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Wow: SCOTUS Leaning Toward Throwing Out Obamacare In Its Entirety?
Townhall.com ^ | 3/28/2012 | Guy Benson

Posted on 03/28/2012 10:40:30 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross

My colleague Kate Hicks -- who has attended the High Court's oral arguments this week -- will file a full report on today's proceedings later on. In the meantime, some initial reactions indicate that the Supremes may be poised to not only throw out Obamacare's individual mandate, but the entire thing. Wow. Snippets the Wall Street Journal's excellent live blog:

* Justice Kennedy, again exploring the competency theme, says Mr. Kneedler suggests the court has the expertise to invalidate some parts of the law, but not the expertise to judge whether other parts should remain in place. The justice says he finds that "odd."

* Justice Scalia suggests there has never been another high court case where the justices have struck down the “heart” of a law, but left the rest of it in place.

* Chief Justice Roberts suggests that Mr. Kneedler, the government lawyer, has made effectively made the case that if the insurance mandate falls, the guarantee that insurers accept all customers must go, too. But, the chief says, that doesn’t tell the court what to do with all the many other provisions of the law.

* Justice Alito echoes those concerns, saying other provisions in the law, in addition to the guaranteed-coverage requirement, could lead to higher costs for insurers.

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin says Justice Kennedy led this aggressive questioning, indicating that Kennedy has made up his mind that at least the individual mandate is unconstitutional. Via CNN tweets:

Toobin: "The leader of the questioning was Kennedy; it certainly seemed likely he made up his mind the mandate was unconstitutional."

CNN JUST IN: Jeffrey Toobin: "this entire law is in trouble..." the individual mandate appears "doomed"..."seemed a foregone conclusion."

Toobin reiterated his "train wreck" imagery, adding that today could have also been a "plane wreck" ...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: initsentirety; obamacare; unconstitutional
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1 posted on 03/28/2012 10:40:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross
Quick Takes on Severability From Inside the Courtroom
2 posted on 03/28/2012 10:41:49 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Rush Limbaugh just said the justices are not going to read all 2700 pages and determine what to leave in or take out. It will either all pass or all fail.


3 posted on 03/28/2012 10:47:23 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson" - Newt Gingrich)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I like the term:

OBAMAWRECK


4 posted on 03/28/2012 10:47:32 AM PDT by woofie (It takes three villages and a forest of woodland creatures to raise a child in Obamaville)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Pelosi was right. We had to pass the law to see what’s in it. What was in it was an exploding dye pack of merde that is about to blow up in the Democrats collective face.


5 posted on 03/28/2012 10:48:39 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Jihad" is Arabic for "Helter-Skelter", "bin Laden" is Arabic for "Manson".)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

LOL! Garbage in..garbage out.


6 posted on 03/28/2012 10:52:08 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson" - Newt Gingrich)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Rush said Scalia asked, “You really expect us to read the entire 2700 page law!”. Lol! Of course, not Justice Kennedy, nobody else did!

When will the ruling come down?


7 posted on 03/28/2012 10:52:14 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: Servant of the Cross

As usual, it all rests on Kennedy. If he votes to shoot it down, that frees the Dems to vote as they think best. But they will certainly vote in Obamacare’s favor, especially on the severability issue, if Kennedy does.

The fact that they are all asking questions may be serious, or it may just be political cover. They wouldn’t want to destroy the country unless they appeared to examine all the issues very carefully.


8 posted on 03/28/2012 10:52:33 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Obamacare was crafted with string and chewing gum.

If an intern presented a sumamry to a Justice written like this his next assignment would be cleaning out the SCOTUS head.

9 posted on 03/28/2012 10:54:47 AM PDT by AU72
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To: KansasGirl

I heard they rule on this in June some time.


10 posted on 03/28/2012 10:55:10 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("We Need To Teach The Establishment a Lesson" - Newt Gingrich)
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To: Servant of the Cross

That would be wonderful. I conjure the Democrats would be happy if the individual mandate was struck down but the rest maintained. That would end private insurance as people would wait till they got sick to purchase health insurance. That has been the goal all along in my opinion.


11 posted on 03/28/2012 10:55:32 AM PDT by albionin
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To: KansasGirl

The ruling comes in June.


12 posted on 03/28/2012 10:55:39 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Don`t. Be. Fooled!

The comments and questions from SCOTUS justices should never be taken as a harbinger of their final rulings. They`re playing devil`s advocate by design. Remember, four of them are locked down for 0bama. Our side is the dicier one by far.


13 posted on 03/28/2012 10:55:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA (A single drop of American blood for muslims is one drop too many!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Do it. Kill the whole thing. It needs to be shot in the head...a double tap to ObamaCare.

His signature act...thrown out as unconstitutional before he finished his first (and, hopefully, only) term. Fitting, and representative of almost everything he has done.

The Man Who Despise America
http://www.jeffhead.com/obama-time.htm

America at the Crossroads of History
http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm


14 posted on 03/28/2012 10:56:21 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: KansasGirl

“When will the ruling come down?”

My understanding is June from what i have read


15 posted on 03/28/2012 10:56:26 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: sheikdetailfeather

And why should they, right?

The dems didn’t read their own bill.

Typical libs....rely on others to do the work they refuse to do.


16 posted on 03/28/2012 10:56:34 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Servant of the Cross
The hubris of NOT putting in a severability clause is astonishing... and laughable.

I still don't believe a word that comes out of any reporter's mouth. We could easily be Mahili’d.

17 posted on 03/28/2012 10:57:24 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Pelosi was right. We had to pass the law to see what’s in it. What was in it was an exploding dye pack of merde that is about to blow up in the Democrats collective face.”

Very nicely put, hat tip.


18 posted on 03/28/2012 10:58:32 AM PDT by albionin
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Well, congress didn’t read the bill, why should SCOTUS?


19 posted on 03/28/2012 10:58:40 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (.)
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To: Servant of the Cross
My understanding is that the bill failed to include a severability clause. Any part found unconstitutional invalidates the whole thing. The individual mandate is likely to be found unconstitutional. That should toss the whole thing. Make the corrupt politicians write short, concise bills that aren't loaded with tons of trash that gets crammed down our throats because it is beyond the comprehension and time of the elected officials to vet before voting.
20 posted on 03/28/2012 10:58:40 AM PDT by Myrddin
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