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In December 2010, the President's Fiscal Commission failed to garner the necessary supermajority to pass its plan to reduce the deficit. Now, with the super committee, starting work on its effort to propose $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions, some have speculated that history is about to repeat itself. However, a closer examination reveals a night-and-day difference.

The courts should generally defer to the legal interpretations set forth in IRS revenue rulings and revenue procedures.

The president's trip to meet with leaders and revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closely resembles a trip he took two years ago. We've been down this road before. Past experience cautions against reading too much into Obama's embrace of the TPP.

Forty-five years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department has adopted a definition of discriminatory intent that strengthens the federal hand in micromanaging districting in states and counties throughout the United States and increases the odds that the Supreme Court will soon cast a skeptical eye on Section 5.

The Democratic chairmen of the House and Senate committees that oversaw health reform have weight on the interpretation of the law, in effect arguing that insurers would have to spend even more money on medical expenses to offset every dollar they spend on administrative costs.

With an eye to the next election, President Barack Obama seems to be focused on legislative priorities chosen for politics rather than policy.

Time is running out for the Senate to reach a compromise on the Obama health care plan before Christmas.