if you thought conservatives were enraged the last time the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, welcome to round two. today s withering dissent came from judge antonin scalia. today s interpretation is not merely unnatural, it is unheard of of. scalia said the decision shows the court favors some laws over others, even calling parts of that decision interpretive jigry pokery and pure applesauce. the affordable care act states that in order to qualify for health care subsidies, beneficiaries need to be enrolled through an exchange established by the state. the decision from the roberts court implied that state could refer to federal exchanges. justice scalia took issue with that. who would ever have drept that exchange established by the state means exchange established by the state or federal government. noting that words no longer have meaning if an exchange that is not established by the state is established by the state,
if you thought conservatives were enraged the last time the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, welcome to round two. today s withering dissent came from judge antonin scalia. today s interpretation is not merely unnatural, it is unheard of of. scalia said the decision shows the court favors some laws over others, even calling parts of that decision interpretive jigry pokery and pure applesauce. the affordable care act states that in order to qualify for health care subsidies, beneficiaries need to be enrolled through an exchange established by the state. the decision from the roberts court implied that state could refer to federal exchanges. justice scalia took issue with that. who would ever have dreamt that
if you thought conservatives were enraged the last time the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, welcome to round two. today s withering dissent came from judge antonin scalia. today s interpretation is not merely unnatural, it is unheard of of. scalia said the decision shows the court favors some laws over others, even calling parts of that decision interpretive jigry pokery and pure applesauce. the affordable care act states that in order to qualify for health care subsidies, beneficiaries need to be enrolled through an exchange established by the state. the decision from the roberts court implied that state could refer to federal exchanges. justice scalia took issue with that. who would ever have drept that exchange established by the