ABL Live-Tweets the #ACA Oral Arguments, Day 1
What started out as a "maybe I'll live-tweet as I listen to the oral arguments hahaha" idea turned into a four hour project.
I think I'll mark up the transcript with the must-read parts and upload that onto Scribd. There are some parts that you should read, but no one really wants to read a 100 page transcript. Except lawnerdz me, that is.
UPDATE: Here's the scribd link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/86983424/Mar-27-ACA-Hearing-Transcript-ABL-mark-up
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Maybe I should live blog me listening to this oral argument. hahaha -
Roberts asks whether or not the govt could force you to by a cell phone for easier access to emergency services. Uh... WHAT?! #analogyfail
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Roberts still returning to his hypothetical. When you need emergency services, the government makes sure you get it. (1)
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When you need healthcare, the government makes sure you get it. (2)
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Uh... except having a cell phone is not critical to the provision of emergency services. WHy would govt mandate that? (3)
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Also, nobody every went bankrupt after the police came to help them out of a jam the way ppl do when they end up in ER w/ no insrnce. (4)
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(I'm live-tweeting this. Justices always ask crazy hypotheticals. This doesn't really mean anything one way or other. I'm only 5 mins in.)
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Verrilli responds that there's no market for emergency services. So here comes Alito with a weird analogy about burial services and ins.
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ALito asks if there's a market for burial services, why shouldn't we force ppl to buy burial ins. instead of shifting cost to other ppl.
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Verrilli's response to Alito is muddled so far. Alito saying everyone needs healthcare, everyone will be buried. Uh...
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All People only need to buried ONCE. Can't be determined in advance how much healthcare a person will need.
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Verrilli points out that with HC, the costs of uninsured are transferred directly to other market participants. Not so with burial services.
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Alito says the mandate not about requiring ppl to pay for care they will consume, but it forces young hlthy ppl to subsidize others care.
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R.B. Ginsberg (IN DA HOUSE) interrupts and says " but that's what insurance is." She shoots! She scores!
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Guess what? If I went back to being a lawyer, I wouldn’t be able to live-tweet these oral arguments. *ahem* http://t.co/HeedfsiB #p2 #TFY
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And by “live-tweet” I mean “as I listen to them.” Duhvs.
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Kenendy asks if there is a heavy burden of justification for forcing people into a market. Verrilli's answer is brillz....
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We're just regulating participation in HC market. Instead of requiring insurance at point of sale, just requiring it in ADVANCE. Schawing!
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[Seriously. Everyone needs healthcare at some point. Just pay for it NOW when it's cheaper instead of LATER when it's fucking expensive.]
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NO HE DID NOT JUST ASK THE FUCKING BROCCOLI QUESTION. Jesus F. Scalia.
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Scalia asked why hc market defined so broadly as "healthcare". Not everyone needs a heart or liver transplant. DUH?! RISK POOLING!!!11
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Verrilli says food market isn't the same. Obvs. You don't wander into Safeway and are given broccoli even if you can't pay for it. #eyeroll
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I love Ruthie B. She just interrpted Verrilli and was all "I thought your main point was..." and then made the argument he shld be making.
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RBG's point is, even if you have every intention of self-insuring, if disaster strikes, you don't have the money, then errrybody else pays.
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Justice Breyer wants to talk about burial services again. Also starts making Verrilli's argument for him. Verrilli's kinda fucking it up.
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