Would be interesting, but I was thinking the same thing last year for the original ACA ruling. I was rather suprised it came out the way it did, and I think we'll probably see the same here. BTW, add me to your list?
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Everyone, including the legal experts, expected a 5-4 decision against the individual mandate in NFIB v. Sebelius. Roberts flipped at the last minute. Scalia, Thomas, and Alito were so angry that they wouldn’t even speak to him for a little while, reportedly.
I think they are waiting until Monday so they can get out of town the next day to avoid the furor that their decision will cause. I think the ruling will go against Hobby Lobby, although the court may try to split the baby, so to speak, to make some kind of allowance for Hobby Lobby only, as I think they know Hobby Lobby may just go out of business rather than compromise their religious values, putting a lot of their workers out of jobs. But my gut feeling is the Hobby Lobby decision is not going to be in its favor.
Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t like the fact that this ruling is going to be on Monday. The two decisions today may have been a sop to the conservatives because the big one on Monday is going to go against us. I remember the Obamacare decision was on the last day also, so that Chief Justice Roberts could split for Europe to hide out after his controversial and hated by conservatives decision pro Obamacare.