Why the Supreme Court Will Overrule the IRS

Richmond Times-Dispatch via Cato ^ | March 29, 2015 | Michael F. Cannon

[DB]

So if they’ve said that (and I believe you) they’ve let the court off the hook. The court knows if they strike it down there won’t be any real consequences.

[DB]

It is rather ironic...

No Republicans voted for it but in the end it will be Republicans that save it - and will own it...

[Bubba_Leroy]

You feel Robert’s vote is in question?

I have stopped trying to guess how Roberts or Kennedy will vote in any case.

[Bubba_Leroy]

On the thin chance the courts strike this down, my bet is the Republican leadership will try to pass a bill adding the language necessary to continue the subsidies.

It will be the 2014 debt extension and 2015 Homeland Security appropriation bills all over again.

The Republicans will propose a bill to temporarily extend the subsidies and at the same time terminate the employer and individual mandates.

The Democrats will scream bloody murder and demand a "clean" bill that only extends the subsidies. The lamestream media will then run countless stories about poor people who can no longer afford health insurance because the evil Republicans are stealing their free government checks from them.

The Republicans will then cave and pass the Democrats' bill.