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Friday, March 23, 2012

“How interested are Americans in Supreme Court oral arguments on health care law? New C-SPAN poll.” C-SPAN has posted the results of its most recent survey at this link.

Posted at 3:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Health-care changes may not all disappear even if justices overturn the law”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

Michael Doyle and David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers have an article headlined “Supreme Court health law rulings could have big impact.

Politico.com reports that “Justice Department bets big on mandate.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Bankruptcies Hit People Challenging Health Law’s Insurance Rule.”

Joan Biskupic of Reuters has an article headlined “Analysis: Why Supreme Court may uphold healthcare law.”

Cokie Roberts of ABC News has a blog post titled “Health Care and Other Long Supreme Court Arguments That Made History.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument preview: Health care, Part IV — The Medicaid expansion.”

Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled “Liberty and ObamaCare: The Affordable Care Act claims federal power is unlimited; Now the High Court must decide.”

The New York Times contains an op-ed by law professors Abbe R. Gluck and Michael J. Graetz entitled “The Severability Doctrine.”

And online at The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn has an essay entitled “If Medicare Is OK, Obamacare Should Be Too.”

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Drug Dosage Was Approved Despite Warning”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Alzheimer’s drug sharply criticized by medical experts; Aricept 23 mg, found to be ineffective and cause stomach upset, was devised to serve commercial aims and was approved despite a poor showing in company-sponsored tests, two medical investigators say.”

Yesterday, BMJ published an article titled “How the FDA forgot the evidence: the case of donepezil 23 mg.”

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. Senate committee rejects Gov. Christie’s Supreme Court nominee Phillip Kwon”: This article appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger. In addition, columnist Tom Moran has an essay entitled “In a war of wills, Supreme Court nominee Kwon was a casualty.”

The New York Times reports today that “Democrats Reject Christie Choice for New Jersey’s Top Court.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article headlined “In a blow to Christie, N.J. Senate panel rejects high court nominee.”

And The Bergen (N.J.) Record contains an article headlined “N.J. Supreme Court nominee rejected after a day of grilling.” In addition, columnist Charles Stile has an essay entitled “In the end, Christie doomed Supreme Court nominee Kwon.”

Posted at 8:00 AM by Howard Bashman