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June 28, 2012

Leaked: The First Four Pages of the ObamaCare Decision!
— Ace

Thanks to RDBrewer.

Some great flashbacks via Drudge.

UPDATE BELOW THE FOLD [lauraw}: The kind of anticipatory mood Moron Nation is in, this morning.

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1 First

Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of Mead, eater of pistachios at June 28, 2012 05:10 AM (GvYeG)

2 1st

Posted by: Rstone at June 28, 2012 05:10 AM (MdYJ2)

3 I feel the need ... the need for mead!

Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of Mead, eater of pistachios at June 28, 2012 05:10 AM (GvYeG)

4 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at June 28, 2012 05:11 AM (nUH8H)

5 The Prime Directive to Kirk is like the Constitution to Obama.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:11 AM (GQ8sn)

6 brb, executive orderin'

Posted by: lolbama at June 28, 2012 05:12 AM (aw5Tx)

7 E Plebnista, beeetches!

Posted by: eman at June 28, 2012 05:14 AM (ejmiE)

8 The preamble was written by the committee on style AFTER the final wording of the Constitution was approved and voted on.

It was never supposed to mean anything legally but desperate liberals will latch on to anything to justify a rubber constitution.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:14 AM (YdQQY)

9 Last year, I watched Star Trek the Original Series all over again and was delightfully reminded how many episodes made conservative points. Even the one that pointedly mentions "the Son" (Jesus).

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 28, 2012 05:14 AM (bMLFV)

10 Worsip words, reserved for Chiefs and the sons of chiefs.

Posted by: Fox2! at June 28, 2012 05:15 AM (FWG5+)

11 Is this the worst non-third season episode of the original Star Trek series?

Why yes, I think it is. God it's awful.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 05:15 AM (ogWsV)

12 So the congressional democrats to Obama and Pelosi are like the red-shirts of the Enterprise crew?

Posted by: Uncledave at June 28, 2012 05:16 AM (nJ32z)

13 They're up to 100K now.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:16 AM (YdQQY)

14 Blame Kirk!

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:16 AM (BAnPT)

15 @philipaklein RT @vplus: CNN: President Obama will be speaking in reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling shortly after an opinion comes down @ChadPergram ‪#Boehner‬ does presser at 11:15. ‪#Pelosi‬ at 12:15. First major reactions after ‪#healthcare‬ decision ‪#SCOTUS‬

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at June 28, 2012 05:16 AM (d6QMz)

The worst actor in the entire universe of shitty fucking actors, William Shatner, AKA James Tiberius Kirk, probably tagged more alien and human ass than any other human who ever lived, including Bill Russell.

It just ain't fair.

Posted by: Sharkman at June 28, 2012 05:17 AM (wMsKw)

17 This could be a fun day ... IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of Mead, eater of pistachios at June 28, 2012 05:17 AM (GvYeG)

18 Please God....

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at June 28, 2012 05:17 AM (dramD)

19 The Prime Directive to Kirk is like the Constitution to Obama.

EC, Kirk beat Clinton to the line, "Because I Could!"

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:18 AM (BAnPT)

20 So the congressional democrats to Obama and Pelosi are like the red-shirts of the Enterprise crew?

No, taxpayers are.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:18 AM (GQ8sn)

Keep a window open on the Dow as well.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 05:18 AM (HLFzM)

22 @ #9 If you think Start Trek had a conservative slant, try watching some of my old episodes....

Posted by: The Twilight Zone at June 28, 2012 05:18 AM (4LpXf)

23 Keep a window open on the Dow as well.

Don't jump!

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (BAnPT)

24 $10 says Kirk banged the little hottie alien in the leather top.

Posted by: Fritz at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (/ZZCn)

25 FREEDOM....it is one of our worship words...you will not use it.

Posted by: Paladin at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (hxLER)

26 From the live blog:

To answer a question about who might be retiring soon, I think that may well depend on who wins the election. If the President is re-elected, there may be a lot of pressure on Justice Ginsburg to retire to ensure that he can appoint her successor. She has said that she wants to serve as long as Justice Brandeis, which I think would put her in 2014.

But only she can make the call. Justices Scalia and Kennedy are the next oldest Justices, and there might be similar pressure on them if Romney were to win instead. But they too are going to be fairly impervious to pressure. They all really enjoy their jobs.

If she retired right now I would hope that the Republicans would stall it until after the election.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (YdQQY)

27 16 ... when your middle name is Tiberius you are gonna get some action ... just sayin' ...

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of Mead at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (GvYeG)

28 One hour till I am fucked.

This shit sucks.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at June 28, 2012 05:19 AM (KZI7g)

If this POS is upheld, I'm going to be out at least $50K by 4pm

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 05:20 AM (HLFzM)

30 @27

Trust me, not all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: Killface Tiberius McManus, 11 kids by 10 baby mamas at June 28, 2012 05:22 AM (BDd0G)

31 Star Trek "inspired" by Ray Bradbury, Classical liberal, will blend the conservative elements with liberal imaginative abandon to "want" and "deserve". Hence the taught experiments in virtual life.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:22 AM (BAnPT)

32 I'm listen'n to Beck now .... heh

Posted by: SoCalMe at June 28, 2012 05:23 AM (s72/N)

33 Does this mean we can throw tribbles at Pelosi?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 28, 2012 05:23 AM (VtjlW)

34 Yeah, maybe not the worst non-Season Three ep of "Star Trek," but close. Odd thing is that it was written, or at least the story was concocted, by Gene Roddenberry, the Great Bird of the Galaxy himself.

And before anybody springs in with "Gawd Shatner is a lousy actor": Remember that acting styles have changed in forty-something years.

I recall something I read once about James Cagney, "The key to acting is TRUTH. That's not the same as being realistic. There isn't a human ever who behaved like Cagney does on film, but you cannot find a single frame of his performances that isn't TRUE." And that, I think, applies equally to Mr. Shatner..

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:23 AM (exvgC)

35 Day-um! Shatner be actin' his ASS off!

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 28, 2012 05:24 AM (8sCoq)

36 @21

I suspect there will be wild cheers when it is over turned.

Chances of you seeing that on MSM? Slim.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 05:24 AM (KZI7g)

37 Don't smear the Blackfoot Tribe with the likes of Obama.
He's not their fault.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:24 AM (BAnPT)

38 Shatner was and is a great bad actor. I agree, this was not one of the best episodes from the first two seasons.

Posted by: Yang Ambassador at June 28, 2012 05:25 AM (ejmiE)

39 EC, Kirk beat Clinton to the line, "Because I Could!"

Kirk = teh fuckin boss!

I also want to talk about my incredible displeasure with the re-boot/prequel of the Star Trek franchise by the Lost writer assfucks. They completely glossed over the Kobayashi Maru plot point like it was a fucking joke. That's supposed to have been Kirk's defining moments where he learns to assess the situation, take stock of his options, and then go on to make his own. Fucking Chris Pine walks in, eating an apple, and the whole thing is made up to look like a prank.

That's not how I wanted it to be shown!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:25 AM (GQ8sn)

40 One a positive note, as Kirk chews up the US Constitution, Michelle the Mugato is not in this episode.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:25 AM (ZHrEM)

41 Shatner always makes me giggle when he tries to act, but I hope a majority of the court shares Kirk's view today.

Posted by: Laura Castellano at June 28, 2012 05:25 AM (fuw6p)

42 Wouldn't it be hilarious if SCOTUS decided not to hand down the ruling today?

You know they can do that, right?

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 05:25 AM (ogWsV)

43 "Amy Howe: To answer a common theme, we had not generally used the term "Obamacare" to describe the ACA. But in recent months the Administration has in fact decided to embrace the term, usually in some formulation of how the law demonstrates that "Obama cares.'"

from the liveblog, they are skating on the edge of being political...

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (oZfic)

44 "I never said that" Beck played the fool when Stossel interviewed him.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (BAnPT)

45 37 Don't smear the Blackfoot Tribe with the likes of Obama.
He's not their fault.

