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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (70985)	11/15/2014 10:28:35 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

>> Agreeing with the article that, despite all their rhetoric, No, they can't 'gut it'? I think the best outcome would be for the Court to throw the entire thing out based on the Origination Clause challenge. But the problem with that is it will be another year and a half before it happens. Perhaps the Court will cripple it sufficiently on the case they're going to hear sooner that it will just die. But the entire law needs to go, not just the subsidies. However, this may be sufficient to get some Democrats on board for a repeal. I was just arguing the points of the article, e.g., that "people like it." This is demonstrably not the case. And of course, the argument that it is "too late" is silly. If it is sufficiently lousy -- and it is is -- then there is no time limit for getting rid of it. Especially since the law was designed to obscure the lousiest parts for several years. Then, the VERY lousiest parts haven't even been implemented yet because of the president's illegal intervention. No, it isn't too late. It is just starting to ripen. Unless something changes significantly, there is a really good chance of repeal OR the Court throwing it out or at least invalidating enough to kill it. There is reason for optimism.