SCOTUS set to give Thomas and extra half hour of sleep.

[savalez]

Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:22 PM - Edit history (1)

They increased the time for next month’s oral arguments on the Health Care Reform Act from 5.5 hours to 6 hours to discuss the application of the Anti-Injunction Act. This act states that they can't rule on a tax that is not yet in effect. But the White House claims it does not apply because it is a penalty and not a tax. It seems that SCOTUS wants it to be considered a tax and has hired lawyers to convince them that it is. If that succeeds, and since it is not in effect until 2014, they might actually postpone their decision until next year.

Details: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/supreme-court-considers-delaying-health-care-ruling-to-2014.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

[leftyohiolib]

1. good maybe by then potus will have had a chance to replace some of scotus

then we wont have to deal with rw nonsense

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. I thought Supreme Court Justicies had Ethics rules and could be impeached.

Why hasn't Clarence Thomas been reviewed yet?

[leftyohiolib]

3. well they can be impeached but that has to start in the house and you-know-who runs that

while they have ethics rules sortof there is no higher court with which take the complaint. so uncle slappy can pretty much do as he pleases