Obamacare and the Supreme Court with Richard Epstein and John Yoo

Richard Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School, and John Yoo, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley law school, examine the merits of various constitutional arguments for the Supreme Court's striking down Obamacare.

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News & Politics

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• HooverInstitutionUK
• health care
• Supreme Court
• Obama

[MrBWB]

More Epstein! More Sowell!

[pretorious700]

What is really instructive about this discussion is the interpretations of the individual supreme court justices personal motivations for their decisions. That should be the last thing considered in their decisions. The constitution should be the first.

[saturnined]

How about this Epstein, esq., Woo, esq,-Screw POTUS, screw SCOTUS, screw CONOTUS! States, people, get a backbone and NULLIFY. Done. Finished. Move on.

Obamacare is about tax revenue. Nothing to do with healthcare. This is B.S.

[Mokinono45]

I like the music...



[top1jack]

While he is certainly a first rate mind, where does the former director of the Office of Legal Counsel get off constantly interrupting one of the greatest legal thinkers in the history of the republic?

[eovogt]

If you were born 10 years ago today in Afghanistan you would of lived in a war your whole life,

[dthomas9444]

When Rand Paul wins in 2016, I would like to recommend Richard Epstein as Attorney General.

[WickerVideos]

John Yoo is ROCKING that bow tie!

[ricochet]

For those of you looking for more of Epstein and Yoo, they host a terrific podcast called "Law Talk" on Ricochet.com. If you liked this interview, you'll love their show. Check it out. 

[SuperDdy]

Yoo's a bright guy too bad he'll always be associated with torture. Interesting

stuff and insight into the court that put our Democracy up to the highest

bidder with decisions like Citizens United. The Constitution was overturned

with the Patriot Act and they weigh in supporting it. They are non political

as both parties support this race to the bottom of the banana republic barrel.

Is Obama care unconstitutional? Who cares with these issues on the table.

[86austinc86]

LISTEN, UNDERSTAND, DECIDE. RON PAUL 2012

A vote for Dr. Paul is a vote for yourself. He wants to limit gov intrusiveness in our lives & allow us to make our own choices. Stop politicians & the elites from thinking that they’re so smart that they know how to run our lives better than we do. He is one of the few politicians that will make difficult decisions, he will balance the budget by his 3rd year, while most politicians plan to balance the budget after their term is over

VOTE RON PAUL 2012

[4k8t]

Perhaps it would have been better to stretch the program out to two hours (hehe) so that Epstein and Yoo would have enough time to spell out their positions better without the crosstalk. I enjoyed the extended program.

It might be an idea to try to make the program title differentiate a bit more since there was another UK discussion with Epstein and Yoo maybe a year ago and I initially thought this was to be a rerun.