Actually, my foot is white. ha ha.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (KZI7g)

46 I love Captain Kirk! All you pinheads who rag on him eat shit and die! He never takes himself seriously which is saying something in this current cult of personality age we live in. (Say wasn't there a Living Color song???) Honey Badger, I am breaking out the last two bottles of 1998 mead we have stored in the pantry, next to the hickory cured hobo jerky. Either way, I feel I am going to need it.

Posted by: San Antonio Rose at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (noqys)

47 30 ... dude !

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (GvYeG)

48 Has anyone noticed this First American case they ard talking about? Evidently they passed some kind of law that gave people statutory right to standing even if they have not been harmed by some action. That violates all court rulings on standing.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:26 AM (YdQQY)

49 EC, the Chris Pine/Abrams Star Trek sequel is not on my viewing list. I would prefer to watch the super extended director's cut of Star Trek The Motion Picture instead. That is how much I dislike the whole reboot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:27 AM (ZHrEM)

50 Shatner has his acting style, just like vaudeville veterans had their schtick.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:27 AM (BAnPT)

51 42 Wouldn't it be hilarious if SCOTUS decided not to hand down the ruling today?

You know they can do that, right?

What?

Shit, get me an executive order, ASAP.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at June 28, 2012 05:27 AM (KZI7g)

52 I like Kennedy's animal-hide vest.

Posted by: rdbrewer at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (Iyg03)

53 48 "they" the SCOTUS?

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (BAnPT)

54 Love old Star Trek. That was one of my favorite scenes.

Posted by: willy at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (kUCQ4)

55 39: Not to mention the original series, and most of the sequel series, at least tried to be plausible. (Note I did not say "realistic.") The new "Lost Star Trek"? How plausible is it when newly commissioned ensigns right out of the Academy get to command a multi-trillion-credit starship?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (exvgC)

when your middle name is Tiberius you are gonna get some action ... just sayin'

Kinda like naming your kid Optimus Prime.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (bMLFV)

Hoo boy- that blonde dude had some serious cognitive dissonance going on, eh?

"Me not understand"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 28, 2012 05:28 AM (hgSh3)

58 46 If this gets struck down, its a round of mead for everyone ...!!!!! And if the contempt votes goes well ... hell its mead AND bacon!!!

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:29 AM (GvYeG)

59 I would prefer to watch the super extended director's cut of Star Trek The Motion Picture instead. That is how much I dislike the whole reboot. You're missing out. My parents were original Trekkies, and they loved the reboot. Honestly, it was really well done and completely in keeping with the "Chronology and Causality? Who Needs Those?" theme of the whole Trek Universe.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at June 28, 2012 05:29 AM (nUH8H)

I suspect there will be wild cheers when it is over turned.

--

If my bet that it gets overturned comes off, I will cut a year off of my projected retirement date.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 05:30 AM (HLFzM)

61 45 I had a Blackfoot foster brother, a really great guy.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:30 AM (BAnPT)

62 Maybe JugEars will grab the wrong speech to read. He's got 3 ready to go, depending on the outcome. At least two of them will be full of his whininess, while all 3 will be jam packed with mouth noises.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 28, 2012 05:30 AM (ccXZP)

63 Before it loaded I thought it was going to be a 'Downfall' parody.

Posted by: fluffy at June 28, 2012 05:30 AM (z9HTb)

64 I saw that one, on a plane without Microphones, Anna, an agonizing experience,
Roddenberry was Chief Parker's token liberal, but he was a Truman/Kennedy
one, that's why the stories feel the way they do.

Posted by: archie goodwin at June 28, 2012 05:30 AM (XbAbB)

65 All Coms Dead Day is tomorrow. I'll be out of office all day.

Posted by: Yang Ambassador at June 28, 2012 05:31 AM (ejmiE)

66 Honestly, it was really well done and completely in keeping with the "Chronology and Causality? Who Needs Those?" theme of the whole Trek Universe.

I did not care for the addition of Nimoy as Spock Prime, even though I much prefer the original series. They're trying to have the best of both worlds. Either make it a 100% reboot or don't.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:31 AM (GQ8sn)

67 If this gets struck down, I'm going to have myself a beer.

If it is upheld, I'm going to have myself about 10 beers.

Posted by: Killface at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (BDd0G)

68 Post updated.

Posted by: lauraw at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (QV0LH)

69 My parents were original Trekkies

That's not something one mentions in polite company.

Posted by: fluffy at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (z9HTb)

70 "For the first time in my (adult) life, I'm proud to be an American." Moochelle going to take it back?

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (BAnPT)

71 Carney, get me my "peace pipe". You know asshole, the bong I hid in your office. I think I am going to need a toke.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (KZI7g)

72 Re: the reboot: I got tired of all the lens flares. And the young Spock having an affair with a human woman? Whatever happened to the every seven years mating, or whatever it was?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:32 AM (exvgC)

73 56 ... funny you should mention that ...

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:33 AM (GvYeG)

I think that episode had the worst attack scene ever, with some yeti with a rubber horn.

He could be played by Sen. Leahy.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at June 28, 2012 05:33 AM (l3vZN)

EC, the Chris Pine/Abrams Star Trek sequel is not on my viewing list. I would prefer to watch the super extended director's cut of Star Trek The Motion Picture instead. That is how much I dislike the whole reboot<<<

That's a shame. You're missing out - it was a good movie and a delight for fans of the original series.

Fans, not Assberger Syndrome, sweaty Comicon fat fucks who suck the joy out of science fiction.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 28, 2012 05:33 AM (oihrP)

76 >>>Post updated.

Obama's new running mate?

Posted by: Fritz at June 28, 2012 05:33 AM (/ZZCn)

77 It's 9:33AM, what the fuck is taking so long?!?!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:33 AM (GQ8sn)

78 Just in case you havne't, go look quick like a bunny at the front page of the HuffPo. The hysteria, it is teh funny.

Posted by: Tonestaple at June 28, 2012 05:34 AM (EMRvP)

79 Funny Parrot. Trix are for kids.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 28, 2012 05:34 AM (BAnPT)

80 AllenG no I am not. I watched the reboot in the theatre and about gagged. They had characters saying the 'phrases' but savaging everything.

Sulu knows about swordsmanship and pulls out a foldable ninja sword.

Chekov plays Tetris as Spock abandons logic and his sense of duty to save his mother during Red Alert.

Spock Prime uses a shuttle powered transporter to beam Kirk and Scotty aboard Enterprise. Said ship is traveling at Warp Speed at a speed and direction Spock Prime does not know.

And worse of all as Wolfus says they just give to the bratty Kirk, who has not even graduated from Starfleet Academy, command of a starship.

The writing in this movie makes Spock's Brain seem a candidate for the Nobel in Literature.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:34 AM (ZHrEM)

81 God, Allen you make me feel really really old. I was an original Trekkie. My sister dragged me to first Star Trek convention held in Dallas, back in early 70s, maybe late sixties. Man what a trip to think about. Come to think about it I saw the original Star Wars (episode IV to you young'uns) the first week it was out. Maybe that's why I don't want Obamacare. I would be first in line for the death panel.

Posted by: San Antonio Rose at June 28, 2012 05:34 AM (noqys)

82 But I will agree that the casting was very good in the Abrams film. Pine had the cockiness of a young Kirk (though making him out as the James Dean of the 23rd century was a big mistake); and Karl Urban was positively channeling DeForest Kelley as McCoy!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:35 AM (exvgC)

83 Man! I am just drinking beer after beer, because I just have this feeling! A feeling like; I need another beer.

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 28, 2012 05:35 AM (HNn1q)

84 You know they can do that, right? Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 09:25 AM (ogWsV) ------- but, they aren't set to come back to the bench until October...

