KNEEDLER: ... we think that severability is a matter of statutory interpretation. It should be resolved by looking at the structure and the text of the Act, and the Court may look at legislative history to figure out what the text and structure mean with respect to severability. We don't -
JUSTICE SCALIA: Mr. Kneedler, what happened to the Eighth Amendment? [banning cruel and unusual punishment] You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?
” JUSTICE SCALIA: Mr. Kneedler, what happened to the Eighth Amendment? [banning cruel and unusual punishment] You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? “
Best line of the hearings, so far.