tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1188870813349568949..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Three possible surprise rulings on the Affordable Care ActAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-26861627148447626482012-06-16T04:18:19.137-04:002012-06-16T04:18:19.137-04:00No. The contraceptive mandate is not objectionabl...No. The contraceptive mandate is not objectionable under the same bogus conservative arguments as is the purchase mandate. A whole new set of bogus conservative arguments would have to be raised against it. But don't worry, this new generation of bogosity is already being developed in the legal laboratories at Heritage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-81928348195053499882012-06-15T16:03:21.572-04:002012-06-15T16:03:21.572-04:002:14,
If you think Tony Scalia's going to tak...2:14,<br /><br />If you think Tony Scalia's going to take orders from someone who on 39 separate occasions sought to curry his legal favor in the Supreme Court, then you don't know Tony Scalia.<br /><br />Seven Supreme Court justices were on hand when John Roberts was sworn in as paper chief justice. One justice was absent: Tony Scalia. Scalia treats Roberts as a subordinate in the same way that Cheney handled Dubya. To believe otherwise is to ignore the history of Tony Scalia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-83861693967021035872012-06-15T14:14:14.916-04:002012-06-15T14:14:14.916-04:00"The Scalia Court will kill the Affordable Ca..."The Scalia Court will kill the Affordable Care Act on a 5-4 vote. Scalia will write the majority opinion."<br /><br />It's not the Scalia Court. If Justice Roberts is in the majority, he decides who writes the opinion, and he may very choose to write the opinion for such a historic case himself. <br /><br />More probable, in my opinion, is that Justice Kennedy will write the opinion if he were to be in the 5-4 majority, as a reward for voting with the majority and because... well because he's enamored with himself and would love to build on his legacyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-14704359557078163432012-06-15T12:36:56.378-04:002012-06-15T12:36:56.378-04:00The Scalia Court will kill the Affordable Care Act...The Scalia Court will kill the Affordable Care Act on a 5-4 vote. Scalia will write the majority opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-23511745579215598262012-06-15T11:32:03.844-04:002012-06-15T11:32:03.844-04:00Quick question: would or could option (2) also eli...Quick question: would or could option (2) also eliminate the contraceptive mandate, in effect killing 2 birds with stone?PaulSnoreply@blogger.com