Andrew Cochran's Blog – June 2012 Archive (4)
Federal Tort Reform Ideas Lost in Obamacare Decision
In the Obamacare decision on Thursday, the five conservative Supreme Court Justices rejected the unlimited scope of the Commerce Clause and the Necessary & Proper Clause envisioned by proponents of federal tort reform bills (especially caps on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits). Justice Roberts was especially deferential to federalism, employing the terms "state sovereignty" and "enumerated powers" often in his decision. Proponents of federal tort reform are among the big losers in…
ContinueAdded by Andrew Cochran on June 29, 2012 at 3:22pm — 9 Comments
Influential Catholic, Christian Groups Support Obamacare Lawsuits
Last week, scores of influential Catholic and Christian groups publicly backed the principles underlying the lawsuits filed on May 21 by Catholic dioceses and groups against the Obamacare drug and device mandates. The announcements should add considerable pressure on the Obama White House to rescind or amend HHS regulations ordering faith-based groups to engage in health care activities totally contrary to the congregations' religious doctrines.…
ContinueAdded by Andrew Cochran on June 18, 2012 at 5:38pm — 12 Comments
Trial Lawyer For Religious Freedom Speaks At Rally
Robert Muise, Esq., is the co-founder of the American Freedom Law Center, a nonprofit litigation firm fighting for religious freedom in courtrooms nationwide. AFLC is one of the conservative religious liberty litigation firms that I refer to as the "Trial Lawyers For Religious Freedom," a group that includes the Alliance Defense Fund, the Becket Fund, and and the Thomas More Law Center, which Muise also…
ContinueAdded by Andrew Cochran on June 11, 2012 at 10:33am — 16 Comments
Crony Capitalism: Drugmakers, Obamacare, & Federal Tort Reform
House Republicans on the Energy & Commerce Committee have uncovered evidence of closed-door negotiations between major drugmakers and the Obama Administration in connection with the enactment of Obamacare, under which the former promised to back it with $80 billion in revenues in exchange for the Administration's promise to protect the industry in various ways, e.g., oppose the…
ContinueAdded by Andrew Cochran on June 4, 2012 at 11:31am — 10 Comments
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