Pictured: A photoshop of Obama's "Dewey Defeats Truman" moment
END OF THE WEEK:
Happy end of June, everybody! What better way to celebrate than a short column listing a bunch of memorable stuff from a particular week out of the Gregorian calendar? The correct answer, of course, is nothing.
Story of the Week: The U.S. Supreme Court Rules the Affordable Care Act to Be Constitutional
Normally I would separate this section into two items, but with a story this big there was really no reason not too this time around. Yes, thanks to a pretty surprising shift to the left from Chief Justice John G. Roberts, the Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that almost the entirety of the controversial "Obamacare" health care bill passed in 2010 is considered legal, including the heavily debated individual mandate portion, barring that it be considered a tax. The only thing rejected out of the bill was Congress's ability to expand on Medicaid in the states. The decision marked the end of months of anticipation by both sides of the legal spectrum, leaving many liberals cheering and many conservatives in shock.
Death of the Week: Nora Ephron
The acclaimed screenwritter best known for such hit films as "When Harry Met Sally...", "Sleepless in Seattle," and a bunch of other notable non-Meg Ryan casted stuff passed died this past week from pneumonia at the age of 71.She will be missed.
Video of the Week: "'The Star Wars That I Used To Know'"
Out of all the "Somebody That I Used To Know" parodies that I have seen, this is by far the best, and that's saying something, as I have seen very little others.
Divorce of the Week: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Wait, so now she just figured out that marrying and having a kid with a crazed Scientologist was a bad idea?Seems like something many people would've figured out years before. Oh well, let's not think about that and instead remember the good times that the TomKat relationship gave us? Remember this classic moment?
Major TV Blooper of the Week: CNN/FOX News Mistakenly Report That the Affordable Health Care Was Ruled Unconstitutional
You'd figure that teaching students to read the full Supreme Court ruling would one of the first things done in journalism school. Alas,this was not the case for the two major cable news networks on Thursday morning who, in a rush to be the first to report the rulings, made it known to their viewers that the individual mandate of the 2010 health care act was ruled unconstitutional after only reading the first page, failing to realize that there just might be a second page worth checking out as well in order to get the full picture of the decision. CNN especially took a blow for the error, as they not only have a more prestigious reputation than FOX, but also because it took them seven full minutes to correct themselves (whereas FOX made their correction in less than two minutes). Overall, not a great thing to have on the record for a network who is already in a continuing ratings freefall.
People of the Week: The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
Between the Obamacare decision on Thursday and the big decision on the controversial Arizona immigration law from two years ago given on Monday, I'd say that this was quite a memorable week if you were a member of the land's highest court (especially if you're name happened to be John G. Roberts).
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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