I sure hope I am wrong, but my guess is the court will uphold the individual mandate and Obamacare. Asking 4 conservatives and as squish to overrule something this big that has passed through both the Legislative and Executive branches is going to be tough. They may all know it is a bad, bad idea - but I suspect that Kennedy and perhaps Roberts will not want the courts to trump the elected branches of government. They may also believe that the alternative to the individual mandate is pure single payer socialized medicine.
If what you say is true... neither kennedy or roberts deserves to sit on that bench... I saw the Robert’s hearing... I listened to his every word... he will also be a liar if you are correct. You know what scares me? I think that you may very well be correct.
LLS
I think you’re right. Kennedy could go, but I think Scalia would jump ship before Roberts.
“but I suspect that Kennedy and perhaps Roberts will not want the courts to trump the elected branches of government.”
That’s their JOB - to interpret the constitutionality of both lower court judgments and LAWS!!!
“They may also believe that the alternative to the individual mandate is pure single payer socialized medicine.”
Irrelevant and immaterial! We have too many (leftist) justices on there who want to legislate from the bench already.
Incidentally - one of the main purposes (and ultimate result) of Obamacare IS to force a single-payer system in the end.