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One of the most overlooked aspects of the year just ended is the vindication of Chief Justice John Roberts -- a vindication that showed up as the national catastrophe known as ObamaCare got rolling. Roberts may have also doomed Hillary Clinton's chance to live in the White House again. The chief justice, an appointee of President George W. Bush and reputedly a constitutionalist in his jurisprudence, set his diabolical trap (diabolical to Democrats) on June 28, 2012, when he joined with the four liberal justices on the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of ObamaCare. Conservatives and Republicans across the...

Candidate Barack Obama wanted to be a transformative president. Well, he's doing his best to transform some elements of the US government into broken down caricatures of what our founders intended them to be. The latest transformation to make the news is one observed by US Chief Justice John Roberts who said that the president's annual State of the Union address has "degenerated into a political pep rally."

US Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Spending Limit The ruling could transform the way political campaigns are fought. The US Supreme Court has rejected long-standing limits on how much companies can spend on political campaigns. The ruling is likely to change the way presidential and congressional campaigns are funded, including this year's crucial mid-term elections. The court's 5-4 vote ends a 20-year ban on businesses using money from their own funds to pay for campaign ads. But US President Barack Obama condemned the decision, pledging to work with Congress for a "forceful response". He said the court had "given a green...