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A Quick Look at Bloomberg News's Opinion Section for March 30, 2012

Is there anything left to say about the great Obamacare debate at the
Supreme Court? Actually, yes, and View columnist Stephen Carter is saying
it: "Our court-worship has gotten ridiculous." This focus on personalities
has led, Carter explains, to the sort of speculation that left
Kremlin-watchers open to ridicule when the Soviet Union collapsed.
"Predictions abound about whether the court will hold the statute’s
individual mandate unconstitutional," writes Carter. "The week before oral
arguments, a survey of former law clerks and lawyers who have argued before
the court put the likelihood at 35 percent. The day after oral arguments,
participants in Intrade’s prediction market had it at about 63 percent. Some
of these predictions undoubtedly rest on the vulgar assumption that the
justices are mere political hacks, doing the bidding of party. But some are
clearly based on the questions asked at oral argument. That approach strikes
me as bizarre. When I was a Supreme Court law clerk in the early 1980s, I
witnessed counter-examples galore. Once, in a particularly tricky
civil-rights case, two justices spent the oral argument lobbing softballs at
the attorney for the plaintiffs, but voted with the 6-3 majority against his
clients. Another justice was well-known for his habit of peppering the
solicitor general with tough questions, but voting with the government
anyway." Good news for the White House ... maybe. ([2]Link.)
Links:
2. http://bloom.bg/GYLwVk

Also, the editors are concerned that Europe's firewall is too small.
([3]Link.)
But they are all for converting the U.S. truck fleet to natural gas. With no
-- repeat, no! -- subsidies. ([4]Link.)
Jonathan Alter tells us at how Ralph Nader is responsible for
stand-your-ground laws becoming so commonplace. ([5]Link.)
Jonathan Weil explains new accounting rules that will make it harder for
companies to hide volatility. ([6]Link.)
Brian Calle thinks Orange County, California, was smart for opting out of
Obamacare. ([7]Link.)
And Michael O'Hanlon shows we can learn from the success of Colombia's
counterterrorism efforts. ([8]Link.)
Links:
3. http://bloom.bg/HoqMcI
4. http://bloom.bg/HpyhRX
5. http://bloom.bg/H0mdWx
6. http://bloom.bg/H6dtOj
7. http://bloom.bg/H0sbmh
8. http://bloom.bg/HmWgNP

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