Yes.
Now how many people are still gullible enough to believe that this whore court won’t rule 5-4 for King to kill the subsidies?
Nothing but cold, heartless indifference to human suffering.
Nothing colder than a sadist who is also an intellectual.
They had better hope there’s no afterlife, because if there is, they’ll spend it in the 9th Ring of the Inferno.
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The next time Democrats control the White House and the House and Senate, they should make Medicaid a completely federal program.
Then slimy Republican governors won’t be able to undermine it.
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Wow. You are correct. It does sound like incomprehensible gibberish.
In fact, the entire opinion piece becomes entirely incomprehensible without a clear explanation of what that means.
It’s a good thing this isn’t about an important topic or something. Because, damn, that would suck.
Have you considered using a translation service before you go to print with things like this?
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I am wondering WHO PAID FOR THIS DECISION?
Who benefits?
Follow the money…
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“…two things Justice Scalia says he holds dear…”
Well, we all know Scalia believes precedent is whatever he dreams up at the time.
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"…the Laws of the United States… and all treaties made… shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby…
— The Constitution of the United States of America, Article 6, Clause 2
Conservatives totally know that. That's their mission. To get it, and control it.
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Precedent and congressional intent—two things Justice Scalia says he holds dear.
He says that, but the fact is Scalia hasn’t taken precedent seriously in decades.
Citations would be nice, yeah.
As federal law reigns supreme, the providers argued that Idaho’s actions are illegal and must be stopped. Five justices disagreed and concluded that the providers couldn’t be in court at all.
That bit there just sounds like the Court decided the plaintiffs didn’t have standing, and so didn’t actually render a decision on the merits of the case - but that would’ve been a much quicker and simpler occassion.
I can fix this very fast. Change the Supreme Court (and congressional) health insurance coverage to a federal Medicaid program that mirrors the weakest state run program.
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It was no surprise that three of the most corrupt justices in American history decided once again to ignore precedent. It was surprising and disappointing that Justice Breyer decided to join them in part.
You could tell, at least I could, that he knew very well during his confirmation hearing. Pretty good poker face when he was lying through his teeth though.
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Let’s call it as it is. “Conservative” (really “reactionary”) is a synonym for “sadist”.
If the individual States are really interested in helping their citizens then they are going to have to step up and raise the reimbursement rates to make the system work. If the affected people do not care than nothing will happen.
More or less, though a bit beyond that; @Someguy above links to the SCOTUSblog discussion of the case.
The five Republcians on the Roberts court are no different from the tea party Republcians and their “just let them die” belief. The Roberts court does not make rules according to the Constitution, but according to their ideology. This is the worse court we have ever had in the history of this country and why voting matters.
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Precedent and congressional intent—two things Justice Scalia says he holds dear.
Yea; first rule of fight club in a very bad way.
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Mandate SCOTUS rely on Medicare and watch how fast they flip-flop.
“In a 5-4 ruling…”
How did I know that in advance?
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