Posted by: cheers or not? at June 28, 2012 05:35 AM (HOOye)

85 The Star Trek reboot was entertaining. It also was arrogantly stupid.

Posted by: eman at June 28, 2012 05:35 AM (ejmiE)

86 It's 9:33AM, what the fuck is taking so long?!?!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 09:33 AM (GQ8sn)

They don't announce until 10 am

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 05:36 AM (X6akg)

87 Still unable to concentrate on anything. I thought you might be interested in this.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 05:36 AM (HcYHR)

88 I liked the original series and the reboot. The apple scene was funny and in keeping with Kirk's huge ego IMHO. But on to better things ... strike this down now!!!

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:36 AM (GvYeG)

89 It's 9:33AM, what the fuck is taking so long?!?!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 09:33 AM (GQ8sn)

They don't announce until 10 am

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 09:36 AM (X6akg)

GAH!!!!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:37 AM (GQ8sn)

90 I concur with EC. They decimated Kirk as a character in the reboot. Fun film? Yeah, probably. But Kirk wasn't an inspiring character anymore... he was just a punk who happened to find himself on a Constitution-Class starship after a series of mishaps. Lucky punk Kirk =/= hard-working, driven Kirk. The character is completely different!

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, Cloaking device enabled at June 28, 2012 05:37 AM (ZGD9B)

91 "Let the bodies hit the floor..." Yes.

Posted by: cheers or not? at June 28, 2012 05:38 AM (HOOye)

92 20 minutes.

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 28, 2012 05:38 AM (caAEA)

93 84 You know they can do that, right?
Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 09:25 AM (ogWsV)
-------

but, they aren't set to come back to the bench until October...

Posted by: cheers or not? at June 28, 2012 09:35 AM (HOOye)

They can extend the term. Possibly dedicate a single day to the ACA decision. It could be Friday or Monday. We won't know until they actually come out at ten and start.

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 05:38 AM (oZfic)

94 My favorite quote from the OCare days was Alcee Hastings, chair of the Rules Committee, saying "Rules...? I don't care about rules. We make them up... as we go along."

The Rules Committee. Freakin' libs.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 05:38 AM (HcYHR)

95 Spock's Brain was invoked in this thread. All bets are now off. And I agree that Karl Urban was indeed the Real McCoy. o.0

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, Cloaking device enabled at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (ZGD9B)

96 And TCM just started showing The Manster. They just showed Village of the Damned.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (ZHrEM)

97 "It's constitutional, It's in the Good and Welfare Clause!" Rep Conyers D Mich.

Come On Supremes we are being ruled by idiots who could not pass the test to gain citizen status if they had to, something that should be a requirement of all those that would presume to lead US!

idiots, morons, rejects and reprobates that are NOT smarter than a fifth grader!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (vXqv3)

98 Health care by executive order coming Monday.

Posted by: Dave Axeldouche at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (WSs3A)

99 If it's overturned, I predict MSNBC will see its highest ratings ever. I know I'll be tuning in.

Posted by: LIGuy at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (+usC4)

100 Alien wikipedia entry for James T Kirk:

NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:39 AM (GQ8sn)

101 Is it just me, or does it also appear to others that the new Spock has a touch of the ghey?

Posted by: Fritz at June 28, 2012 05:40 AM (/ZZCn)

102 Fritz, the new Spock's actor voted for Obama in 08. Logic is not his forte, he is only an actor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:40 AM (ZHrEM)

103 Anyone have intrade going? the stock market?

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 05:40 AM (oZfic)

104 Is it just me, or does it also appear to others that the new Spock has a touch of the ghey?

The actor who plays him came out of the closet a short while ago. So yes, your gaydar is operating within normal parameters.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:41 AM (GQ8sn)

105 100 ... well played ...

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:42 AM (GvYeG)

106 But Kirk wasn't an inspiring character anymore... he was just a punk who happened to find himself on a Constitution-Class starship after a series of mishaps. Maybe not to you old folks. Remember that I didn't watch TOS until I'd already seen several episodes of TNG. I've never watched the whole thing, actually. But from the movies, and from the episodes I've seen, new Kirk is just a more Gen X version of Old Kirk. Same swagger, same "Yeah, I'm just that awesome," and the same sense of responsibility- this one is just hidden under multiple layers of sarcasm and belligerence.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at June 28, 2012 05:42 AM (nUH8H)

107 Stock market: -102.

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (X6akg)

108 101
Yeah the actor who plays the new Spock came out as teh ghey... So in those intense moments between Spock and Kirk you just know new Spock is thinking about penis.

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (Ngi7s)

109 Shat's the man!

Posted by: nickless at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (Rtx1X)

110 Let's not forget there are three decisions today. The Obama Care decision will probably be the last announced.

10:45??

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (KZI7g)

111 It is J. J. Abrams who decided to kill off Kirk's father, and then blow up Vulcan because he could, just like most odd numbered Trek films, not good ideas.

Posted by: archie goodwin at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (XbAbB)

112 The new film was aimed utterly at twenty-somethings. Apparently, as we see in one of Chekov's scenes, it's okay in the new Star Fleet to abandon your post if you have a reeely, reeely good reason.

Contrast that with the times in the original when McCoy, say, was the senior officer present on the bridge. But they never had him take command, even though he outranked Sulu or whoever, because (as I understand things naval today) he was clearly a staff officer -- not command trained. To have the ship's doctor conning the vessel would have been ridiculous.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:43 AM (exvgC)

113 It's 9:45 and they are hosting 218,000 over there, ace, are you monitoring the liveblog from SCOTUS?

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 05:44 AM (oZfic)

114 In the reboot they go through huge machinations to kill Kirk's dad just so Kirk can end up getting the stink eye from Spock, then they destroy Vulcan so Spock and Kirk can be friends.

Posted by: eman at June 28, 2012 05:44 AM (ejmiE)

115 15 minutes!!!!

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 28, 2012 05:44 AM (caAEA)

116 "Amy Howe: To answer a question about the motorcade leaving the WH and whether I'm sure that the President isn't going to be here, I'm not sure about anything right now, other than that the Justices will take the bench at 10."

from the liveblog

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 05:44 AM (oZfic)

117 107 Stock market: -102.

Shorts covering their asses before decision. Market will soar and they don't want to be holding the bag.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 05:45 AM (KZI7g)

118 Hey... anyone remember how many different ways this things was supposed to be "dead"???

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 05:45 AM (+4Ho1)

119 101 Is it just me, or does it also appear to others that the new Spock has a touch of the ghey?

How the hell do you think they learn to do that thing they do with their hands!!

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 28, 2012 05:45 AM (HNn1q)

120 Kirk would strike this down and announce it while eating an apple ... with one of those green chicks sitting on his lap.

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:46 AM (GvYeG)

121 103 Anyone have intrade going? the stock market? Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 09:40 AM (oZfic) intrade 71.9% stock: all major us markets down atm

Posted by: cheers or not? at June 28, 2012 05:46 AM (HOOye)

122 Shorts covering their asses before decision. Market will soar and they don't want to be holding the bag.
Posted by: Billy Bob

May Obama and the Democrats be the only ones caught holding the bag today. A large stinky bag of manure.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:46 AM (ZHrEM)

123 what about the tribbles? no one ever thinks about the tribbles......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at June 28, 2012 05:46 AM (Ho2rs)

124

Health care by executive order coming Monday.

Riots coming Tuesday.

Posted by: America, sick and tired of this Socialist shit at June 28, 2012 05:46 AM (d0Tfm)

125 Contrast that with the times in the original when McCoy, say, was the senior officer present on the bridge. But they never had him take command, even though he outranked Sulu or whoever, because (as I understand things naval today) he was clearly a staff officer -- not command trained. To have the ship's doctor conning the vessel would have been ridiculous.

That goes against real-world military chain of command. On the TOS, they had Scotty take command and he was an enlisted rank, ahead of other junior officers. I guess they couldn't take a non-character on the show and put him ahead of the regulars.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (GQ8sn)

126 Man I bet this clip really frosts liberal's tiny little balls when they see it.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (rX1N2)

127 You know, if this shit sandwich is upheld, it might well be the impetus that propels the GOP into total control. Just sayin'.

