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The Supreme Court’s ‘American Hospital’ Case: A View of the DC Swamp

The Supreme Court’s ‘American Hospital’ Case: A View of the DC Swamp
The Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Rob Natelson
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Critics of federal administrative agencies won a small victory in the Supreme Court on June 15 with the justices’ unanimous decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra (pdf).

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion for the court offers, perhaps inadvertently, some revealing views of the D.C. Swamp: ridiculous legal complexities, absurdities in a major federal social program, and raw special interest politics.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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