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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (493577)	6/30/2012 9:43:45 AM
From: Bridge Player	Respond to of 793879

What will stand the test of time is everything he had to say about the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause, because that was hard-edged. And that had five votes in support of it.” That sure sounds like Randy Barnett thinks that this is precedent. I'll accept his opinion.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (493577)	6/30/2012 1:05:34 PM
From: Sr K	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793879

Scorned after oral arguments on healthcare, Verrilli emerges a winner By David G. Savage June 29, 2012, 3:00 a.m. WASHINGTON -- Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., who was widely criticized in March by critics who said he flubbed the defense of President Obama’s healthcare law before the Supreme Court, may actually have been the person who saved the law, employing a move that went largely unnoticed at the time.The justices often say the arguments set out in the legal briefs are crucial to deciding cases, more so than the oral arguments in the courtroom. There is no better example than the healthcare law case. When the Affordable Care Act reached the Supreme Court, Verrilli insisted that the government's briefs should present two alternative grounds for upholding the law's insurance mandate. The first argument was that the law was valid under Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce. His fallback argument rested on Congress’s power to impose taxes. . latimes.com