Posted by: maddogg at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (OlN4e)

128 AllenG probably already mentioned this but, looks like Lockheed Martin has broke the union.
Like the Russians have General Winter, Texas has General Summer--the union (being naturally stupid) somehow thought it would be a good idea to call a strike and picket right at the start of summer.

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (kSaUf)

129 Does ace have three different movie reviews written...?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (+4Ho1)

130 Doctors are not "line" officers and can not assume command.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (YdQQY)

131 oh god scotusblog better not break I have the wsj livestream up too, however

Posted by: cheers or not? at June 28, 2012 05:47 AM (HOOye)

132 I'm watching Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, so I'm doin' all right.

Posted by: ace at June 28, 2012 05:48 AM (aw5Tx)

133 You might see big pharma stocks take a hit since they happily took a bite of the Obamacare shit sandwich and asked for seconds.

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 05:48 AM (Ngi7s)

134 Just in case you havne't, go look quick like a bunny at the front page of the HuffPo. The hysteria, it is teh funny.

Yep, hysterical

Looking at the picture, I realized I could name all nine. But then, so could most everyone here.

Some of the Huff Puffers know the home address of a few of the justices.

Posted by: fluffy at June 28, 2012 05:48 AM (z9HTb)

135 they're interviewing lots of people who say it would just be a terrible, terrible if this wonderful law were struck down.

Posted by: ace at June 28, 2012 05:49 AM (aw5Tx)

136 Hopefully this can be remembered as Back to Lochner Day

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 05:49 AM (+oKKW)

137 The Giant Ice Cream Cone that Eats Planets is on the way. Maybe Kirk will destroy it with an unlikely but convenient plot device.

Posted by: eman at June 28, 2012 05:49 AM (ejmiE)

138 134 I'm watching Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, so I'm doin' all right.

Posted by: ace at June 28, 2012 09:48 AM (aw5Tx)

Watching the enemy? WTF you don't get Fox?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 05:49 AM (KZI7g)

139 EC, Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott is Chief Engineer. Dr. McCoy is not part of the chain of command, hard to down check Commander Decker for being bonkers if McCoy is his, temporary. subordinate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:49 AM (ZHrEM)

140 Shut the doors and windows, A/C on - to muffle my screams - either way. Will wake up the dogs in the neighborhood...

Posted by: just like when me and hubby making the love at June 28, 2012 05:50 AM (HOOye)

141 ARRRRGH, I'm so anxious I'm NAUSEOUS.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (CA2NO)

142

>>Still unable to concentrate on anything. I thought you might be interested in this.

Glad to know I'm not alone. The cat has picked up on my nervous energy and is keeping me amused by running around and chewing on me.

>>The Obama Care decision will probably be the last announced.

>>10:45??

Oi. I'll be paying more attention to twitter or blogs than the kids' swim lessons...I'll try not to scream and scare them...either way...

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (SUKHu)

143 FUCK. I don't have any alcohol!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (CA2NO)

144 140 134 I'm watching Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, so I'm doin' all right. Posted by: ace at June 28, 2012 09:48 AM (aw5Tx) Watching the enemy? WTF you don't get Fox? Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 09:49 AM (KZI7g) ======= I don't get fox. Have both CNN and MSLSD picture in picture on.

Posted by: just like when me and hubby making the love at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (HOOye)

145 I'm dying inside. Time to go see what the dipshits at DU and DKos are up to, and laugh.

Posted by: lauraw at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (QV0LH)

146 @106 and 112, I am only twentysix. D: I remember crying like a baby when they killed Kirk in Generations. I was eight or nine, my whole world went up in flames at the time. As one of the next generation (no pun intended) of trekkies, I wish for the days of yore!

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (ZfQ6D)

147 Obamacare will be upheld and will prepare the way for me to make my grand entrance. Rejoice!!!!!11!!

Posted by: SMOD the Liberator at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (KM2HD)

148 125 That goes against real-world military chain of command. On the TOS, they had Scotty take command and he was an enlisted rank, ahead of other junior officers. I guess they couldn't take a non-character on the show and put him ahead of the regulars.
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I'd agree -- usually an engineering officer wouldn't take the bridge. But Scott was an officer, a Lieutenant Commander, as Trek didn't deal with enlisted ranks at all. And maybe somebody recalled that much later in TNG, when they devised the business with a special examination, not just a written test, an officer could take to qualify as a bridge officer. We can suppose it existed in Kirk's time, and Scotty took that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:51 AM (exvgC)

149

they're interviewing lots of people who say it would just be a terrible, terrible if this wonderful law were struck down.<<<

People like Peggy Joseph and Juan the semi-retarded McDonald's fry cook.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (oihrP)

150 CNN: Doctors have many opinions on this issue, like this doctor who wants the law upheld, and this doctor who also wants the law upheld. (Don't worry, in the name of balance we'll have one of these Obamacare supporters describe what anti-Obamacare doctors believe in lieu of actually interviewing one)

Posted by: TheBombDiggity at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (Ap0Fx)

151 MWR, me too!

Posted by: no good deed at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (0lYad)

152 Wasn't Scotty a enlisted guy? Or am I getting his character trivia wrong?

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (GQ8sn)

153 >>Hey... anyone remember how many different ways this things was supposed to be "dead"???

This is another one of them. The whole pile of shit gets "executive ordered" back into existence by noon.

Posted by: EeyoreRadish at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (/kI1Q)

154 Say what you want about Shatner's acting ability, he creates memorable characters! Kirk, T.J. Hooker, Denny Crane, Priceline Negotiator Dude, and the Twilight Zone episode where he sees the little Dwarf/ Gremlin on the wing of a plane in flight. Still creeps the hell out of me. Good guy too!

Posted by: stevea28 at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (08zAt)

155 146 FUCK. I don't have any alcohol! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 09:51 AM (CA2NO) --------- yikes, come on over I put some Lite Stella in earlier. But, the non-Lite is there for ya'!

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 05:52 AM (HOOye)

156 The Prime Directive to Kirk is like the Constitution to Obama.

No comparison. Kirk and his successors broke the Prime Directive to protect rights and help people. Obama breaks the Constitution to empower himself and those like him. Not nearly the same thing. Dems are more like The Dominion; they want unquestioned rule. Everyone else is just a unit constructed for a purpose. If they die, hey no big deal, just slot another one into place.

Posted by: GamerFromJump at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (CxXsE)

157 So are all the Hitler's Bunker videos ready ?

Posted by: Austin Millbarge at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (e8kgV)

158

I'm watching Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, so I'm doin' all right.

Alas, I did not get to see Ann Curry's "oh, the pain of it all" moment on Today. What am I saying? I never watch Today.

Remember, Mitt Romney has too much money, but paying that idiot $10 million to get the hell out is just fine.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (B+qrE)

159 Get the flaming skull ready .... and don't forget the pudd'n my god don't forget the pudd'n

Posted by: SoCalMe at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (s72/N)

160 I'm giving her all I can Captain ...

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (GvYeG)

161 That bird is kinda creepy.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (5H6zj)

162 It would be terrible, just terrible if this wonderful law was struck down.

Posted by: Bambi at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (+4Ho1)

163 Ok, this may be a really stupid question but.....if it is ruled constitutional, is there anything a new congress and/or president could do to stop it?

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (X6akg)

164 luckily I'm watching Bubble Guppies with my lil girl right now. I've got my laptop though...

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (caAEA)

165 But Scott was an officer, a Lieutenant Commander, as Trek didn't deal with enlisted ranks at all.

What about Yeoman "Titties and Legs" Rand?

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (GQ8sn)

166 We are breathlessly awaiting to see how much freedom our rulers dictate that we can have.

Posted by: How pathetic are we? at June 28, 2012 05:53 AM (4LpXf)

167 Ok so this being Obama's big accomplishment.. does anyone else remember him not doing shit to get it passed even when members of congress were begging him to jump in?

