Today is June 28, 2012, the day my niece Felicia turns 24. This is the day that News Corp International owner Rupert Murdoch moved FOX News to News Corp’s entertainment division — done to save News Corp’s lucrative FOX News from the millions in legal damages his British tabloids have wrought on the company from UK’s unfolding Hackgate scandal. In other news, Russia has purportedly downed a NATO aircraft and Attorney General Eric Holder was voted in contempt of Congress by a majority of mostly Republican legislators for upholding an Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms program started by the Bush Administration.
Oh, and today, in a little matter related to the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts — the Chief Justice appointed by George W. Bush at the recommendation of Karl Rove — upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the landmark signature legislation of President Barack Obama’s first term in office.
Yes, it’s been quite a day. Any one of these stories could have been covered in a column of mine, but the Supreme Court decision today has a definitive energetic ping. As a whole, it has made it a very good day. Now I could be wrong about this and there are many conspiracy theories out there about what happened, and what could happen from today’s decision, but as of today — at least as far as domestic policy is concerned — I think the Overton Window may have been moved slightly off track.