Author Archives: Warren

STOLI Policies Void as Prohibited Wagers on Human Life

          Pundit Newswire: Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation v. Douglas Davis, Paul Morady, Mavash Morady, et al. (N.D. Ill.). In two separate opinions, the district court in the Northern District of Illinois declared void ab initio … Continue reading

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Mr. Pundit Goes to Washington (and Testifies before the Dept of Labor)

Pundit Newswire: The ERISA Pundit testified on August 28, 2012 before the Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council. Although the Pundit’s oral testimony is not publicly available, the Department of Labor has released the Pundit’s written statement here. The mood … Continue reading

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Federal Gov’t Coerces Everyone To Buy Health Insurance – And It’s Constitutional

The Pundit is concerned that the federal government’s taxing power can be exerted as a coercive mechanism to enforce the government’s view of social welfare. At least the Supreme Court preserved our freedom to refuse to purchase broccoli health insurance. … Continue reading

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Supreme Court Transcripts: Oral Argument on Federal Coercion and Severability of Individual Mandate

Pundit News On March 28, 2012, the marathon 6 hour Supreme Court debate on the constitutionality of ObamaCare concluded with oral argument on federal coercion and the severability of the individual mandate from the Affordable Care Act. The debate focuses … Continue reading

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Federal Jurisdiction “Clarification” Act signed by Obama

Pundit News On December 7, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Federal Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act. One of the provisions requires that federal courts, in removed cases based on federal question jurisdiction, sever and remand to state court … Continue reading

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Supreme Court to Rule on the Constitutionality of ObamaCare

Pundit News The Supreme Court has set aside 5 1/2 hours for oral argument on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care act, passed last March. But the health care act might not be subject to challenge at all. Although … Continue reading

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Justice Alito laments the decline of judicial craftsmanship

Justice Samuel Alito, in a recent speech at Rutgers School of Law (Newark), lamenting the decline of craftsmanship in judicial opinions. “If Learned Hand’s opinions are like the products of a bespoke tailor, the opinions coming out of the Ninth … Continue reading

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Is there a Future for Retirement?

An article by Stephen Blakely “Is There a Future for Retirement?” is available for download on SSRN. Here is the article’s abstract: This paper summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s May 12, 2011, policy forum, … Continue reading

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26 States Petition the Supreme Court to overturn Medicare expansion of health care reform

Pundit News The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affects virtually every American. The Act dramatically expands federal regulation of health care and private health insurance industries. The Act mandates health coverage for virtually everyone, and imposes a monetary sanction … Continue reading

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What have the Romans Ever Done for Us?

The Pundit is dismayed by the number of colleges that have cut their programs in classical studies, the backbone of a “university” education and a free-thinking society. Virgil and Homer are offered only in English translation, and the “doors of … Continue reading

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