“Yes,” Scalia protested, “I think this Congress would act.”
I completely agree with Scalia, this Congress would act. Now lets run down the ways they would act…
Lets make a game out of it!
On the other hand, I think Boehner and McDonnell would harken back to the Rush lyrics, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”
This has nothing to do with the case in front of the Court. His job is to make a decision on the case before them. Do the "four words’, or lack of an additional two words “or federal exchange”, over rule the other wording elsewhere in the Bill.
And seriously, if Congress wants to act they could correct the editing error and we could move on.
Does he live on another planet, or is this just additional evidence that he really is suffering from dementia?
I would substitute cynical.
I can’t remember which columnist or talking head made this point, but whomever it was pointed out the fact that failure to provide a fix would lead to story after story of cancer patients being kicked off treatment, sick kids losing their medical coverage, and various people who desperately need insurance being priced out of their plans. For instance, imagine the optics of a mother of four having to cancel a desperately needed surgery because she can no longer afford the insurance to pay for it. People will literally die. And the way the media works they’ll cover every second of it. They’ll cover it because the media loves pain and suffering and sick kids. That will be a nightmare for Republicans now that they control both chambers of Congress. The narrative won’t be, “Dems wrote a bad law”. It will be, “The Republican controlled Congress is refusing to fix the law.” Even if it is more “both sides”, I don’t see how folks walk away blaming the people who wrote the law and not those in control who refuse to fix the problem.
I am going out on a long, thin limb here and predict the Scalia will vote to save Obamacare. I don’t know why I have had this feeling about Scalia for the last week, but it just keeps getting stronger that he will do the unexpected. Unfortunately, I’ve been wrong more than right on too many things in these past ten years. Lets just call it a wild ass guess on my part. No, I’m not on any medication. I’m sober, drink very little.
Why is he lying about this! Scalia knows, he KNOWS, that Congress won’t do anything. Why Why lie about it!!!
Until the last sentence I was going to go with “drunk”.
Scalia finished by saying, “Thanks, I’ll be here all week. Remember to tip your waitstaff and try the veal”
I believe the Latin for Godwin’s law is Reductio ad Nazium
Considering how many times Scalia has been cited in cases overturning gay marriage bans, you would think he would avoid shooting his mouth off like this.
Since he screwed up writing about one of his own decisions last year there has been some question as to Scalia’s mental capacity. This comment confirms that the old guy is slipping badly. He is clearly delusional if he thinks Congress would fix this mess. Of course they won’t.
YPM:
‘You really think Congress is just going to sit there while all the disastrous consequences ensue?’ [Scalia] asked Obama administration lawyer Don Verrilli.
The U.S. solicitor general had a sarcastic retort.
‘Well, this Congress?’
Hooray! About time the administration started treating Scalia with the same condescending disdain he treats everyone else.
At least he admitted that “disastrous consequences” could “ensue” if the law is overturned. He is on record now when his NO vote is counted that he could care less what the consequences on the uninsured would be.
Not to mention, what would make him think Congress would act if they haven’t for all these years? (Except voting over 60 times to repeal it.)
There’s a belief, a saying, that one should not attribute to malice what can be attributed to foolishness.
In general, I think that’s sound advice, but it doesn’t apply to Conservatives. Malice is always the foremost motive in Conservative thinking. It may be, and consistently is, accompanied by egregious stupidity, but the malice is always there.
So I think Scalia has been paying attention, and is well aware of the massive evidential mountain of shred that shows the GOP won’t act to fix the ACA. He’s just lying, because he hates liberals and possesses a sociopathic indifference to the plights of the non-wealthy.
But if Congress doesn’t do anything we’re still safe, Scalia said firmly.
And he has company. Alan Greenspan Oct 2008
“Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief,” he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
I’m glad everyone laughed. Scalia I’m sure hates to look the fool.
I don’t think they would lose an election over this. Most voters don’t understand the issue.
You have way too much faith in red state voters. They would blame Obama if their cat gets a gallstone.
Hey buddy, you got a problem with dat? Yea, you heard me.