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Jun 23, 2022

Stop bashing the judiciary for doing its job

Judges have always faced threats because their decisions can send people to prison, overturn laws and settle enormous financial disputes.

May 10, 2018

GOP efforts to move forward with Wisconsin judge riles Dems

Senate Republicans are on the verge of filling the nation's longest appellate-court vacancy and, in the process, are softening a means the GOP has successfully employed to block several of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees.

Nov 10, 2015

Appeals court delivers setback to Obama’s immigration plan

A federal appeals court has ruled against President Barack Obama's plan to protect an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation.

Feb 4, 2015

Anxiety over Supreme Court’s latest dive into health care

Nearly five years after President Barack Obama signed his health care overhaul into law, its fate is yet again in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jan 25, 2013

Court: Obama’s NLRB appointments are unconstitutional

President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday.

Nov 19, 2012

Editorial: Pick a side

Lawyers can learn something from a former journalist turned political adviser.

Nov 12, 2012

Obamacare should spur legal work

The re-election of President Barack Obama can mean only one thing: Obamacare should move forward with all due speed.

Nov 8, 2012

Secunda on what second Obama term means for labor, employment law; Barnes on health care access, payment

In light of President Obama’s resounding re-election victory last night, and other developments in political races down the ticket, here are some of my initial thoughts on what might happen in the labor and employment law area during a second Obama administration.

Feb 6, 2012

Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts

A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.

Nov 15, 2011

Who will be the next US Supreme Court justice?

If President Barack Obama is able to do again what few other presidents have – appoint a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court – chances are he will turn to a candidate who will have an even easier time winning confirmation than the president’s first two picks: D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland.

Nov 8, 2011

Appeals court upholds Obama health care law

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law’s requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance. A panel of the U.S. Court […]

Sep 29, 2011

Election-year ruling looms for health overhaul

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul appears headed for a Supreme Court ruling as the presidential election season hits full stride in the coming year. The health care law affecting virtually every American is sure to figure prominently in President Barack Obama’s campaign for re-election. Republican […]

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