That's how Tom Goldstein describes today on the live blog over at SCOTUSBlog, which is worth headed to right now.
I'm actually very excited to see what the Court does on the lying about a military honor case...
I'll hopefully post something this afternoon with some discussion about the cases today.
UPDATE -- the reason you should have been at SCOTUSBlog instead of CNN is that CNN reported "Individual Mandate Struck Down" for about 6 minutes before realizing its mistake. So bad. Goldstein, Howe & Company got it right from the get go. Bloggers are better than MSM....
UPDATE 2 -- Here's the lengthy healthcare opinion.
P.S. Valor Act struck down...
The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com
"Lying was his habit" begins the opinion in the "stolen valor" case. The law is unconstitutional but there is room for congress to re-write it. Scalia, Thomas, Alito dissent. Health care next.
ReplyDeleteMandate upheld. Law upheld. Scalia kicks cane out from under elderly court patron in disgust and sneers at her to go to the ER for an x-ray as she tumbles to the ground. Pandaemonium.
ReplyDeleteJustice Kennedy in the minority. How did that happen? Is that even allowed by law?
ReplyDeleteWhat is interesting is the signal that the Court may be considering rolling back the commerce clause a bit - that is important for those of us who have to deal with State crimes in Federal Court.
ReplyDeleteThis blog beats CNN and Fox for delay in correcting an erroneous statement (even after it's been pointed out). 6/26 post about Judge Rosenbaum's confirmation still has it wrong about reason for votes against: President's "recess" appointments, NOT mere nominations. A very significant difference. Sloppy, especially for a legal blog.
ReplyDelete