Here are the results of our SCOTUS/Obamacare poll.
And here are your comments.
Posted by Chancegardener on April 8, 2012 at 5:36 pm.
I would not be even a little bit surprised to see them partially overturn the law. However, that my not be all bad as then we might get what we really want with a single payer system.
Posted by SoINeedAName on March 25, 2012 at 1:54 pm.
If it had to be "either/or" I actually think they’ll uphold it – with Kennedy and maybe even Roberts voting it’s constitutional.
But I’m going to be a contrarian and say they’ll punt. Because of the Anit-Injunction Act, they’ll rule that courts must wait until someone is actually forced to purchase health insurance before they can decide the issue – and that won’t happen until 2014.
The ABA has an interesting 40-page compendium [PDF] looking at the issue in an interesting manner – including an Experts’ Poll (they think it’ll be rule constitutional):
Posted by Tolga Tolu on March 22, 2012 at 4:43 pm.
Universal healthcare/public option
Posted by regroce on March 20, 2012 at 7:26 am.
Scalia has made previous public comments that he’s completely against it, and I’d expect him to do everything possible to malign it.
Posted by Ira Ellie on March 20, 2012 at 3:39 am.
They better "leave it as is," or the ROBERTS 5 will REALLY go down in history as the WORST, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, UNJUST COURT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES – The court that ended our Democracy.
Posted by John Coleman on March 18, 2012 at 6:51 pm.
SCOTUS is dominated by GOP appointees, they will ‘just say no’to anything proposed by Democrats.
SCOTUS is not the friend of American citizens, they are a wing of the Fascist Party.
I voted that I think they will overturn it. Time will tell.
There is a new poll for you.
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I voted that way too, TC. The site wouldn’t allow me to leave a comment, try as I did!
I don’t think the Republican/Teabaggers and their SCOTUS whores want any of it!
I agree, and hope I’m wrong.
I think it will survive, for now, 4-4-1 with either Kennedy or Roberts (I’m betting Roberts) “punting,” but based on general ripeness principles rather than solely on the Anti-Injunction Rule. BTW, I do not think it’s possible to invalidate just the individual mandate inasmuch as Congress removed a previously included severability clause from final version, thereby indicating that Congress did not intend any provision to be held to be severable. It’s an all-or-nothing package.
Welcome, Myron. 🙂
I hope you’re right. I agree that if they kill it, they will kill it all!
I voted that they would only overturn the mandate but have since changed my mind and think they will uphold it as is.
Hope you’re right!