The nation recently marked the sixth anniversary of the controversial Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. That federal law has generated plenty of problems for American health care, but there are opportunities for N.C. policymakers to take steps that would help improve the situation. Katherine Restrepo, the John Locke Foundation’s health and human services policy analyst, discusses steps North Carolina could take to improve the state’s health care freedom. President Obama recently set up a political showdown with U.S. Senate Republicans by nominating U.S. Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland as the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate GOP has said it will not consider Garland’s nomination. During a recent visit to Raleigh for a Federalist Society speech, law professor Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law spoke with Carolina Journal Radio about key factors driving the debate over the latest U.S. Supreme Court appointment. N.C. State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues recently hosted an event focusing on the future of work. During one panel discussion, JLF Chairman John Hood responded to a question about whether governments should address income inequality by increasing the mandated minimum wage. Speaking of income inequality, Barton College business professor John Bethune has studied the impact of wealth redistribution policies on inequality. He shares his findings with Carolina Journal Radio. The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a series of rulings in the ongoing debate over compensation for victims of the state’s eugenics-based forced sterilization program. Jon Guze, JLF director of legal studies, dissects the issues courts are addressing linked to the compensation program.