Justices poised to strike down entire healthcare law
Reporting from Washington— The Supreme Court's conservative justices said Wednesday they are prepared to strike down President Obama’s healthcare law entirely.
Picking up where they left off Tuesday, the conservatives said they thought a decision striking down the law's controversial individual mandate to purchase health insurance means the whole statute should fall with it.
The court’s conservatives sounded as though they had determined for themselves that the 2,700-page measure must be declared unconstitutional.
"One way or another, Congress will have to revisit it in toto," said Justice Antonin Scalia.
Agreeing, Justice Anthony Kennedy said it would be an "extreme proposition" to allow the various insurance regulations to stand after the mandate was struck down.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
End Game for ObamaCare?
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Do we know yet when the court decides on this issue? It will be a pretty amazing event in U.S. history if the law is struck down.
ReplyDeleteThe ruling should come sometime in June. I read today that over the next few days, the justices will debate the issue and then show their cards, in terms of how each will rule in the case. Too bad the rest of us have to wait until summer to find out.
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