Behind Supreme Court’s Obamacare Case, A Secretive Society’s Hidden Hand

[LiberalElite]

http://www.propublica.org/article/behind-supreme-courts-obamacare-case-a-secretive-societys-hidden-hand?google_editors_picks=true

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The Supreme Court has no shortage of potentially precedent-shattering cases on its docket this term. But the one the justices are hearing tomorrow, King v. Burwell, could be the most consequential.

King focuses on the issue of whether low-income people who get insurance under the Affordable Care Act’s federal exchanges are entitled to tax subsidies. Much has been said (and written) about what could happen if the justices rule “no”: Millions of people in as many as 37 states could lose their health coverage. The political earthquake could be cataclysmic.

Yet, few reports have highlighted the role of the Federalist Society, the conservative law group whose ideas are at the intellectual heart of the King v. Burwell challenge. That’s not surprising, given that the group’s members have played a mostly behind-the-scenes part in King — and in many of the most significant conservative legal victories of the last 30 years.

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[antiquie]

1. Bad news, then with four members on the Court.

Notable members of the Society have included:
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (who served as the original faculty advisor to the organization)
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, Jr.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

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3. Now to be fair, Chief Justice Roberts doesn't recall being a member.

And I can understand there are a few things that I did in college that "I don't recall", maybe I was a member.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002431.html

[blkmusclmachine]

2. "THE FAMILY" is behind a lot of the shit going down in the nation right now.

Worse Than Fascists: Christian Political Group 'The Family' Openly Reveres Hitler
In his new book, The Family, author Jeff Sharlet reveals sordid details about this power-hungry, inside-the-Beltway fundamentalist group.

http://www.alternet.org/story/87665/worse_than_fascists%3A_christian_political_group_%27the_family%27_openly_reveres_hitler

[rhett o rick]

4. Taking a chance of waking the CT Posse, I would like to ask a question.

Who do you think really runs the country. I don't believe for one minute that Bush ran the country and I don't believe that when Obama took over, he got complete control. We know of a number of different organizations that conspire to gain control. How do they interact? I believe that the NSA/CIA have a lot of control but think some group has control of them. Any thoughts?

[antiquie]

5. Here's one answer

The Double Government. Who's Really In Control?
OP links to
The 'Double Government' Secret Gets Out

[rhett o rick]

6. Thank you. nm

[midnight]

7. Kick.