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WaPo | Executive privilege poses tricky situation for Obama Posted on June 29 2012 – 10:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady President Obama’s decision Wednesday to assert executive privilege to shield his attorney general and the Justice Department from congressional investigators reignited a long-running Washington debate over the limits of White House power in which Obama has argued both sides. In 2007, Obama, then a senator with higher ambitions,…

Ryan Lizza | Why Romney Won’t Repeal Obamacare Posted on June 29 2012 – 11:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady Mitt Romney, speaking just before noon today, declared that on his first day  in office, “I will act to repeal Obamacare.” I think he chose his words  carefully. As President, he may indeed “act” to repeal it on Day One, but I  don’t believe he will actually be able…

Why Elections Matter: How Obamacare Will Be Repealed Posted on June 29 2012 – 11:55 AM – Posted by: Steve Flesher An article by Chris Moody published this morning at YAHOO! News lays out what is required for Obamacare to be repealed (emphasis). Repealing the law won’t happen before January 2013. It would be dependent on a triple Republican victory this November: Mitt Romney would need to defeat President Barack Obama,…

Ross Douthat | All the President’s Privileges Posted on June 28 2012 – 7:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady WHEN George W. Bush was president of the United States, it was an article of faith among liberals that many of his policies were not just misguided but unconstitutional as well. On issues large and small, from the conduct of foreign policy to the firing of United States attorneys, the…

Kimberly Strassel | Axelrod’s ObamaCare Dollars Posted on June 28 2012 – 8:30 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady Rewind to 2009. The fight over ObamaCare is raging, and a few news outlets report that something looks ethically rotten in the White House. An outside group funded by industry is paying the former firm of senior presidential adviser David Axelrod to run ads in favor of the bill. That firm,…

Rick Lowry | Obama’s Best Kept Secret Posted on June 28 2012 – 10:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady Pity lead House Republican investigator Rep. Darrell Issa of California. It is his misfortune that he isn’t looking into matters about which the Obama administration can talk freely — namely, all its covert national-security programs. If Justice Department documents that Issa’s committee seeks from Attorney General Eric Holder had been…

Open Thread: SCOTUS Rules on Obamacare; Update: Mandate Upheld 5-4 as a “Tax”; Roberts, not Kennedy, Saves Obamacare Posted on June 28 2012 – 9:20 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady The big decision is less than an hour away. How do I think the vote will go? It’s anyone’s guess, but for what it’s worth, I predicted back in January that Obamacare would be upheld by the Court with Anthony…

Yuval Levin | The Left, the Right, and the Constitution Posted on June 28 2012 – 10:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady E.J. Dionne says that if the Court overturns any part of Obamacare, “we will need a fearless conversation about how a conservative majority of the court has become a cog in a larger right-wing project to make progressive political and legislative victories impossible.” James Fallows says that…

Debra Saunders | Obama’s Justice: Upside-down Posted on June 28 2012 – 11:30 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady The important question to ask about Attorney General Eric Holder is: Whom does he protect and whom does he pursue? Until recently, Holder claimed “deliberative privilege” to justify his refusal to comply with House Oversight Committee subpoenas for documents involving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “Fast and Furious”…