SCOTUS saves Obamacare in 6-25-15 opinion

[wizardwatson]

Waiting for link to opinion. Just announced like 2 minutes ago.

Decision of the Fourth Circuit is affirmed in King v. Burwell. 6-3.

Subsidies upheld.

[update]
Here is the opinion, written by Chief Justice Roberts.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf

 

[cindy25]

Judas Roberts saves Obamacare again

www.scotusblog.com

joined I assume by Kenedy

 

[AuH20]

Roberts. I hope he is hit by lightning.

BTW Keep voting.

 

[AuH20]

Scalia. Alito. Thomas. Dissent.

 

[cindy25]

he should be used against Jeb as another Bush screw up

 

[AuH20]

 

[AuH20]

Roberts needs to be punished.

 

[AuH20]

2012 - It's not SCOTUS's job to fix Congress's shitty laws

2015 - This is a shittily written law, so we deem it means the opposite of what it says.

The Supreme Court should just close shop. It's completely useless and contradictory.

 

[cindy25]

could Amash and Massie introduce articles of impeachment? wouldn't pass, but stress ......

someone gets a chance to redeem themselves, and correct their mistake, and they make the same mistake? senile or blackmailed or bribed?

 

[AuH20]

They just turned up the heat on the frog. Maybe not a bad thing after all.

 

[AuH20]

The majority also acknowledges that the challengers' "arguments about the plain meaning . . . are strong."

 

[AuH20]

This country is more fucked up than I thought. Read this drivel from the highest court in the land. They are making up stuff as they go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After acknowledging the strength of the plain language arguments from the challengers, the majority says "In this instance, the context and structure of the Act compel us to depart from what would otherwise be the most natural reading of the pertinent statutory phrase."

 

[ZENemy]

I have refused to pay it.

How can something that wasn't read by representatives apply to me? It doesn't, I do not consent.

 

[ZENemy]

This country is more fucked up than I thought. Read this drivel from the highest court in the land. They are making up stuff as they go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After acknowledging the strength of the plain language arguments from the challengers, the majority says "In this instance, the context and structure of the Act compel us to depart from what would otherwise be the most natural reading of the pertinent statutory phrase."

Public non compliance is the only non violent option left.

 

[wizardwatson]

Here is the opinion, written by Chief Justice Roberts. Long and boring. Updated OP. Will likely post some news article of the "reasoning" which paraphrases all this. Was actually waiting for gay marriage. I'm much more interested in seeing how SCOTUS intellectually defends making this a civil rights rather than states rights issue.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf

 

[EBounding]

I remember back in 2004 when Republican voters were told that they HAD to get out and vote for Bush just for the SC appointments. This was to protect us from a possible socialized medicine scheme.....

 

[AuH20]

We are living in a post Constitutional age. Thus the social contract is broken. Any rules of civility fly out the window.

Noah Rothman ‏@NoahCRothman 2m2 minutes ago

To preserve the ACA, the Court has ignored the text of the law and the solicitor general’s arguments in support of that text.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

Sensing a lot of anger here...

 

[Carlybee]

I have refused to pay it.

How can something that wasn't read by representatives apply to me? It doesn't, I do not consent.

Yeah well...although I am opposed to Obamacare...we opted out and our insurance rate skyrocketed. So did my son's so he had to let his lapse because he couldn't afford it due to illness. Now he needs help for complications from the brain injury he got in 2011 and has no coverage. But we are good just screwed libertarians.

Even our insurance agent said all the insurance companies now hate Obamacare. Ie...they aren't making the money they thought they would.

 

[Cleaner44]

There are no check or balances within our oligarchy.