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While attention has focused on the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare and immigration rulings, it’s worth noting that the justices this week also reaffirmed their 2010 decision regarding the First Amendment and political speech.
In 2009, President Obama insisted his proposal to financially penalize individuals who didn’t purchase health insurance was not a tax. Congressional Democrats echoed that sentiment in 2010 when they narrowly passed ObamaCare and the “individual mandate.”
In the term’s most highly anticipated decision outside the ObamaCare case, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rendered its verdict on Arizona’s strict immigration law. Those on both sides of the debate claimed victory, but the decision was a mixed bag for everyone involved.
House Republicans last week backed off a threat to block enforcement of new Federal Communications Commission rules involving TV broadcasters and political ads.