Commentary

Many Legal Permutations in ObamaCare Case

By Quin Hillyer
Thursday, November 17 2011

[Part one of two] The broad scope of the Supreme Court’s decision to consider the constitutionality of ObamaCare makes it more possible for the court to invalidate at least part of the law, although that same broad scope also increases the possibility for a confusing and fractured ruling that punts the biggest legal issues to a future date. Punting might, after all, serve the tactical goals of any number of justices. Supreme Court justices are not supposed to shape jurisprudence for tactical ends, but in truth some of them do so repeatedly. For instance, if one group of justices sees, in…

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