I think I would like chat because it is not email! I have grown to Hate email. There is too much of it, it is overwhelming, and people do not understand each other well.

The votes:

ROBERTS, C. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III–C, in which GINSBURG, BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., joined; an opinion withrespect to Part IV, in which BREYER and KAGAN, JJ., joined; and an opinion with respect to Parts III–A, III–B, and III–D. GINSBURG, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, concurring in the judgment in part,and dissenting in part, in which SOTOMAYOR, J., joined, and in whichBREYER and KAGAN, JJ., joined as to Parts I, II, III, and IV. SCALIA, KENNEDY, THOMAS, and ALITO, JJ., filed a dissenting opinion. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

I refer to my email as my brain. Without the archives of my inbox, I'd be seriously screwed. Which is part of why I don't like chat for work: the lack of documentation. I'm pretty ruthless about deleting the personal and/or one-off scheduling emails.

I love having chat at work because it means I almost never have to use the phone.

The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional.

That is WONDERFUL.

Which is part of why I don't like chat for work: the lack of documentation.

Oh, our chat sessions are saved in Outlook just like emails (we use MS Messenger and the chats all go to an Outlook folder called Conversations).

Sparky,

one of my friends went to undergrad with Sotomayor. I just dropped my friend a note about the decision.

Thank you for explaining to those of us without a JD!

sarameg,

my email is like that as well. my email connected to followupthen is like having a another brain for real. I bought Omnifocus because I think I need the next level of organization.

Yeah, I pulled into the work parking lot just as they were announcing on public radio (quoting MSNBC or some big media) that the individual mandate had been declared unconstitutional.

Then five minutes later I had my laptop in the office listening to the same station saying it had been upheld.

Fun!

(Although I was expecting the mandate to be overturned, so the false report didn't surprise me.)

Also, Happy Birthday, David!!

And Matilda needs a blog for all her words of wisdom.

I knew that the Chief Justice was a really nice guy (no, really! he's to the bone a nice person) but I am still surprised.

He's also the only Maryland resident, and he knows of my lost dog.

I will note that this is almost exactly what My History Can Beat Up Your Politics said would happen.