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (Ngi7s)

168 My favorite Drudge Link "Leahy says NO ONE questions our Authority". Plant a wet kiss on my white hairy ass Pat, here's one guy you forgot to ask.

Posted by: Todd Bridges, First to go bad, last to go down at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (x60m8)

169 http://www.whorange.net/whorange/2008/07/keep-calm-and-p.html

The one on the left for all of us. The one on the right for all the tools like Obama.

I need more popcorn I think.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (ZHrEM)

170

Wasn't Scotty a enlisted guy?

No. Commander Montgomery Scott.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (B+qrE)

171 I'll admit it. I'm nervous too. Maybe I should go and do some actual, yanno, work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (exvgC)

172 There's a monster on the wing of this law!!!!

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (+4Ho1)

173

>> Wasn't Scotty a enlisted guy? Or am I getting his character trivia wrong?

Lt. Commander

Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (WvXvd)

174 I feel sick. The waiting is awful

Posted by: Pecos at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (2Gb0y)

175 153 CNN: Doctors -- earlier this morning Gupta was saying it's not practical to go to a single payer system - the logistics would be a nightmare - and so many people would be left out, as a result I think whoever he was talking to, had a hissy inside.

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 05:54 AM (HOOye)

176 [holds out cigar] This is our victory dance. Not until the fat lady sings.

Posted by: Cpt. Steven Hiller at June 28, 2012 05:55 AM (SO2Q8)

177 I haven't waited to see something like this since the Apollo missions. And I am damned serious.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 05:55 AM (wtvvX)

178 Parrots are great. Especially if they are prepared by a good Vietnamese chef.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 28, 2012 05:55 AM (jucos)

179 FIVE MOTHERFUCKING MINUTES.

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 28, 2012 05:55 AM (caAEA)

180 En fuego?

Posted by: The guy who politely asks "en fuego?" when the guy who shouts it isn't here at June 28, 2012 05:55 AM (+4Ho1)

181 Less than 5 mins to go.

Pudding cup in one hand, bourbon in the other.

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (GQ8sn)

182 I wish we could have taught my family's parakeet to sing that song. In between making kissing noises and calling himself a "Good boy, pretty boy!" he could have peppered, "Let the bodies hit the flooooooooor."

That would have been a fun icebreaker.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (CA2NO)

183 V-O day - Victory over Obamacare

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (wtvvX)

184

Well, this could be the end of the republic or its rebirth, and here I am, blowing off work and surrounded by Morons.

No place I'd rather be.

Posted by: Warthog at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (WDySP)

185 We.Must.Strike.It.Down.

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (GvYeG)

186

You know, if this shit sandwich is upheld, it might well be the impetus that propels the GOP into total control. Just sayin'.

I was thinking the same thing, which bodes well for the Tea Party.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (d0Tfm)

187 SCOTUSBLOG says we won't know until about 10:15.

Posted by: realityman at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (obXkJ)

188 Damn Fox putting up a panel with Rove and their pet traffic court judge. Megan has screwed up her hair too.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (YdQQY)

189

We are going to need a shorthand name to refer to this day in the future.

All Puddings Day or Yawning Chasm Day.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 05:56 AM (B+qrE)

190 I am a man whore... of the 23rd century

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (Jls4P)

191 there goes the scotusbloggerss to get the readings. argh

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (HOOye)

192 I'm so nervous, I don't think I can participate today. What a "let down"...

Posted by: Winston Wolf at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (4LpXf)

193 FINISH IT !!!!

Posted by: SoCalMe at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (s72/N)

194 I hope Democracy doesn't DIE TODAY. *sniff sniff*

Posted by: WI Democrat Douche Crybaby at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (jucos)

195 Scotusblog has 344,000 livefeed readers...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 05:57 AM (wtvvX)

196 2 minutes

Posted by: Austin Millbarge at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (e8kgV)

197 191 SCOTUSBLOG says we won't know until about 10:15. Posted by: realityman at June 28, 2012 09:56 AM (obXkJ) -- yeah, two other decisions first

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (HOOye)

198 We need a big NASA clock down there, or a countdown chant

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (+oKKW)

199 I have a feeling that this ruling is going to be so bland that everyone is pissed at the courts.

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (Ngi7s)

200 Fox doing the "focus on the crowd" thing to make it look bigger. The SCTOUSblog people already said it was about 100 with 1/4 of them being press.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (YdQQY)

201 I'm eating Crunch and Munch, it's as close to popcorn and pudding together as I could find.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (HethX)

202 101 Reasons Why Kirk is better than Picard

Kirk has never lost a girlfriend to an intergalactic busy-body named after a letter of the alphabet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (ZHrEM)

203

Prepare to embark.

Posted by: Scandia at June 28, 2012 05:58 AM (QWOh7)

204 Time for the jedi mind trick moron/ettes; if there ever was a time, this is it!

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (HOOye)

205 168 But Scott was an officer, a Lieutenant Commander, as Trek didn't deal with enlisted ranks at all.

What about Yeoman "Titties and Legs" Rand?
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Hmf. Forgot about her, as she was only in about 7 episodes or something. She was sexy in that uniform, but they should have cast somebody like Lynda Day George.

I recall some official background material on the show saying that they went by the notion that everybody on the ship was a qualified astronaut, therefore an officer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (exvgC)

206 WE need the countdown guy from the James Bond movies.....

Posted by: J. Holdren at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (48wze)

207 T-17 minutes at Mission Control. All systems are GO.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (wtvvX)

208 I'm about to piss my pants at my desk, and the people I'm surrounded by don't even know there's anything going on.

Posted by: EeyoreRadish at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (/kI1Q)

209
ABC Radio News (or some "expert" from Bloomberg?) just said striking down the mandate would be a win for Obama because it would allow the other incentives to get medical coverage in the bill to remain.

Because that's what the bill is really all about.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (7+pP9)

210 Happy Birthday, Paula! C'mon, supremes, give her something to really celebrate!!!

Posted by: joanne is happy dammit at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (GCsZz)

211 It's GO TIME.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (FCfv5)

212 >>is there anything a new congress and/or >>president could do to stop it? I thought the plan was for Romney to issue EO(s). What's good for the goose and all of that. Then I thought the plan was for a GOP-controlled Congress to rework the shit sandwich. The trouble there being we have a lot of squishes, especially in the Senate, and that's not likely to change next year, so I think either way we're still looking at an expansion of Fed govt involvement in health care.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 05:59 AM (5H6zj)

213 Actually, I'd be surprised if the Obamacare decision was the first one handed down.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (FCfv5)

214 I want to hear the lamentations of their womyn!

http://tinyurl.com/3ydfvsa

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (KZI7g)

215 Breathe.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (+4Ho1)

216 It's goin to stand....embrace the suck.

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (MpDjI)

217 BRB, getting pudding

Posted by: fluffy at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (z9HTb)

218 Why don't we have a Cover It Live for this?

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (kSaUf)

219 10am motherfuckers.

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (caAEA)

220 I've got Scotus Blog up for what I hope is the last time in a long time.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (HethX)

221 Hey, what's all this hub-bub on the news about some court decision today?

Posted by: Typical Independent Voter at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (BDd0G)

222 >>Kirk has never lost a girlfriend to an intergalactic busy-body named after a letter of the alphabet

Q is my favoritest character evah.

But I'd go all Yar on Data, IYKWIM.

Posted by: EeyoreRadish at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (/kI1Q)

223 I want to see Wolf cry.

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (HOOye)

224 And away we go.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (ZHrEM)

225 If I was stuck at the office today I would be pulling my hair out.

Oh who am I kidding? I would have taken the day off anyway.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (piMMO)

226 @216

Steady it's going to be another 20 minutes or so.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (KZI7g)

227 direct link to SCOTUS where the pdf are available: http://tinyurl.com/28j4xgf

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (oZfic)

228 Fingers crossed...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 06:00 AM (d0Tfm)

229 Cleared hot, do I care about the other decisions in the pattern.

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (+oKKW)

230 15 minutes and Counnnnnnnnting....

