I wonder if Ginsberg might surprise us. Not only that she was awake during oral arguments, but because she was posing the question of the Court doing a ‘salvage job’ (which ain’t their job) on the Evilcare bill. That suggested to me that she had already either viewed the mandate as unconstitutional or had realized most of her colleagues did. Could a moment of rationality prod her to choose logic over ideology?
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To do a “salvage” they’d have to *read* the 2700 page bill.
One of the justices already said he would not do so.
2700/50 pages a day = 54 days of reading Obamacare
From what I’ve heard, it makes many citations into other codes, so it’s a laborious reading at that.
Dunno if they really should or will.