In the classic work of fiction “1984” by George Orwell one way the rulers kept the masses under control was by redefining words to have meanings totally at odds with what those word really meant; “war is peace” and “freedom is slavery,” for example. Today the Supreme Court ruled that the phrase " exchanges established by the States" means "exchanges established by the States or any other organization, group, or individual including aliens and the Federal Government". Justice Scalia nailed it when he wrote in the dissenting opinion:  "Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is ‘established by a State’" But the most Orwellian aspect of this ruling by the Supreme Court is not that it redefines words but that it redefines America as being a country of men, not of law where what matters is not the law but what certain powerful individuals say the law should...(Read Full Post)