Posted by: J. Holdren at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (48wze)

231 I'm about to piss my pants at my desk, and the people I'm surrounded by don't even know there's anything going on.

Posted by: EeyoreRadish at June 28, 2012 09:59 AM (/kI1Q)

Wow. Did I write this?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (+4Ho1)

232 WHERE IS THE FLAMING SKULL??? I NEED THE FLAMING SKULL!

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (XmaH+)

233 14 Minutes and Counnnnnnnnnting.......

Posted by: The James Bond Coundown Guy at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (48wze)

234 *crosses fingers, says little prayer*

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (Ngi7s)

235 Breathe.

You're not the boss of me.

Posted by: fluffy at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (z9HTb)

236 SCOTUSblog:

The decision of the 9th Circuit is affirmed in Alvarez.

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 06:01 AM (X6akg)

237 If it's unconstitutional, I can't wait for the email from my bleeding heart, liberal, mom.

Posted by: Mainah at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (659DL)

238 I am on pins and needles. Can we talk recipes or footwear?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (jucos)

239 203 I have a feeling that this ruling is going to be so bland that everyone is pissed at the courts. --- Even worse, the newsbeings this morning said they could fail to issue any ruling at all. After that crap sandwich ruling on immigration, I'm worried there's going to be some nuancy-nuanced split the baby type of ruling that is impossible to untangle. In any event, this Administration is so lawless that i don't expect them to change their plans.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (5H6zj)

240 Can we get the flaming skull with a gavel if it gets struck down?

Posted by: Drew in MO at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (Ngi7s)

241 213 I'm about to piss my pants at my desk, and the people I'm surrounded by don't even know there's anything going on.

Posted by: EeyoreRadish at June 28, 2012 09:59 AM (/kI1Q)

That's one of the reasons I gave myself leave to call in sick today. I just couldn't stand it otherwise. And I wouldn't be able to concentrate on a damn thing anyway.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (CA2NO)

242 I'm looking for my Thesaurus of Profanity. Just in case Justice Roberts needs schooling.

Posted by: MTF at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (B5y+v)

243

what was Alverez about?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (SO2Q8)

244

You didnÂ’t want to be an enlisted crewman on the Enterprise beaming down to a planet in an off-colored uniform. That pretty much insured youÂ’re going to die.

Posted by: jwest at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (ZDsRL)

245 Perhaps TOTUS will catch fire today.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (ZHrEM)

246 SB: The statute violates the First Amendment. Breyer and Kagan concur and conclude that the Act as presently drafted fails First Amendment scrutiny. So Congress probably could rewrite it.

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (X6akg)

247 "Oyez, oyez" don't sut it no more. We need INTROS for these SCOTUS mofos, man.

Cue up Alan Parsons - OLD SCHOOL!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:02 AM (wtvvX)

248 If they strike it down, I'll click the telly over to MSLSD and watch the lefty heads 'splode.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (d0Tfm)

249 Stolen Valor violates first amendment. I agree as long as we can still kick the **** out of them.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (+4Ho1)

250 SB: So the upshot is that this version of the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional, but Congress may be able to do a new law

Posted by: Tami at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (X6akg)

251 Alvarez is the Stolen Valor Act. Holding is that it violates the 1st Amendment. That's the right answer, I think.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (FCfv5)

252 Stolen Valor shot down. I expected that

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (YdQQY)

253 This Vulcan neck pinch only hurts a little bit, - in or about your posterior.

Posted by: New Spock at June 28, 2012 06:03 AM (/ZZCn)

254 Kennedy went left

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (YdQQY)

255 If it gets over turned I can't wait to see the petulant man child president address it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (jucos)

256 Stolen Valor act held unconstitutional - goes down in scotus.

Posted by: An Observation at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (ylhEn)

257 255 I agree.

Posted by: Honey Tiberius Optimus Prime Badger, bangin' and hangin' at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (GvYeG)

258 Stolen Valor law falls

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (HLFzM)

259 It was reported this morning that they'd do Obamacare last.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (5H6zj)

260 I'm literally teetering on the verge of a breakdown here.

Remember: It's going to be upheld.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (FCfv5)

261 Sp the Stolen Valor act got zapped on 1st grounds. Back to writing it to define pretending to be a military hero is a plot to gain unfair advantage in employment and monetary reasons.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (ZHrEM)

262 Whats all the hub-bub about??

Posted by: Charles Gibson at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (eavT+)

263

OMG I just got to Kagan's opinion!

"These Twinkies are delicious."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (oihrP)

264 It'd be cool in the next Star Trek movie if a red shirt not only survives, but somehow saves the day.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (SO2Q8)

265 Other cases today: DonÂ’t expect the justices to announce the health-care ruling as soon as they take the bench at 10 a.m. The court has three cases left to decide and it will very likely announce the other two decisions first. In one of those cases, the court will decide whether Congress violated the First Amendment when it made it a crime to lie about receiving a military medal. The other case involves title-insurance referrals and First American Financial Corp. The case has been pending for an unusually long time Â– the justices heard arguments last November. The issues are a bit technical, but the courtÂ’s ruling could have important implications for consumersÂ’ access to the court system. h/t wsj

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:04 AM (HOOye)

266 Alverez is Stolen Valor? So were back to jury nullification after the beatings.

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (+oKKW)

267 Tell people the Obamacare decision is due today and you get back,"oh yeah? what's all that about?"

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (omojD)

268 I don't think it violated first amendment, but I also don't think Congress has the authority to legislate in this ara.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (YdQQY)

269 Amy Howe: The PIO has one small box and one very large box of opinions on its desk; presumably the larger one is for HC.

from the SCOTUS liveblog

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (oZfic)

270 In hopes of celebration I've got my GOP approved breakfast of donuts and Bushmills standing by- Zeke Emmanuel wouldn't approve, and that's precisely my goal. Fuck 'em!

Posted by: MTF at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (B5y+v)

271 COMEONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (wtvvX)

272 The worst actor in the entire universe of shitty fucking actors

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

....

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!

Clearly sir, you are mistaken.

Posted by: Tommy Wiseau at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (9rZJb)

273 So if Stolen Valor is unconstitutional, can I pretend to be a cop?

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 06:05 AM (GQ8sn)

274 Scared to refresh.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (vOMX+)

275

Kennedy went left

I disagree. As crappy as claiming that you are a decorated war vet is...it's still speech. Of course, I invite the turd to do the same aroung a bunch of Rolling Thudner guys....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (B+qrE)

276 Since the SCOTUS has basically decided that there are no consequences to lying about your identity/immigration status, there's no way they were going to uphold Stolen Valor act.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (5H6zj)

277 520,000 readers at SCOTUS Blog

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (CA2NO)

278 The First American case established a new type of procedural standing even if you have not been harmed.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (YdQQY)

279 520,000 scotus blog viewers

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (HLFzM)

280 227 >>Q is my favoritest character evah.

But I'd go all Yar on Data, IYKWIM.
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And I'd go all Data/Kirk/Picard/Riker on Tasha Yar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (exvgC)

281 scotusblog over 500,000...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (wtvvX)

282 520K on the bl;og now

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (YdQQY)

283 192 Damn Fox putting up a panel with Rove and their pet traffic court judge. Megan has screwed up her hair too.

Her hair?! How about that nose? That thing thing is running rampant all over the FOX studio. It seems to have achieved dominion over all the news chicks.

