[continuing with Justice Dept. lawyer Kneedler]
[source: twitter.com, WSJ’s Kendall, via @janetadamy, #supremecourt tag]
WSJ’s Kendall: Roberts asks what should happen to rest of the law if court strikes down the law’s expansion of Medicaid.
Kneedler says that if the court strikes down the Medicaid expansion, other provisions should remain in place.
Kennedy asks whether court has competence to decide in detail if certain provisions of the law should stay/fall
—Personal Comment: DING! (See also - bold comment from Scalia above)
Scalia suggests never has been SC case where justices struck down the heart of a law but left the rest in place.
[continuing with Justice Dept. lawyer Kneedler]
[source: twitter.com, WSJ’s Brent Kendall, via @janetadamy, #supremecourt tag]
Kennedy says Kneedler suggests court has expertise to invalidate some of law but not to judge whether rest says in place
Kneedler finished, now on to lawyer H. Bartow Farr.
[I will have to depart shortly... will add new tweets on my return in a couple of hours unless someone else steps in and pinch-hits. Cheers]