Barack Obama earlier today. Celebrate a little, dude?
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This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a ruling from a lower court that Obama’s health-care legislation is not unconstitutional, in a case brought by the Pat Robertson–founded American Center for Law and Justice. The suit claimed that the mandated insurance under Obamacare is unconstitutional because (a) it forces Americans to buy a product, and (b) it discriminates against those who trust in God for their health needs. (I don’t think my doctor takes God’s PPO, but I’ll check. ) The ruling is particularly meaningful because the court tends toward conservative and the (rather strong) majority opinion was written by Reagan-appointee Laurence Silberman. The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn explains:
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