Will the SCOTUS rule Obamacare to be constitutional or not?

[TennesseeOrange]

What does that mean?

If the individual mandate is unconstitutional can the rest of the bill be implemented as congress intended. The thing is, the bill was so long and included so many provisions completed unrelated to the individual mandate: the black lung act and Indian healthcare, etc. etc.

 

[T-TownVol]

what he said

 

[RespectTradition]

and now they have taken the severability out of the bill that is in front of the SCOTUS

If the individual mandate is unconstitutional can the rest of the bill be implemented as congress intended. The thing is, the bill was so long and included so many provisions completed unrelated to the individual mandate: the black lung act and Indian healthcare, etc. etc.

I understand the issues on severability. I thought Scalia's quip about the 8th amendment and adjudicating severability was funny. I just didn't follow TTV's statement. I did not know who the 'they' was or exactly what bill he was referring to. I thought everything was still in play. I was just confused about what he meant.

 

[gsvol]

 

[T-TownVol]

I understand the issues on severability. I thought Scalia's quip about the 8th amendment and adjudicating severability was funny. I just didn't follow TTV's statement. I did not know who the 'they' was or exactly what bill he was referring to. I thought everything was still in play. I was just confused about what he meant.

The administration has made this whole thing very confusing on purpose.

 

[bamawriter]

The law would still stand in all circuits. In the 11th, the appeals court upheld Vinson saying that the mandate is unconstitutional, but ruled that the mandate was severable and that the rest of the law still stood.

Even if Kagan recused herself, the court is likely to still have a majority on the issue of severability. It sounds like most don't consider it severable. So if it was a 4-4 split on the mandate, and say a 6-2 vote that it's not severable, the entire law would go down in the 11th circuit.

 

[gsvol]