All of these tweets are via:
@janetadamy #supremecourt
They are in chronological order: Paul Clement, speaking against the mandate is up:
WSJ’s Kendall: Kennedy says mandate changes relationship between federal gov and individual citizens in a fundamental way.
WSJ’s Kendall: Paul Clement for challengers says mandate is unprecedented effort to force people to enter into commerce.
WSJ’s Kendall: Sotomayor notes challengers have conceded gov could require people to buy insurance at the point of sale.
WSJ’s Kendall: Clement responds that not all health care is unpredictable, like routine office visits and preventative care
WSJ’s Kendall: Kagan says Clement is quibbling about a matter of timing.
WSJ’s Kendall: Kennedy, who was critical of the gov argument earlier today, jumps in to take issue with the challengers.
WSJ’s Kendall: Kennedy seems to bristle at idea young, healthy people without insurance are beyond regulatory consideration.
WSJ’s Kendall: Kennedy: Such a person is an actuarial reality who can and must be measured.
WSJ’s Kendall: Ginsburg suggests the insurance mandate works much like Social Security.
WSJ’s Kendall: Breyer sends clear signals he believe the insurance mandate is allowed under the Commerce Clause.
WSJ’s Kendall: Clement argues that if the gov can force people to buy insurance, it can force people to buy other products too
WSJ’s Kendall: Roberts says key to the gov’s argument is that everyone is in health-care market, which makes it different
WSJ’s Kendall: Roberts: All the government is trying to do, he said, is regulate how health care is paid for.
WSJ’s Kendall: Clement objects strongly to the notion that every American is a participant in the health-care market
WSJ’s Kendall: Kennedy points out all citizens are in the health market; they are creating a risk that must be accounted for.
WSJ’s Kendall: As Clement ends argument, fairly clear four liberal justices leaning toward support for insurance mandate.
WSJ’s Kendall: Roberts and Kennedy made comments that somewhat tempered criticisms they voiced earlier against federal gov.
WSJ’s Kendall: Scalia and Alito did not make tempering comments. Seems a long shot Verrilli could pick up their votes.
@JessBravin: Clement finished, Michael Carvin stepped up for the challengers to the law.
This is most definitely not over.