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I know, I know...wishful thinking and I agree that it is. Just trying to understand all the ramifications.

Here is a similar take from Jay Cost:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/what-did-scotus-just-do_647932.html

[MustKnowHistory]

Even more interesting is this post at Hot Air:

From Bench Memos:

Today’s holding is problematic for many reasons. First, it is a novel holding that threatens to expand the taxing power extensively. It removes the taxing power from the representative branches and places it in the only non-accountable branch, the judiciary. Defenders of the law — from President Obama to Nancy Pelosi to Harry Reid — all insisted that the law they voted for was not a tax. Now, when it is off their desk, the court has retroactively declared it a tax, circumventing the public accountability intended by the Founders and recognized by constitutional law as the major check on the taxing power.

This changes the lay of the land for the July 9 repeal vote that is now scheduled in the House. In order to vote in favor of the law, Democrats will now have to vote in favor of a tax. It will be interesting to see how they spin this development. INC on June 28, 2012 at 1:24 PM

[Girlene]

More wishful thinking. As Rush pointed out, even if this law is repealed by the next congress/President, the precedent has been set that the federal govt can tax anything.