The health care decision: Make your predictions - Page 16

libby · 06-28-2012, 10:07 AM

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That means that the only Justices that could have written the majority opinion

Why does it mean that only they could've written the opinion?

*Tilted* ^(Premo) · 06-28-2012, 10:09 AM

The mandate is upheld, but as a tax apparently (i.e. not necessarily under Congress' CC / N&PC powers).

awpitt · 06-28-2012, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Tilted

The mandate is upheld, but as a tax apparently (i.e. not necessarily under Congress' CC / N&PC powers).

Huh? I just saw that The Supreme Court has struck down the individual mandate for health care.

*Tilted* ^(Premo) · 06-28-2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by libby

Why does it mean that only they could've written the opinion?

Because they read opinions in reverse order of seniority based on the author of the majority opinion. So, for whatever opinions will be released on a given day, the one from the least senior Justice is read first and they work up the line. The Chief Justice is always the most senior, no matter how long they've been on the Court. After the Chief Justice comes Justices Scalia and then Kennedy because they have been on the Court the longest.

Chris0nllyn · 06-28-2012, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by awpitt

Huh? I just saw that The Supreme Court has struck down the individual mandate for health care.

I'm watching it now on C-Span

Roberts joined the left and said it was constitutional.

Chris0nllyn · 06-28-2012, 10:13 AM

Medicaid provision is limited, but not invalidated.

libby · 06-28-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris0nllyn

I'm watching it now on C-Span

Roberts joined the left and said it was constitutional.

I just can't believe I'm hearing this!

awpitt · 06-28-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris0nllyn

I'm watching it now on C-Span

Roberts joined the left and said it was constitutional.

Than CNN's Website has make a big "boo boo". They have "Mandate struck down" posted in huge font.

Chris0nllyn · 06-28-2012, 10:15 AM

From SCOTUS blog:

Basically, the entire ACA has been upheld. With the exeption that the federal government's power to terminate state's medicade funds is narrowly read.

Chris0nllyn · 06-28-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by libby

I just can't believe I'm hearing this!

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Originally Posted by awpitt

Than CNN's Website has make a big "boo boo". They have "Mandate struck down" posted in huge font.

Seems that way.

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The individual mandate survives as a tax. - SCOTUS Blog

View Poll Results: What will the Supreme Court do?
Uphold the individual mandate.	5	12.82%
Throw out the mandate but keep the rest of the PPACA.	4	10.26%
Throw out the mandate and part, but not all, of the PPACA.	8	20.51%
Throw out the mandate and all of the PPACA.	22	56.41%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

06-28-2012, 10:09 AM	#152
Tilted ^(Premo) .. Member Since: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,937	The mandate is upheld, but as a tax apparently (i.e. not necessarily under Congress' CC / N&PC powers). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ You have it all wrong President Obama... The risk of death isn't the price we pay for liberty, the risk of death is the price we pay for life. The price we pay for liberty is being accountable for our own actions - that, and the burden of holding others individually accountable for theirs.
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