[Paul46360]

Well Jim..maybe there is a glimmer..

[Star Traveler]

That’s good to hear, but it’s also sorta like reading tea-leaves to get the future ... :-) ...

I do hope he rules the way it sounds!

[Vendome]

Maybe someone can finally wrench that knife out of my back.

[ripley]

They’ll probably re-write the law, just as they did in 2010, for the Gruberites who did the machinations for the law.

IMHO

[FoxInSocks]

"We have to assume that we have three fully functioning branches of the government that are committed to proceed in good faith and with good will toward one another to resolve the problems of this republic."

I don't know where he got that idea. That's a faulty premise. America hasn't seen any of that in a really long time.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If the Supremes were concerned with the impact of a law then Roe v. Wade would never have been upheld.

[chemical_boy]

The supreme court is going to play hot potato and throw it back in Congress’s lap, with the rational that congress will fix the State subsidy issue, for the “good” of the country of course.

[Bobalu]

I expect that even if the court goes against Obama on this point that he will try something illegal and overreaching to keep Obamacare afloat.

The court should have killed this monster when the first case came before them. FUJR

[Interesting Times]

Apparently the Constitution means whatever Anthony Kennedy believes when he’s brushing his teeth on a given morning.

[ScottinVA]

I take every pre-announcement comment these justices make with a huge chunk of salt. The comments even some of the libs on the SCOTUS made during the Obamacare arguments in 2011 led me to believe they would lean against the mandate. But... lo and behold...

[grobdriver]

We have to assume that we have three fully functioning branches of the government that are committed to proceed in good faith and with good will toward one another

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! ! ! ! ! ! ! *snort* ! ! ! ! ! *giggle* choke, choke........

[Fightin Whitey]

After the first SCOTUS hearing about Obamacare I saw Ginzbag on the stage at some college somewhere during a legal conference or seminar, something like that.

A lady (natch) in the audience asked a leading question about the upcoming decision.

The old witch cackled delightedly and said, “If anyone tells you they know what’s coming in the health care case, you can conclude they are lying.”

I concluded that we were sunk, because of the cackle. Everyone remembers how she peed down her bony leg in outrage over the Bush-Gore decision.

She’ll tip her hand this time too, if she goes out in public. ‘Cause she doesn’t give a s-— about the law, the court or the country, and she will let it be known.

[Huskrrrr]

[Gay State Conservative]

Anyone know if this case is scheduled to be decided by this June,or did oral arguments occur too late in this year's sitting to allow adequate time for deliberations?

[tanknetter]

Double edged sword of a comment by Kennedy.

Note his “assumption of good faith” part. That points in exactly the opposite direction, in Obamacare’s favor. IOW the assumption that the Congress and the President wouldn’t knowingly and deliberately do something illegal or unconstitutional.

This plays into the Admin’s argument that the wording is an unintentional “glitch”, since there’s a court-validated requirement for Legislation significantly impacting the states (like by witholding subsidies as the stick portion of a carrot and stick) to clearly identify itself as doing so.

[Pontiac]

“We have to assume that we have three fully functioning branches of the government that are committed to proceed in good faith and with good will toward one another to resolve the problems of this republic,” Kennedy argued

Actually I find that comment rather cryptic.

The phrase “proceed in good faith and with good will toward one another to resolve the problems of this republic” could suggest that Kennedy intends to help fix the law by fabricating a ruling such as Roberts did to save the law in the first challenge.

[StAntKnee]

OK, JimR. But. We heard it the first time around, too.

Heck, even if the SCOTUS trashes it, Obama will appeal it to the highest court in the land, his power of executive order.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Obamacare.... Too big to fail.

That’s what they are hoping for.

[SuperLuminal]

Probably just another "rope-a-dope" comment...John Roberts redux??

Most likely, just in case, the emperor's minions are "locating" a treasure trove of child pornography and making sure it is traceable to Kennedy...

[liberalh8ter]

If you really want to know how SCOTUS will rule, just ask Pelosi; she came out ahead of the Roberts betrayal and told everyone the law would survive and we all know Roberts saved it in the final hours.