Why a Judge Ruled Obamacare Unconstitutional, and What Should Happen

Plus: PolitiFact's Winner of the 'Lie of the Year' Award Is Misleading

Dec 17, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where the Supreme Court looks to be the next stop for Obamacare after Friday night, when a federal judge in Texas struck down what remains of the health care law. Marie Fishpaw and John Malcom analyze, while Genevieve Wood says it's time to put patients and doctors, not bureaucrats, in charge of personal health decisions. Despite the marketing, a compromise between some Christian leaders and the LGBT movement doesn't reflect the golden rule, Ryan T. Anderson argues. Plus: David Harsanyi on deceptive fact-checking, Chris Malagisi on the year's worthy books for conservatives, and Lee Edwards on a "master fusionist'" and today's politics.     Commentary Why a Judge Ruled Obamacare Unconstitutional, and What Should Happen "Congress stated many times unequivocally—through enacted text signed by the president—that the individual mandate is 'essential' to" Obamacare, writes Judge Reed O'Connor in explaining his decision. More Commentary The Right Way to Overhaul Our Health Care System When compared to 11 similar countries, including the U.S., a recent study shows that whether it's emergency room visits, same- or next-day appointments, seeing a specialist or getting elective surgery, Canada's wait times are the worst. More Commentary Why PolitiFact's Winner of the 'Lie of the Year' Award Is Misleading The allegedly unbiased fact-checkers at PolitiFact awarded their "Lie of the Year" award to the "online smear machine" that attempted "to take down" the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. More Commentary Misguided Proposal From Christian Leaders and LGBT Activists Is Anything but 'Fairness for All' A proposal, backed by some Christian leaders, would elevate "sexual orientation and gender identity" (SOGI) to protected classes in federal law in exchange for certain exemptions for religious colleges and institutions. More Analysis The Top Conservative Books of 2018 On today's podcast, we discuss the Conservative Book Club's top books of 2018 with Chris Malagisi, host of the "Conservative Book Club Podcast." More Commentary What Bill Buckley Would Say to Conservatives Today Buckley would welcome modern populists into the conservative coalition, knowing that populism and conservatism have a long history. More Commentary We Hear You: Conservatives and Liberals, Thoughts and Prayers, God and Guns "Liberals want to live in a world where they are the gods and there is no life or law beyond themselves. They see government as a power source for reshaping reality. They want to deputize a new truth," writes Andrea Falce of Milton, Florida. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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