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Obamacare Is Complicating Some Student Loans

The Department of Education has been transferring large batches of federal student loans to new loan-servicing companies 2014 leaving in the lurch some borrowers who are suddenly encountering problems with their loans, such as payments that are mysteriously adjusted up or down.

By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 23, 2012

The New Romneycare Is Very Different from the Old Romneycare

Mitt Romney's 2012 version of Romneycare is very different from the 2006 version of Romneycare, but it's still revolutionary.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 10, 2012

White House's Challenge: Refute $340 Billion Deficit Claim Before Study Hit

The Obama administration had a hard time countering a study that found Obamacare actually added $340 bilion to the deficit, which started making headlines before it was publicly available on Tuesday.

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By John Hudson

Apr 6, 2012

Clarence Thomas Makes News by Stating the Obvious

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made big news today by revealing the obvious: Oral arguments aren't that big of a deal—especially to Thomas, who has gone more than six years without asking a single question at a hearing.

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By John Hudson

Apr 5, 2012

Home News From Afar

Europe Is Baffled by the U.S. Supreme Court

Europe is scratching its head over the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down President Obama's signature legislative achievement.

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By John Hudson

Apr 3, 2012

Can Obama Sway the Supreme Court?

Constitutionally, President Obama is powerless to sway the Supreme Court's June decision to uphold Obamacare, but the one tool he has left is the bully pulpit.

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By John Hudson

Mar 29, 2012

Reading Tea Leaves on Obamacare's Survival

This week's Obamacare oral arguments may be over, but the Supreme Court isn't expected to issue its opinion in the case until June. That means legal experts have months to venture their own guesses about whether the court will take an ax to the President's signature legislative achievement.

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By Reid Pillifant, Capital New York

Mar 28, 2012

Regulating Home-Grown Pot More Acceptable to Scalia Than Health Care

To some longtime observers of the Supreme Court, the surprising part of yesterday's oral argument wasn't that Justice Anthony Kennedy critically questioned the individual mandate; it was the harshly skeptical tone from Justice Antonin Scalia.

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By John Hudson

Mar 28, 2012

Supreme Court Not Eager to Kill All of Obamacare

If the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare's individual mandate, the high court is a little uneasy about wiping away the entire bill, according to some court watchers.

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By John Hudson

Mar 28, 2012

What to Watch for During Today's Final Obamacare Hearing

The third and final day of the Supreme Court's Obamacare review looms large as all bets are off regarding the constitutionality of the bill's individual mandate.

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By John Hudson

Mar 27, 2012

What Happens If the Individual Mandate Is Struck Down

It's not a prospect many legal observers took seriously until earlier today, but now that swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy has shown some of his true colors, everyone's wondering what will become of Obamacare if the court strikes down the individual mandate.

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By John Hudson

Mar 27, 2012

The Guy Who Choked in Front of the Supreme Court

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has become the left's fall guy for wilting like a flower in front of the Supreme Court today while defending the Obama administration's individual mandate, a key provision of the Democrats' health reform bill.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 27, 2012

Bachmann Relives Her Campaign at Supreme Court

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann made repealing Obamacare a core issue of her presidential campaign, so it felt a little like she was back on the stump when she led a rally outside the Supreme Court Tuesday as justices heard health care arguments inside.

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By Jill Lawrence, National Journal

Mar 27, 2012

Obamacare Can't Be a Failure If It Hasn't Begun

However the justices rule on the question, its moment under the high court's microscope is a reminder that the law Republicans have already deemed a failure is in its infancy and its major provisions won’t be in place until 2014.

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By John Hudson

Mar 27, 2012

What to Watch for During Today's Obamacare Hearing

It's the most important day of the Supreme Court's three-day review of President Obama's health care bill.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 26, 2012

Poll Watch

Americans Don't Like Obamacare, But Prefer Obama to Romney

Most Americans think Obamacare is unconstitutional, and this feeling appears to be about principle -- a plurality say the law has had no effect on their lives. But even if they don't like President Obama's most famous legislation, they like him more than Mitt Romney. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.

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By John Hudson

Mar 26, 2012

What Happened in the Supreme Court This Morning: Not Ready to Punt

The first 90 minutes of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court's review of Obamacare are over and court watchers are already identifying the justices who look eager to rule on the merits of the case instead of throwing it out on a technicality.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 26, 2012

Santorum Was the Lead Act at the Supreme Court Sideshow

Rick Santorum made what sounds like a perfunctory visit to the steps of the Supreme Court to get photographed and quoted criticizing Mitt Romney and the Affordable Health Care Act.

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By Ronald Brownstein, National Journal

Mar 26, 2012

Poll: Majority of Supreme Court Insiders Expect Health Care Law Will Be Upheld

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear historic oral arguments on President Obama’s health care reform law this week, a survey of legal insiders released Monday morning found a widespread expectation that the Court would uphold the central pillars of the law.

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By Dino Grandoni

Mar 26, 2012

Stat of the Day

Six Hours of Oral Arguments Over Obamacare Are the Longest in 45 Years

The import of Supreme Court decisions usually can't be fully felt until years after they're made, but there's one early sign that the case deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act will be a doozy.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 23, 2012

How 'ObamaCare' Went from Smear to Cheer

Friday marked a small but significant landmark in the now two-year history of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" -- President Obama's team used the word "ObamaCare" -- long the preferred pejorative for the law on the right -- in a campaign e-mail to supporters and asked Twitter followers to use it, too.

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