Replies to post #171902 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

First Medicaid update

Tom Goldstein Publisher

Posted Wed, March 28th, 2012 1:29 pm

Paul Clement is done with his 30 minutes. The left is all over him for his argument against the expansion, but that is no surprise. The right was not critical but it’s too early to tell if there is actual support. That’s next.

http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/first-medicaid-update/

[PegnVA]

I agree attn'y Barlow Farr, who argued for severability, was very effective.

[SilverSurfer]

Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s most consistent swing vote, repeatedly voiced doubts about the mandate’s constitutionality, suggesting he could side with the court’s four staunch conservatives to overturn President Obama’s healthcare law.

“That changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in a very fundamental way,” Kennedy said.


http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/218429-justice-kennedy-among-skeptical-voices-at-courts-healthcare-debate