[magellan]

We need either the whole thing struck down or the whole thing upheld. If the SCOTUS takes this apart piecemeal it could mean Obama's reelection and Obama getting Single Payer.

If the whole thing is overturned, it brands Obama a failure, and he likely gets defeated and fades away.

If the whole thing is upheld, it will make the rise of the Tea Party in 2009 look like a pee-wee soccer game. All Hell will break loose on the right and Obama and the Democrat majorities will be thrown out in an effort to repeal ObamaCare.

[In Maryland]

Well, Scalia seems solidly with you. In today's Supreme Court laugh of the day:

KNEEDLER: ... we think that severability is a matter of statutory interpretation. It should be resolved by looking at the structure and the text of the Act, and the Court may look at legislative history to figure out what the text and structure mean with respect to severability. We don't -

JUSTICE SCALIA: Mr. Kneedler, what happened to the Eighth Amendment? [banning cruel and unusual punishment] You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?