4 Reasons Christie Keeps Moving Forward
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 30th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
4 Reasons Christie Keeps Moving Forward
Julian Zelizer, CNN
After months of being beat up by the media about his “Bridgegate” scandal in New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie is still standing. And there is even some evidence that he might finally be regaining ground.
Court Rulings: It’s Republicans v. Democrats
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN
Elections have consequences.That’s the message of Monday’s rulings from the Supreme Court — and, indeed, all decisions by nine justices whose ideologies reflect, with considerable precision, the views of the presidents who appointed them. Both the Hobby Lobby case — which concerned the intersection of women’s rights, religious freedom, and Obamacare — and the Harris case, about the future of labor unions, were 5-4 decisions.
Major Takeaways From the Hobby Lobby Decision
Sean Davis, Federalist
The Supreme Court this morning issued its ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. At issue was whether closely held companies like Hobby Lobby could be forced by the government to provide abortifacient coverage to its employees, in defiance of its owners’ deeply held religious beliefs.
Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas
Paul Krugman, New York Times
Two years ago Kansas embarked on a remarkable fiscal experiment: It sharply slashed income taxes without any clear idea of what would replace the lost revenue. Sam Brownback, the governor, proposed the legislation — in percentage terms, the largest tax cut in one year any state has ever enacted — in close consultation with the economist Arthur Laffer. And Mr. Brownback predicted that the cuts would jump-start an economic boom — “Look out, Texas,” he proclaimed.
