Tag Archives: Legal News

On Comedians and Super PACs

This post first appeared on the Money, Politics and the Law blog

ColbertEarlier this year, Stephen Colbert’s super PACraised $1 million. The host of the satirical news show The Colbert Report has been using…

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Two Constitutional Law Developments To Close Out February

As February comes to a close (one day later than usual), I wanted to post on a couple constitutional law developments this month that both happen to pit the American Civil Liberties Union against Barack Obama…

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Congress, the Taxing Power and Health Insurance

The most controversial provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the individual mandate (requiring non-exempt individuals to purchase health insurance or otherwise pay a penalty when they file their federal taxes), has…

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Can Congress Necessarily and Properly Make You Buy Anything?

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, on behalf of the plaintiff in Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius (dismissed for lack of standing by the Fourth Circuit though Virginia subsequently petitioned the Supreme Court), has made the argument that,  Read more

EagleiOnline 2010-2011 Journalism Review

In anticipation of a new crop of EagleiOnline staff and readers, we wanted to present some of the work our staff did previously.

This post is intended to highlight some…

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Goldman’s strange relationship with taxpayers and PBS

The above is a partial screenshot from PBS.org I took on my computer Sunday night.  It’s from the site for the show FRONTLINE and notes that PBS.org is supported by Goldman Sachs.  Goldman…

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