It’s funny how I can’t (not with any credibility anyway) go into court and argue that explicit language against my position is merely a “glitch” and the judge should simply rewrite the law. But so called respected jurists and scholars take that very position here.
If this were being considered outside the context of Obama’s signature legislative disaster then I’m confident the courts would tell the administration to live with it or ask Congress to fix it.
But a case as politically charged as this more will not get the same treatment.
My best guess is that the four who voted to strike down the whole thing will be more than happy to make the left live with the law that they told us to wait until it was passed so we could see what is in it. Now if Roberts will come through then I think zerocare is pretty well dead. It will just take more time and pain to get the courts and Congress to dismantle it.
Hopefully the country can survive in the time being.
I do wonder if Roberts regrets his 2012 vote.
Even if so I’m still pissed at him.
Rewriting laws isn't in Judge Roberts' nor any of the other justices' job descriptions. That task is reserved to the Congress, and revenue measures must specifically originate in the House of Representatives (not the Senate as the tax/penalty did).
That the entire scam was not met with outrage is stunning.