Care act. Is that a fair criticism . I think in part it is and in part it isnt. Im not sure that it is the dissents right to say that the court had to strain to create ambiguity here anymore than it does in a range of cases that get far less attention. Is it more of a strain to find ambiguity than it did in yates . That im skeptical. Other than the intensity of the spotlight im not sure the court had to work harder to find ambiguity than in any number of cases where it resolves hard questions. I think it is fair to say that whether or not the chief justice or Justice Kennedy thought this was ambiguous, they thought it was a drafting error. Its fair to say in other contexts the court has been less hospitable to that. Im not worried about how we come out because maybe it is mistake and congress can fix it. That argument has a lot more sway in other contexts than it had here because in most contexts its a useful and benign fiction. Here it would have seemed ridiculous. The last thing anyo
I just wanted to start with an brief opening comments to frame todays discussion. When it comes to health care, those on the right are often defined more by what they are again then by what they are for. The truth is there have a lot of plans that have been offered on the right of alternatives to obamacare. But there hasnt been any agreement on any single proposal. That may be about to change. A combination of the republican takeover of the senate, a looming Supreme Court decision in the white house race are putting more pressure than ever before on republicans to offer some sort of alternative to obamacare. Before they could get to any sort of agreement, there are some in the mental, philosophical disagreement that need to be worked out about how to get into the country into a more freemarket direction. That is why i wrote my book, overcoming obamacare. I looked at the flurry of plans that have been offered as alternatives to obamacare. I sorted them into three basic approaches. The f
Dickerson with an impassioned sermon on race in america. Its all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs im john dickerson. Its been a big week for news, and were going to try and get through all of it. We start with the Supreme Courts ruling on samesex marriage and chad give, the head of the Human Rights Campaign is with us. Chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of samesex marriage. So is the work done . No question the work is not done. And while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. In a majority of states in the country still today. After this ruling, you can be married at 10 00 a. M. , fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2 00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. And so as you look at the battles ahead weve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and thats the next battle to congress fwhoo
Dickerson with an impassioned sermon on race in america. Its all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs im john dickerson. Its been a big week for news, and were going to try and get through all of it. We start with the Supreme Courts ruling on samesex marriage and chad give, the head of the Human Rights Campaign is with us. Chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of samesex marriage. So is the work done . No question the work is not done. And while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. In a majority of states in the country still today. After this ruling, you can be married at 10 00 a. M. , fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2 00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. And so as you look at the battles ahead weve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and thats the next battle to congress fwhoo
Dickerson with an impassioned sermon on race in america. Its all ahead on face the captioning sponsored by cbs im john dickerson. Its been a big week for news, and were going to try and get through all of it. We start with the Supreme Courts ruling on samesex marriage and chad give, the head of the Human Rights Campaign is with us. Chad, this was a big win for gays in america, for supporters of samesex marriage. So is the work done . No question the work is not done. And while this was a monumental leap forward in this country, we still have a long ways to go. In a majority of states in the country still today. After this ruling, you can be married at 10 00 a. M. , fired from your job by noon, and evicted from your home by 2 00 simply for posting that wedding photo on facebook. And so as you look at the battles ahead weve got to bring full and comprehensive nondiscrimination protects to everyone protections to everyone living in this country and thats the next battle to congress fwhoo