The NY Times is still parsing, but it sounds better than I had hoped.
ION, Gail Collins has a nice piece on Nora Ephron [link]
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jun 28, 2012 5:22:22 am PDT #11667 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
hippocampus - Jun 28, 2012 5:23:29 am PDT #11668 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
CNN just corrected. "Correction: The Supreme Court backs all parts of President Obama’s signature health care law."
also, Hi everyone!
Sparky1 - Jun 28, 2012 5:24:17 am PDT #11669 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Decision was 5-4 on the mandate.
le nubian - Jun 28, 2012 5:24:41 am PDT #11670 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
damn that was too close.
le nubian - Jun 28, 2012 5:25:46 am PDT #11671 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
On my twitter feed they said the vote was 6-3
Sparky1 - Jun 28, 2012 5:26:21 am PDT #11672 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Here's why it is confusing: The Court holds that the mandate violates the Commerce Clause, but that doesn't matter b/c there are five votes for the mandate to be constitutional under the taxing power.
Sparky1 - Jun 28, 2012 5:26:43 am PDT #11673 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
6-3 might be another vote on a different question (there were four).
le nubian - Jun 28, 2012 5:28:36 am PDT #11674 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
subtleties and nuance will not penetrate my brain today
Sparky1 - Jun 28, 2012 5:29:11 am PDT #11675 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsberg & Breyer voted would have upheld it under the commerce clause and/or as a tax, Roberts only agreed in so far as it is a tax - so he really did save this thing by a hair.
Sparky1 - Jun 28, 2012 5:29:42 am PDT #11676 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Again quoting: In opening his statement in dissent, Kennedy says: "In our view, the entire Act before us is invalid in its entirety."