5 to 4 the whole bill is tossed....not part...ALL of it. Kagan blabbed to Obama, and Obama panicked...He has since retracted, due to heavy criticism.
Nailed it. Remember those Blackberries the Admin has? Well i’d bet dollars to donuts Kagan sent a Blackberry Messenger message that it was toast, so he went into panic mode.
5 - 4 or 6 - 3? The questioning by the "Wise Latina" was almost as if she was one of us. Has she been listening to her Cardinals in Church and did it make an impression? Kagan? Ya I can see her sending a message. Yes he panicked, they just upped the meds. Although today was a Castro like Stem Winder on TV at the Diner. I read some of the propoganda, on the kyron and continued to eat my soup, he is loosing it...
Obama has succeeded in not only dividing the people in this Country, now he has divided the three branches of Government.
Nothing but a two bit dictator thug.
There’s been a lot of speculation that Kagan got word to BHO that his case didn’t fare well in the informal vote of Justices. OR, it could be that a grown up, experienced attorney, instead of the usual arse-kissing toadies he surrounds himself with, got word to him about how it appears in the real world.
he has retracted, but you are seeing increasing signs that he is melting down and becoming mentally unhinged
Or he knows he has won and now his grand speech will make him look like a he has unprecedented powers of persuasion.
I think they will rule the individual mandate not Constitutional. Obama already knows that.
What they won’t do is say the whole bill must be thrown out. The Court will contend that the text of the bill isn’t their business, only whether it is Constitutional. They will have to find another way to pay for it other than an individual mandate.
This is where the election comes into play. The SCOTUS will leave it up to the voters. Obama will use this as a tool to say that the GOP doesn’t care about Americans and Healthcare. If you notice, Obama has already began that talk this week.
Elect Obama and Dems, you will get a single payer system just like SS.
Elect a Republican President and Republican House and Senate, you have a chance to overturn it.
What is in the bill is irrelevant. It isn’t about that, and that is why Reid took out the clause that said it is not severable from the mandate.
Since the severabilty clause was removed, why is the SCOTUS wasting any time on severability?