This is the critical decision. Notice how the liberal “Justices” are all in a flurry. If they strike down the individual mandate but leave the rest, then we are toast.
There was no severability clause in the bill. They put one in, but then they took it out. Notice that the slime justices are trying to get around this by asking what was congresses “real intent”?
That’s activist language. Not what did the Founders actually say in the Constitution, but what did they secretly MEAN, reading their minds? What did congress secretly MEAN by failing to include a severability clause.
To hell with that. No severability clause—the whole thing should go down, and let congress start over again.
exactly. to me the fact that Congress didn’t include the severability clause decides the case. the argument should have lasted about 30 seconds. Clement gets up and says “May it please the Court, this law has no severability clause, In fact, Congress specifically passed it knowing it lacked one. Further, it did have one origianlly and they removed it and passed the law without it. End of story. I reserve the balance of my time”
Also, Clement may have well locked down a SC appt of his own with this case.