Not since 1936 has the Supreme Court struck down a major piece of federal economic legislation as exceeding congressional power.

Justice Kennedy, who often casts the decisive vote on the court, expressed concern about changing the relationship between government and the people governed by it "in a very fundamental way."

"Do you not have a heavy burden of justification to show authority under the Constitution?" he asked Verrilli.

Once you say Congress can regulate a market, "pretty much all bets are off,"Chief Justice Roberts

A 1867 federal law, the Anti-Injunction Act, bars suits “for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax.” The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., and a prominent federal appeals court judge in Washington have issued opinions saying that the 1867 law means a decision in the health care case must be deferred until 2015, when Americans will first be penalized if they do not have health insurance.

The past week's political events that help shape the American body politic.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

 

Jerry Pippin the Redstate Liberal is the guess host

Obama, in brief remarks at a pipe yard near the oil-storage hub of Cushing, said producing more domestic oil and gas “has been and will continue to be a critical part of the all-of-the-above” strategy.

“We are drilling all over the place right now,” Obama said. “That's not the challenge. That's not the problem. The problem is we're producing so much but we don't have enough pipeline capacity. There is a bottleneck right here because we can't get oil to our refineries fast enough.”

Obama issued an executive order that will expedite the approval of TransCanada's proposed 485-mile pipeline from Cushing to refineries on the TexasGulf Coast.the Oklahoman

President Obama will say Thursday he is directing agencies to do what they can to speed approval of any federal permits needed to construct the southern leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the Gulf Coast.

The Right-wing blog Redstate has a post from Dan McLaughlin; "A Matter of Balance and Focus"

The reality is that the Trayvon Martin case is being pushed by left-wing organizations eager to provide a backdrop of racial strife to this year’s elections – a dangerous tactic, given how frequently popular agitation over these kinds of racially divisive stories have led to riots that leave people dead or homeless and local businesses and jobs destroyed.

Serious news organizations always have to make choices in what they cover, and even news consumers who understand the media’s biases are subject to the pervasive influence of decisions to allocate coverage Redstate

Trayvon Martin, 17 African American was murder Feb. 26 in a dark pathway some 20 minutes after a neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman called police saying he thought a young stranger looked suspicious.

WHO:

Parents of Trayvon Martin

Attorney Benjamin Crump & lawyers for the family of Trayvon Martin

Dr Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network

Michael Baisden, Host of the Michael Baisden Show

National Rally for justice on behalf of Trayvon Martin-- the unarmed African-American teenager who was shot and killed in a gated community in Florida late last month by a white neighborhood watch captain. The watch captain, George Zimmerman — a 26-year-old college student who has admitted to police that he shot the young man — still walks free.

WHERE:

First Shiloh Baptist Church

Sanford, FL 32771 WHEN:

Thursday, March 22 - 7:00 p.m

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Gaelic

An tseachtainseo caitearimeachtaí polaitiúlaa chabhróidhmhúnlúanpholaitíochtMheiriceá.

Spanish

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.