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The Supreme Court begins the third and final day of hearings to review Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA). Today we review Day 2 with Jeffrey Rosen, answer listener questions with Todd Zwillich, and hear from the original filer of the suit against the ACA, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. We will also speak to Sanford, Florida mayor Jeff Triplett about Trayvon Martin; hear from filmmaker Jon Shenk about his documentary following Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed; and talk to listeners about the things they wish they had said to someone in their past.
Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/03/24/fl-attorney-general-calls-health-care-one-biggest-cases-our-lifetime#ixzz1qM5IMDzc"I can tell you that the Obama administration, they're going to try to focus on health care policy and that's not what it is about," Attorney General Bondi told Fox News last week. "This is about our rights of the United States Constitution."
Lawyers on both sides of the health care debate have one final day of hearings to argue their case before the Supreme Court today. In other headlines, Newt Gingrich has asked his campaign manager to resign, laid off about a third of his staff, and reshuffled his campaign schedule; a "medical situation" involving the pilot of a cross-continental flight forced a JetBlue emergency landing in Texas; and former Cuban President Fidel Castro meets with Pope Benedict the 16th later today.
Yesterday was the second of three days of hearings in the Supreme Court's review of Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The session was devoted to one key question: Is Congress overstepping its Constitutional power by requiring nearly all Americans to carry health insurance? Jeffrey Rosen is back to break it all down for us, and to give us a preview of what will happen in today’s third and final day of hearings. Rosen is professor of law at George Washington University, and he’s been following the arguments closely. He joins us from Washington, D.C.
If you could go back and say something to someone in your past — an ex, an old boss, a deceased loved one — what do you wish you could tell them? That question is the basis of a new book. It's called "The Things You Would Have Said" and it compiles moving reflections from people of all walks of life on the times when the didn't speak their mind — but wish they had. Jackie Hooper is a life-coach and author of "The Things You Would Have Said."
All this week, the Supreme Court has heard arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The centerpiece of President Obama's health care reform legislation — and the focus of the debate at the Court — is the individual mandate, which requires all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. The Court won't issue a ruling until June, but if they do declare the mandate unconstitutional, how much of a real difference will it make for you and your health care?
There are new allegations against Rupert Murdoch's news organization and new suspicions of shady tactics in a different industry altogether. An Australian newspaper has published a report that News Corp used a special unit to sabotage its competitors in the TV business. The Australian government has called for a criminal investigation into the claims. Dr. David McKnight is the author of the new book "Murdoch: An Investigation Of Political Power."
Over a month after the shooting death of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, the small town of Sanford, Florida remains on edge. In this conversation we speak with Mayor Jeff Triplett about how his town of 54,000 has held together through a nationally publicized tragedy. We also turn to Farai Chideya, blogger at Farai.com, to discuss the current state of the media's national coverage of the narrative and characters playing out in this sensitive news story.
Pakistani military officials will hold their first set of meetings with American commanders since the accidental drone strike killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers last year. In other headlines, the Supreme Court continues to debate President Obama's health care overhaul legislation; more details on the JetBlue flight that was forced to take an emergency landing after its pilot went on a rant; and Newt Gingrich is reshuffling his senior campaign staff.
Today the Supreme Court will hear the final round of arguments on President Obama's Affordable Care Act. While 26 states joined the lawsuit against health care reform, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed the original suit, and Florida is the lead plaintiff in the case. And in the midst of what Attorney General Bondi has called "one of the biggest cases of our lifetime," she is also leading an investigation into the Trayvon Martin case in Sanford, Florida.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the Affordable Care Act Monday through Wednesday this week. But to your average, non-legal-scholar, the arguments can be hard to follow, and the specifics of the Act itself can very confusing. A lot of Takeaway listeners have been writing in with their questions about the Act. Todd Zwillich, the Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, is here to answer some of them.
Although Massachusetts’s health coverage program has been largely seen as a success, there are still considerable disparities in coverage among different demographics, according to Renee Landers, professor of law at Suffolk University. Massachusetts resident Silvia Romero also joins the show to share her story about how the state's health care law came to her aid when she lost health care coverage through her employer.
Eight years ago, Frank McCourt bought the Los Angeles Dodges for $430 million, but a nasty divorce sent him into bankruptcy. Now, a group led by basketball legend Magic Johnson has a deal in place to buy the Dodgers for more than $2 billion, an amount that would be the most ever paid for a professional sports team. Richard Sandomir is a sports, business and media columnist for our partner The New York Times.
Few places have come to symbolize climate change as much as the island nation of the Maldives. The nation's 1,200 small islands in the Indian Ocean sit, on average, about five feet above sea level. When Mohamed Nasheed became the first democratically elected president of the country in 2008, he made climate change his primary policy concern. Filmmaker Jon Shenk followed the president during his first year in office in his film "The Island President". The film culminates in the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit — but much has happened since then. President Nasheed resigned from office in what he has since called a coup, and the future of the country is again in political and environmental disarray.
No one has ever paid the amount for a professional sports team that basketball legend Magic Johnson is proposing to pay for the Los Angeles Dodgers. We speak with a former MLB executive about the $2 billion deal. Mike Carlson is a former Vice President of MLB International, and now journalist and sports broadcaster.
After the years of violence and instability in Iraq, Baghdad is hosting this week's Arab League meeting. Reporter for our partner the BBC Rami Ruhayem discusses the welcome leaders should expect from the residents of the Iraq capital.