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12. True, Scalia, Roberts and the others are just toadies for corporations...

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:24 AM

Mar 2012

And the mandate is really liked by their corporate masters...that makes the eventual decision really hard to predict.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe SCOTUS can rule against the mandate BUT [View all] joeybee12 Mar 2012 OP

Without a severability clause, the court reserves the right.... BlueDemKev Mar 2012 #22

Loss Of The Mandate Pretty Much Scuttles The Plan TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #2

I didn't realize the administration asked that... joeybee12 Mar 2012 #6

Naive. SpencerShay Mar 2012 #7

Obama was naive PERIOD. BlueDemKev Mar 2012 #20

Well there it is. great white snark Mar 2012 #30

I think they gambled that the Court wouldn't have the guts kudzu22 Mar 2012 #10

Sounds like it...nt joeybee12 Mar 2012 #11

I agree with you - I don't understand the President's gamble karynnj Mar 2012 #13

but the insurance companies WANT the mandate. ellenfl Mar 2012 #15

If they put in a public option to counter the mandate, I would joeybee12 Mar 2012 #14

The supreme court can do whatever it wants, severability or not kudzu22 Mar 2012 #8

It is hard to believe the corporate judges would keep Johonny Mar 2012 #9

Of course they don't have to kudzu22 Mar 2012 #25

The Extreme Court can not write Law...Period Bandit Mar 2012 #28

There are ways to make it work without the mandate. subterranean Mar 2012 #26

It probably would survive kudzu22 Mar 2012 #27

OR do they punt this down the road a couple of years, using the fact that madinmaryland Mar 2012 #16

No, The Supreme Court.... BlueDemKev Mar 2012 #21

Don't Hold Your Breath.... BlueDemKev Mar 2012 #17

If the Fascist Five strike down the ACA meow2u3 Mar 2012 #29