is very closely held by congress, medicare, the ability to do so so is it just the whole point, jeffrey, if you re saying, i won t enforce it, you couldn t anyway. it s just bravado that s right although the question is, he has they have threatened fines on businesses and certain institutions that insist on mandates internally and the question is, will they try to fine the hospitals that comply with the federal government? that would create a direct conflict but i think florida loses in that case, because, you know, the law seems pretty clear that, you know, he who pays the piper calls the tune. if the federal government can insist that if you take their money, you better wear you better have a mask mandate, i don t think florida has any right to interfere with that. i think it s the preemptionary
leave anyway. they have no ability to enforce because the power of the purse is very closely held by congress, medicare, the ability to do so so is it just the whole point, jeffrey, if you re saying, i won t enforce it, you couldn t anyway. it s just bravado that s right although the question is, he has they have threatened fines on businesses and certain institutions that insist on mandates internally and the question is, will they try to fine the hospitals that comply with the federal government? that would create a direct conflict but i think florida loses in that case, because, you know, the law seems pretty clear that, you know, he who pays the piper calls the tune. if the federal government can insist that if you take their money, you better wear you better have a mask mandate, i don t think florida has any right to interfere with that. i think it s the preemptionary of the law, federal supremacy so
based on the commerce clause of the constitution. but it was upheld based on the tax writing provisions of the u.s. congress, and the executive branch of the u.s. government. a 5-4 decision. the key decision by the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. he sided with the other, the democratic appointed members of the supreme court, breyer, ginsberg, kagan, sotomayor, together with chief justice john roberts, they were in the majority. kennedy, scalia, alito and thomas, they were in the minority. the health care reform law stays in full fully remains the law of the land in the united states. kate baldwin has been watching all of this unfold. kate, you re outside the supreme court. give us some more on what was going on inside the supreme court. reporter: what was going on inside the supreme court is the chief justice, he announced the ruling and began reading part, a summary, really, of the opinion, the majority of opinion of the court. and that has been happeni
fight with lyndon johnson over medicare and the words he used was that it would compel all americans to spend their sunset years telling their children and their children s children how it was when men were free, and that is what it is like. and however, medicare has been sustained and approved, but the public sentiment lay ahead. one thing we have not gotten and what the president has been trying to do today which as you say is to make a clear understanding of what this bill is about. because lincoln said with public sentiment nothing can fail and without it nothing can succeed. so without it, he who encourages it, will continue. and so that is the battle of the louise ads with president clinton, and so that is the side that americans have to come down on. thank you, doris kearns goodwin. just a little past the hour, and the supreme court has upheld the sweeping health care reform law proposed by president obama. i m candy crowley. in a 5-4 decision, the court upheld the i