The whole law has passed SCOTUS intact.
Fuck.
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The whole law has passed SCOTUS intact.
Fuck.
Quote:
Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it.
Mandate = tax = upheld. Scotusblog.com
Incredible that every news source is reporting something different right now. Awesome journalism in this country...
[Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET] The Supreme Court has upheld the entire health care law by a vote of 5 to 4, Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears said. That includes the medicare provisionQuote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
not what the AP is saying.
"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty."
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by ghettodub
But I heard the majority opinion from Chief Roberts and he said the mandate is a tax and therefore constitutional.
Fuck.
We're all screwed. The entire thing was upheld
Europe here we come.