principle and i think that was the key moment in the course of the deliberation, the notion that somehow, you pass the .. in the constitution where the federal government had limited powers and those questions came from both the left and right. bill: do you have a guess or do you want to ventura guess as to how the supreme court rules? my personal guess is it s a question as to whether the individual mandate stays or goes. my personal preference would be it goes and if they get rid of the mandate they will leave the remainder of the law standing and congress will have to go back and fix it. bill: appreciate it, doug. if you have a question you want answered, compose it in the form of a question, martha. you re only a click away, because you asked, martha: i m only a foot away! i don t have to click at all! bill: 1 inches, right? also on twitter. martha: hey bill! bill: hey! martha: living under water, millions of american homeowners owe more on their
bill: bya, because you asked this morning, maggie out of houston writes the following, if the supreme court kicks out the mandate does that stop president obama s free contraception? doug holtz-eaken, president of the american action forum was in court for all three days of arguments last week and with us now. doug, good morning to you. by hill. bill: the viewer s question, it has to be tweaked a little because it deals with the executive order that came out of the white house. what happens if the mandate is out? well, there are a couple of scenarios. the courts spent a lot of wednesday talking about severability. if the individual mandate goes, what else goes with it. one possibility is it s only the mandate in which case the remainder of the law stands and the president s executive order stands. another possibility, what the government wanted to have happen is the mandate goes along with other insurance reforms, but that would leave in place the so called essential benefits in th
her from what could have been a very nasty fall, rubio, which was invited to speak at the reagan library later, commented on the buzz he may be a front candidate for a v.p. slot in 2012. it s flattering. it is. but you know, they said it about other people before, they ll say it about other people in the future. i m here because mrs. raysan invited me after the election. it was a tremendous honor. gregg: in a couple of minutes we re going to talk about senator rubio and other gopers who may be attacked to shake up the gop martha: top republican leaders are slamming the plan by the obama administration to cut spending. you d think they would be happy with that about that, right? the white house is on move to trim regulations they claim is going to save $10 billion over the next five years. critics say it s just a drop in the bucket. let s talk about this, doug holtz-eaken joins me, director of the budget