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at June 28, 2012 06:06 AM (HNn1q)

284 In the last Star trek movie, when they get to Scott's bunker and are greeted by the little alien, i thought it would have been really funny if he pulled a masked off and it turned out to have been just a human kid playing monsters.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (SO2Q8)

285 Between Heather and Wolfus, we got the makings of the first R-rated Star Trek film.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (ZHrEM)

286 First American dismissed.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (CA2NO)

287 Counselor Troy was hot, but I do like my brunettes...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (wtvvX)

288 Dow down less than a point, so far

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (HLFzM)

289 Case dismissed?

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (YdQQY)

290 Here it is.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (FCfv5)

291 OH YES

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (HOOye)

292 Healthcare on now

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:07 AM (YdQQY)

293 And I'd go all Data/Kirk/Picard/Riker on Tasha Yar.

She was....ok/meh. I'd go all pervo on Troi.

Speaking of Troi, she was a medical doctor yet she took command of the Enterprise once. WTH?!?!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (GQ8sn)

294 YESSSSSSSSS

Posted by: SamIam at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (VDpzM)

295 Individual mandate unconstitutional

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (5H6zj)

296 Amy Howe: We have health care opinion.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (7+pP9)

297 Fox says individual mandate unconsityutional

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (YdQQY)

298 I'm prepared for the pain here.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (FCfv5)

299 cnn says mandate probably struck down woooohoooo

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (HOOye)

300 uncon

Posted by: SamIam at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (VDpzM)

301 Mandate goes down!

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (omojD)

302 Come on Scotus blog, hamsters dont die now....

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (ZHrEM)

303 Individual mandate unconstitutional!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: joanne is happy at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (GCsZz)

304 MANDATE STRUCK DOWN.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (FCfv5)

305 Roberts opinion

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (omojD)

306 Sounds like mandate is unconstitutional! WOO!!!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (CA2NO)

307 Mandate upheld!

Posted by: Rick Ellensburg at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (tqwMN)

308 I'm glad you are here with me, morons, here at the end of all things.

Posted by: Frodo.moron at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (hyP1j)

309 SHIT!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 28, 2012 06:08 AM (vXqv3)

310 we fucking lose. just shoot me.

Posted by: MTF at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (B5y+v)

311 DRINKS ALL AROUND!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (CA2NO)

312 Fuck you Pelosi. YES WE WERE SERIOUS YOU WITCH

Posted by: SamIam at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (VDpzM)

313

I'd go all pervo on Troi.

Cut. Jib. Newsletter.

Posted by: Mary Poppins at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (zF6Iw)

314 Butr scotrus blog says The individual mandate survives as a tax.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (YdQQY)

315 The individual mandate survives as a tax....says ann

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (oZfic)

316 scotusblog says it survuved.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (wtvvX)

317 What? It survives as a tax?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (CA2NO)

318 DOWN GOES THE MANDATE! DOWN GOES THE MANDATE!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (piMMO)

319 Wait, what? WTF. It's bush v gore all over agian.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (FCfv5)

320 Amy Howe: The individual mandate survives as a tax.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (7+pP9)

321 FOX now walking it back

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (omojD)

322 Wait, ScotusBlog said the mandate is fine because it's a tax, where are you guys getting it was struck down?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (tqwMN)

323 We lose mandate upheld as a tax.

Posted by: An Observation at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (ylhEn)

324 Or upheld as a tax?

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (5H6zj)

325 sorry "says amy"

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (oZfic)

326 survives as a tax wtfdtmean?

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (HOOye)

327 damn

Posted by: akak at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (vfQBi)

328 Drudge says mandate gone?

OMFG!!!!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (GQ8sn)

329 Bye bye Republic. Nice knowing you.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:09 AM (+4Ho1)

330 OK, confusion--SCOTUSBLOG says the mandate survives as a tax.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (B+qrE)

331 oh fuck me.

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (omojD)

332 No fucking way?

Posted by: Infidel at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (O/fK8)

333 Chicago is out? Chicago is OUT?

Posted by: Not quite keeping up at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (hWFeA)

334 wsj blog says Supreme Court Says Mandate Is Constitutional as a Tax

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (HOOye)

335 Kirk, "I've got a bellyache and its a beaut."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (ZHrEM)

336 Roberts' family had to be threatened.

Posted by: RushBabe at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (tQHzJ)

337 Amy Howe: It's very complicated, so we're still figuring it out.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (7+pP9)

338 This doesn't make sense. How can it be called unconstitutional, but how can it survive as a tax?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (CA2NO)

339 Fox is following SCOTUSblog too.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (YdQQY)

340 Never been interested in a man date any how.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (eavT+)

341

Time to eat our Broccoli

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 28, 2012 06:10 AM (SO2Q8)

342 John Roberts went with the left?!!!!!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (piMMO)

343 fuck

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (HOOye)

344 Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court.

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (oZfic)

345 Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Cour

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (YdQQY)

346 fucking roberts

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (HOOye)

347

A tax? Constitutional as a fucking TAX?

Goddamn Mitt better get balls of titanium and rip this thing out root and branch. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (zF6Iw)

348

The greatest Star Trek character is Quark, hands down. Tell me who wouldn't like to hang out in his bar, sipping some cocktail, playing a few games of dabo, then hitting the holosuite.

Quark is more than an honorary Moron.

Posted by: RickZ at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (26i79)

349 Roberts is another reason to hate the Bushies

Posted by: MTF at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (B5y+v)

350 299 And I'd go all Data/Kirk/Picard/Riker on Tasha Yar.

She was....ok/meh. I'd go all pervo on Troi.

Speaking of Troi, she was a medical doctor yet she took command of the Enterprise once. WTH?!?!
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Well, she was sort of a headshrinker, a psychologist (unless she did have an M.D. like hawt Beverly). But that was what I meant when I mentioned a bridge officer training and exam. The script had her take command of the bridge when it was cut off from Picard and the other senior officers, and she shouldn't have, even though she was the ranking officer present. So another script had her put in for that exam later on, after talking with Beverly, who'd done it and passed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (exvgC)

351

Wait... I am not hearing what you are hearing. Survives as a tax.

Posted by: jewells45 at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (UljOc)

352 Well, it's important that "commerce" definition is limited because that means federal power is limited. That was our main concern

Posted by: SamIam at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (VDpzM)

353 Huge win for Big Broccoli. See you in the camps.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (+4Ho1)

354 FUCK. They read it as a tax. BULLSHIT.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:11 AM (CA2NO)

355 Rush says we get 15 minutes to grieve, then it's WAR!

Posted by: RushBabe at June 28, 2012 06:12 AM (tQHzJ)

356 Tom: So the mandate is constitutional. Chief Justice Roberts joins the left of the Court.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 06:12 AM (7+pP9)

357 This is such TOTAL BULLSHIT

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:12 AM (CA2NO)

358

So I guess we now have to lace up our boots, stomp around, kick some ass and get out the vote.

REPEAL!

Posted by: Warthog at June 28, 2012 06:12 AM (WDySP)

359 @355: Quark invented the AoSHQ Lifestyle.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 28, 2012 06:12 AM (tqwMN)

360

Welcome to the new America, where bureaucrats have the Supreme Court's go-ahead to insert themselves into every fucking aspect of your life.

Time to flee to Costa Rica.

Posted by: radar at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (eNZFc)

361 So, now we know that ballots aren't enough anymore to regain our republic

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (HLFzM)

362 Mark your calendars.

Today is the day of the end of the Republic.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (CP+yl)

363 So what happened to Buzzy Ginsberg's "sharp disagreement"?

Posted by: RushBabe at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (tQHzJ)

364 Dammit! WTF was Roberts thinking?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (d0Tfm)

365

So I guess John Roberts joins Souter as another great Bush appointee. Freakin' Bushes.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (JxMoP)

366 This is a clusterfuck.

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (omojD)

367 Well, Mitt had better get his ass in gear. What this means is that the economy will stay dead until the GOP gets the WH and Congress... and develops some balls.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (5H6zj)

368 OK--November. It's on.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (B+qrE)

369 The bastard upholds it as a damn tax which they specifically said it didn't because it did not originate in the House.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (YdQQY)

370 "The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read."

Posted by: Ian S. at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (tqwMN)

371 Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read.

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (oZfic)

372 omfg the whole thing upheld?

