[brownsfan]

**** Kennedy raised the possibility that the plaintiffs [i.e., the government] were right that the mandate was a unique effort to force people into commerce to subsidize health insurance, but the insurance market may be unique enough to justify that unusual treatment.” ****

That’s all you need to know. Slam dunk, done. They are going to tie themselves in knots to uphold this law.

If it were a fair and just world, any Supreme Court Justice who would find this law constitutional would be dismissed from his or her duties immediately.

[txhurl]

**** Kennedy raised the possibility that the plaintiffs [i.e., the government] were right that the mandate was a unique effort to force people into commerce to subsidize health insurance, but the insurance market may be unique enough to justify that unusual treatment.” ****

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AH1952 have been here and done that in Atwater v. Lago Vista, 532 U.S. 318 (2001), where a United States Supreme Court decision which held that a person’s Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the subject is arrested for driving without a seatbelt.

The court ruled that such an arrest for a misdemeanor that is punishable only by a fine does not constitute an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment.

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O’Connor herself admitted that if ruled for, the courts nationwide would be overloaded with plaintiffs looking to recover.

[Antoninus]

"Kennedy raised the possibility that the plaintiffs [i.e., the government] were right that the mandate was a unique effort to force people into commerce to subsidize health insurance, but the insurance market may be unique enough to justify that unusual treatment.”

Sounds suspiciously like the kind of specious argument the left always makes when violating the Constitution.

I agree with you. The fix is in.

[chessplayer]

**** Kennedy raised the possibility that the plaintiffs [i.e., the government] were right that the mandate was a unique effort to force people into commerce to subsidize health insurance, but the insurance market may be unique enough to justify that unusual treatment.” ****

That’s all you need to know. Slam dunk, done. They are going to tie themselves in knots to uphold this law.

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Yup. Right then and there my gut sank.