needed to “f**k” said whistleblower. Can you imagine the media meltdown that would have occurred? Well, you’re going to have to be satisfied with imagining it, but Senator Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa want answers as to why two Operation Fast and Furious whistleblowers got assigned to work for a man who said exactly that about them.
If this were a Republican administration, there would be calls for impeachment.
[Update a while later]
The Fast and Furious noose tightens around the Obama Justice Department.
Ric Locke
…wants to thank everyone. Sounds like he’s much better already, but it will be a battle.
Is This 1936 In Reverse?
Thoughts on the composition of the court from David Bernstein.
[Update a few minutes later]
Randy Barnett, who is the real hero of these events, says that this is a huge victory for the Constitution.
Pete Rustan
Rest in peace. Ad Astra.