The Supreme Court did not hand down the ACA decisions (they are counting it as 4 decisions) today. Best guess is that it will happen on the 28th, the last possible day, although no one can be sure. They start handing down decisions at 10 a.m., and usually don't take more than an hour to announce everything. Next possible day is Thursday.
Also, they didn't announce whether or not the Montana case that would allow them to revisit Citizens United, would be granted cert., which everyone really thought would happen today.
Take care, tommyrot.
I didn't think the Supreme Court would really overturn the ACA. I mean it is WAY against precedent. Then I was reading my twitter feed today (I follow some legal scholars). I am trying to gird my loins for serious disappointment and rage.
Read the last paragraph of this link:
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If the court does overturn the mandate, it's going to be hard to know how to react. It's been more than 75 years since the Supreme Court overturned a piece of legislation as big as ACA, and I can't think of any example of the court overturning landmark legislation this big based on a principle as flimsy and manufactured as activity vs. inactivity. When the court overturned the NRA in 1935, it was a shock — but it was also a unanimous decision and, despite FDR's pique, not really a surprising ruling given existing precedent. Overturning ACA would be a whole different kind of game changer. It would mean that the Supreme Court had officially entered an era where they were frankly willing to overturn liberal legislation just because they don't like it. Pile that on top of Bush v. Gore and Citizens United and you have a Supreme Court that's pretty explicitly chosen up sides in American electoral politics. This would be, in no uncertain terms, no longer business as usual.
I let that sink in for awhile. I find it really disturbing.
Scalia is releasing some statements in advance of the formal decision which makes advocates for ACA depressed.
Thanks Scrappy. I can let my concentrate on other things until the 28th!
I let that sink in for awhile. I find it really disturbing.
Yeah, that's what I"ve been thinking ever since it became apparent they might really repeal the ACA.
Was it Hec that said the SCOTUS historically tends to be partisan?
re: my post above.
clearly I need to concentrate more on missing words!
It will take decades to undo what this Supreme Court has done in recent years. Decades.
So, because I'm having conscious sedation today, I'm not supposed to eat anything--including gum or candy. But I can take my medication.
My stomach is wildly upset right now, and I took two Tums without thinking of it. We can file that under meds, right? What is the problem with eating before conscious sedation? Am I going to vomit up the Tums, or what?
I could kind of do with a couple more, is why I ask...
They don't want you to throw up, yeah. I don't think the Tums will hurt, even if they're not expressly allowed.
So, a thing happened where the chief marketing officer sent around an email to the whole organization that included a comment about me. A
good
comment, but y'all will understand why it's making me laugh:
“Brenda” consistently works to identify new ways to contribute to the growth of our business yadda yadda etc.
...if that IS her real name!
I was just looking at the goodstuff tumblr, and the picture of the young man with the duckling on his ear reminded me how funny the grown-ups of that breed of duck are:
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They have white George Washington wigs!
