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Npld Column: LBJ Should Be Remembered In Time Of Racial Progress
The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider a fast-track review of a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, making it highly unlikely that the justices would decide the case before the 2020 election. The decision comes hours before Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the president s impeachment trial.The court denied a request by 20 mainly Democratic states and the Democratic-led House of Representatives to decide quickly on a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest.Defenders of the Affordable Care Act argued that the issues raised by the case are too important to let the litigation drag on for months or years in lower courts, and that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans erred when it struck down the health law s now toothless requirement that Americans have health i vaso stanley nsurance. The justices did not comment on their order. They will consider the appeal on their normal timetable and could decide in the coming months w stanley flask hether to take up the case.The Trump administration has already stopped enforcing the penalty for individuals not purchasing health insurance, and Mr. Trump has claimed his administration eliminated the individual mandate. stanley cup becher More from CBS News Trump s White Gjxq Dickerson: Trump s news conference not reassuring to Hill GOP
Christine O Donnell is running for the Republican Senate nomination in Delaware Facebook Tomorrow is primary day in Delaware, and what was expected to be an unexceptional Republican Senate race has turned into an unpredictable battle between moderate and conservative Republicans that could significantly impact the GOP s 2010 electoral chances. Republican Rep. Mike Castle,who has represented Delaware s only congressional district for 18 years, was for months the presumptive Republican nomine stanley mug e for Joe Biden s old Senate seat. But an initially insignifica stanley spain nt primary challenge from Christine O Donnell has gained momentum. O Donnell has the b stanley becher acking of the Tea Party Express, the California-based group that propelled conservative Joe Miller to a primary victory over sitting Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska. The group has pledged to spend $250,000 for O Donnell s campaign. Skeptical of O Donnell s chances of success in the general election -- Democrats hold a nearly two-to-one registration advantage in Delaware -- the Republican establishment quickly got behind Castle. Christine O Donnell: Attacks on My Finances Insult VotersO Donnell s Tempest in a Tea Party Pot Castle s camp wasted no time going negative, while some conservative commentators like John McCormack of the Weekly Standard have continued to scrutinize the controversial element |
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