CEI Weekly: Obamacare Ruled Unconstitutional

Feature: Federal court says health care law is unconstitutional.

FEATURED STORY: Obamacare Ruled Unconstitutional In a crucial decision this week, a federal court ruled that the individual mandate of the new federal health care law is an unconstitutional violation of states' rights. CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman and Senior Counsel Hans Bader were cited on the issue in The Washington Examiner Blogs and on MichelleMalkin.com, and Bader blogged about the case here and here. CEI earlier filed an amicus brief in a separate Florida case challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare; you can read that brief here. SHAPING THE DEBATE The Enemy Within Iain Murray and Vincent Vernuccio's cover story in National Review Alcohol Regulations Disrupt Holiday Cheer Angela Logomasini's op-ed in The Sacramento Bee Democrats Diverging From Unions Ivan Osorio's op-ed in The Washington Times Keep Privacy Policies Private Wayne Crews's column in Forbes Obama's GM Numbers Are Not Adding Up John Berlau's op-ed on NewsMax.com Why Is the Food Safety Bill So Controversial? Greg Conko's citation in The Huffington Post Cigarette Warnings To Be More Graphic? Sam Kazman's citation in The Washington Times Not Triangulation But Regulation Wayne Crews and Vincent Vernuccio's citations in The American Spectator Odd Couple Files Brief Against Tobacco Settlement CEI's citation in Forbes CEI PODCAST December 15, 2010: Alcohol Regulations Across the Country Michelle Minton, CEI’s Director of Insurance Studies, takes a whirlwind tour of alcohol regulations across the country. From Pennsylvania to Texas to Colorado, there are regulations at every turn. They do everything from raise revenue to tell people what products they can buy at what times, to shelter politically favored companies from pesky competition. In this way, alcohol is like most other sectors of the economy. BEST OF THE BLOGS Interchange Price Controls: Gift to Big Merchants, Lump of Coal to Consumers and Community Financial Institutions By John Berlau High-Speed Rail as the New Political Football? By Marc Scribner More Disincentives to Work, Thanks to the Federal Government and the Stimulus Package By Hans Bader There Are No Victors in Trade Wars By Brian McGraw