"Constitutional Thunderdome": Day Two of Obamacare Oral Arguments
March 27, 2012
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3:03Now Playing"Constitutional Thunderdome": Day Two of Obamacare Oral Arguments
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as posted by the channelReason's Damon Root attended the pivotal second day of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which he described as a "Constitutional Thunderdome." The debate over the legality of the mandate to purchase insurance at the heart of ACA was, says Root, a rough-and-tumble colloquy about the "the role of government in our lives" and "what sort of limits the Constitution places on the federal government."
"I'm more confident after today's arguments than I was going in that the individual mandate is in trouble," says Root. Oral arguments end tomorrow and the Supreme Court's decision is expected in early June.
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