the authors of the law remove that had boiler plate before the final version is passed and both the deliberations and this is court papers filed by the administration in this case suggest that they all agree that this law cannot stand without this mandatory pro vision. now, what are states going to do as this legal situation is sorted snout. well this, is very important. the states are being pushed very hard to implement what are called insurance exchanges and putting into place costly changes to accommodate the obama health law. now, you can bet the states, which are very short on cash, are going to slow down those preparations and going to be another bruising blow to this health law. a bruising blow. is it that serious? oh, yeah. is a set back for reform is. oh, yes. judge hudson said of course there are constitutional questions here. and the administration all along made an argument it was