My suspicion on this vote is somewhat mixed. IMO it will be 6-3 against the individual mandate with kennedy and Ginsburg joining the other 4.
I suspect, the regulation portions will be left in tact as within the perview of the G...that vote will be 5-4.
Just my thought based on the questioning during the hearing.
Meanwhile, Obunghole will not be happy, even with half a loaf so watch for him to try something extra legal. Recall how he sided with the marxist in central america against their courts when they tried to remove him.
If your scenario plays out, Obama had better hope that they strike the whole law and not just the mandate.
If they strike the mandate but not the regs, Obama will have essentially double-crossed the health insurance industry. The deal they were offered was 50 million new paying customers at gunpoint, in exchange for the pain of Sebelius and her regulations. The lack of severability was done to protect them in case the mandate were to be tossed.
For Obama, crossing the insurance industry is the political equivalent of crossing the Mafia. Remember Harry and Louise? They are going to use their massive warchests, plus Citizens United, to absolutely bury him under a blizzard of negative ads this fall.
” My suspicion on this vote is somewhat mixed. IMO it will be 6-3 against the individual mandate with kennedy and Ginsburg joining the other 4.
I suspect, the regulation portions will be left intact as within the perview of the G...that vote will be 5-4.”
I might have agreed with you, had it not been for the outright threat by Obama, after the Bulldyke whispered to him over the weekend.
1) SCOTUS knows that Obama will ignore the ruling, if any of it is left intact.
2) They would have to read all 2700 pages, which they won’t do.
The entire thing will be tossed, 5-4.
Just MHO...thanks for the post!