My opinion is the mandates will go, but the rest of the law will stay. No reason or inside knowledge on my part, but I just think that’s the best scenario we can hope for. And if by some miracle Romney should become president, don’t look for a repeal.
Agree. Scotus will split the baby.
Can't...Then that is truly Judical Activism, by them esentially writing law as Scalia noted we didn't want to read it because it was out of their Constitutional relm
” My opinion is the mandates will go, but the rest of the law will stay.”
Nah.....SCOTUS knows Obama is a psycho, and will ignore the law. Any other POTUS but Obama, maybe.....not Obama.
Excising the mandate and retaining the rest is akin to removing the entire first floor (supports included) of a high-rise building - what’s left won’t just stay where it is. Either the court goes thru the entire TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED pages (and that’s just the list of changes to existing law, that doesn’t represent the entire relevant US Code which must be analyzed) and makes whatever adjustments they either assume Congress intended (telepathy is not in their job description) or they want (to wit: judicial activism), or they chuck the whole thing and tell Congress to try again. As more than one judge indicated active opposition to the prospect of merely reading the whole thing, and as the mandate is the premise for much of what remains, full overturn is the only option.
I am looking forward to Thomas’ opinion. It will use the verdict as a jumping-off point for addressing & virtually setting precedent on related issues. I would not be surprised if he DID read all 2700 pages, and will issue a scathing microscopic review of the whole thing.