The Court Ruled and Civilization Still Stands
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has rules in the case of NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS v. SEBELIUS, otherwise known as the health care reform lawsuit, we are finally seeing some hyperbole-free articles emerging on the case's many implications. This is not to say that the hyperbole is gone for good from this issue; we are in a national campaign year, after all. Still, it is good to see well-reasoned articles appearing of late.
Megan McArdle re-emerges into the blogosphere, this time at the Daily Beast, with a very cogent pre-ruling post yesterday. While I disagree with her non-constitutional position on the overall bill, I do think she correctly appraises the general political climate around the ruling.
This piece by MIchele Goodwin, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, sees the case as vindication of the Court as a neutral constitutional arbiter of ideologically-charged matters. Maybe, but by the thinnest of margins.
Enjoy the reasoned positions and calm discourse while it lasts.