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (HOOye)

373 I'm going to throw up

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (CA2NO)

374 Oh man.

Posted by: dananjcon at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (eavT+)

375 370 So what happened to Buzzy Ginsberg's "sharp disagreement"?

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Maybe there is a Scalia or Thomas dissent.

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:13 AM (omojD)

376 The late great United States is now over - I mourn her passing.

Whole ACA upheld.

It was nice knowing all of you

I'm too sick to continue here.

Posted by: An Observation at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (ylhEn)

377 Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read.

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (YdQQY)

378 We're fucked

Posted by: Vic at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (YdQQY)

379 Tom: The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read.

Posted by: Nervous Nellie at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (7+pP9)

380 MONEY BOMB FOR ROMNEY! MONEY BOMB FOR ROMNEY! MONEY BOMB FOR ROMNEY! MONEY BOMB FOR ROMNEY!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (piMMO)

381 Well, that sucked.

Now it is time to punch back twice as hard.

Take the Senate, keep the House, throw out Obama and throw out Obamacare.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (wtvvX)

382 Didnt the bill, the fix, originate in the Senate

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (+oKKW)

383 Tonight I'll explain to you what your government health care will look like. I've been living it for two years.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 28, 2012 06:14 AM (oihrP)

384 After the election and fucking repeal, we need another amendment to make fucking clear to these turds that the commerce clause is not an excuse to tell me how to live. Fuck you Pelosi. Fuck you Obama. Fuck you Democrats.

Posted by: MTF at June 28, 2012 06:15 AM (B5y+v)

385

Well, I guess the offical drink of today is tea.

Posted by: Warthog at June 28, 2012 06:15 AM (WDySP)

386 Well, we had a good run there for a while..

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 06:15 AM (d0Tfm)

387 And the Dow begins the plunge

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 28, 2012 06:15 AM (HLFzM)

388 How can it survive as a tax if it didn't originate in the House? WTF?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (CA2NO)

389 From a political standpoint, there's no way the economy turns around because of the onerous burden imposed on it by ACA. But it seems to me, if it's a tax, it can be eliminated.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (5H6zj)

390 This was not even brought up in the arguments? wtf, they read into it

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (HOOye)

391 George Bush Thank-you! Fuc.Wit!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (vXqv3)

392 *gasps*

Posted by: Tree of Liberty at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (tQHzJ)

393

Fundamental change has come.

I feel sick.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (d0Tfm)

394 5-fucking 4

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:16 AM (HOOye)

395 "Tom: Chief Justice Roberts' vote saved the ACA."

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:17 AM (oZfic)

396 So Obama passed the largest tax increase in history.

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 06:17 AM (+oKKW)

397

I feel sad.

I feel betrayed.

I feel like my guts just got kicked in.

Welcome to the new America.

And Obama will probably be re-elected now.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at June 28, 2012 06:17 AM (RFeQD)

398 Tampa oughta be a blow out, one way or another.

Posted by: RushBabe at June 28, 2012 06:17 AM (tQHzJ)

399 So now the GOP can roll out true ads about Obama/Dems raising taxes. But the pain continues until January.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:18 AM (5H6zj)

400

Wel1, I guess it's time to get stinking drunk and raise a glass to the Founding Fathers. Sorry, Ben, we couldn't keep the Republic.

Just. . .damn.

I'm out of here. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins at June 28, 2012 06:18 AM (zF6Iw)

401 Kennedy votes with Scalia/Thomas/Alito.

Posted by: Houstonian at June 28, 2012 06:18 AM (9ypY/)

402 >>404 So Obama passed the largest tax increase in history. THIS.

Posted by: Y-not at June 28, 2012 06:18 AM (5H6zj)

403

So, is the next "tax" going to force us to buy Government Motors cars or Solyndra solar panels?

Posted by: radar at June 28, 2012 06:19 AM (eNZFc)

404

Geez, was this 5-4 vote something to be concerned about?

What will James Fallows think?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at June 28, 2012 06:19 AM (RFeQD)

405 Hey Ace, time to switch to a new brand of tea. We have a nice blend that comes direct from the Tree of Liberty. Get it now, we had to cut it down to get the juicy leaves on top.

Posted by: Democrats at June 28, 2012 06:19 AM (SO2Q8)

406 Dear Obama,

Better start packing your bags now. You're out in November.

SIncerely,
MWR and the rest of the fucking country

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (CA2NO)

407 409, we get Kennedy, but lose Roberts ...

Posted by: Jean at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (+oKKW)

408 "Amy Howe: The money quote from the section on the mandate: Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it."

from SCOTUS live blog

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (oZfic)

409 Think of all the things the government will now call "taxes." FML.

Posted by: Mainah at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (659DL)

410 Roberts sucks giant moosecocks.

Posted by: real joe at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (omojD)

411 This will never be repealed. These ****s never repeal ANYTHING.

*****&*&*&*

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (+4Ho1)

412 Sonofabitch. It's all about how it was argued in court. Motherfuckers.

Posted by: joanne is not happy to say the least at June 28, 2012 06:20 AM (GCsZz)

413 Amy Howe: The court reinforces that individuals can simply refuse to pay the tax and not comply with the mandate.
from the SCOTUS live blog

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:21 AM (oZfic)

414 BTW, so far, they haven't posted the opinion to the SCOTUS web site.

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:22 AM (oZfic)

415 You can't repeal it without 60 votes in the Senate and that's not going to happen. We're fucked.

Posted by: Mark at June 28, 2012 06:22 AM (fEXaF)

416 Lyle: The key comment on salvaging the Medicaid expansion is this (from Roberts): "Nothing in our opinion precludes Congress from offering funds under the ACA to expand the availability of health care, and requiring that states accepting such funds comply with the conditions on their use. What Congress is not free to do is to penalize States that choose not to participate in that new program by taking away their existing Medicaid funding." (p. 55)

from SCOTUS live blog

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:23 AM (oZfic)

417 there will be no lamentation of our women.

Posted by: Conan at June 28, 2012 06:24 AM (SO2Q8)

418 No wonder Scalia's opinion was pissy in the arizona case....

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 06:25 AM (oZfic)

419 Its gonna be fun watching OBLahBLah take a victory lap or six....NOT! COMMIE BASTRIDS!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 28, 2012 06:25 AM (vXqv3)

420

Posted by: starry at June 28, 2012 10:23 AM (oZfic)

Well, shit. We live in California. Jerry'll jump on this like stink on shit. WE'RE DOOMED, DOOMED, DOOMED!!!!!!!!

Posted by: joanne is so not happy at June 28, 2012 06:28 AM (GCsZz)

421 Justice Ginsburg makes clear that the vote is 5-4 on sustaining the mandate as a form of tax. Her opinion, for herself and Sotomayor, Breyer and Kagan, joins the key section of Roberts opinion on that point. She would go further and uphold the mandate under the Commerce Clause, which Roberts wouldn't. Her opinion on Commerce does not control. gee, thanks Roberts - at least we got that - throw us a bone, why don't you?

Posted by: cheers, or no? at June 28, 2012 06:29 AM (HOOye)

422 Lindsay Graham @GrahamBlog is on top of the messaging:

To our Democrat colleagues, stand by your tax increase or stand with us to Repeal and Replace Obamacare.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 28, 2012 06:30 AM (piMMO)

423 We still have this afternoon's kabuki theater.

Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at June 28, 2012 06:32 AM (7+pP9)

424 291 Between Heather and Wolfus, we got the makings of the first R-rated Star Trek film.
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Believe me, SF fans are usually horny little devils. Male and female both. High IQ usually = high sex drive.

It's why I like smart women.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 06:36 AM (exvgC)

425 Looks like I picked a bad day to quit doing bath salts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 06:38 AM (exvgC)

426 My new plan is to worm my way into the Feral Government, get a good-paying job, and try to subvert it from within. Who's with me?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 28, 2012 06:39 AM (exvgC)

427 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 28, 2012 06:40 AM (Xb3hu)

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