Moment Of Truth: Is John Roberts Ready To Wreck Obamacare?

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON — When a federal appeals court in the District of Columbia ruled to invalidate Obamacare subsidies for millions of Americans back in July 2014, conservatives saw a golden opportunity to cripple the law they detest, and they set their sights on Chief Justice John Roberts to finish the job.

"This case will give the Chief Justice the opportunity to atone for his judicial sin of two years ago. Not many judges have the chance to make up for the mistakes of the past. Let's hope he takes advantage of the opportunity," former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo wrote that night in the conservative magazine National Review.

It was choice language to direct at a devout Catholic, but it presaged a furious legal and lobbying effort directed at Roberts after the Supreme Court agreed to consider the subsidy issue in a related case, King v. Burwell.

All eyes will be on the chief justice in the ornate Supreme Court chamber during Wednesday morning's oral arguments in the case, as top lawyers on both sides view him as the most likely swing vote in the deeply consequential case that could determine whether 7 million people in some three dozen states will retain their health insurance.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. this would be bad for many people, myself included.

The GOP does nit a damn plan and they detest Obama much more than they love American citizens, hateful, just hateful.

[strawberries]

2. when are they making

their decision?

[DonViejo]

3. The hearing is today, began at 10:00 a.m.....

they vote on it this Friday but the decision won't be released until the end of the current term, June.

[Jerry442]

9. Considering the enormous consequences of this verdict...

...what are the chances it won't be leaked?

[sendero]

4. I believe that if the court rules the subsidies.....

.... illegal there will be a huge backlash against the Republicans. And I think they know that.

[still_one]

6. There should be, but with the propaganda from our illustrious press I am not so sure. One thing I

suspect is that if subsides go down that there is at least even odds that the purple or blue states will setup their own exchanges. unfortunately, if that happens it will take time, and a lot of folks will be hurt.

Sorry to say this, but the red states are a lost cause, and they will continue to vote against their own interests

[glasshouses]

8. They should be doing it now

It won't take that long to set up exchanges now.

They have other states that did as a guide line how to do it

[still_one]

10. you would think so

[subterranean]

7. If there is a backlash, which I doubt, they could avoid it with a simple fix.

But after voting 50 times to repeal Obamacare, what are the chances they'll vote to save it?

[sharp_stick]

5. I'm hoping Roberts

realizes that siding with the plaintiffs in this after upholding the Constitutionality of the act previously would completely destroy his legacy. He would come out as nothing more than a typical flip flopping ideologue in the same vein as fat Tony and Silent Clarence.