Dear Justice Scalia:
OK, I get it: As outrageous as it may seem to some, it really isn't your job to read the entirety of the ACA and know it in every detail. That is the job of the lawyers and clerks on each side. They are to go over the law carefully and discuss the relevant parts of it in the briefs and arguments they present to you and the rest of the Court. You and the other justices, with the aid of your clerks, are to examine these and deliver a fair and impartial decision -- in this case, whether the sections of the ACA that deal with the "individual mandate" are constitutional or unconstitutional under the interstate commerce provisions of the US Constitution. At least, this is how I understand it.
What troubles me is this: Your comments about not reading the ACA in its entirety were couched in such a way that they make me wonder if you are taking it seriously. I certainly hope you -- and all your colleagues -- recognize what is at stake here. Our health care system is broken, sir; and it would be nothing short of dereliction of duty to strike down this effort to fix it without good reason.
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