Big news today about Obamacare:
Friday the Supreme Court granted certiorari in King v. Burwell, one of four pending challenges to the IRS rule authorizing tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies for the purchase of health insurance in federally established exchanges. So the legal case that began with some simple observations about the text of the PPACA and was long dismissed as screwy or insane is going to One First Street.
Here’s what The New Republic’s Brian Beutler had to say about that:
Morbid upshot of SCOTUS agreeing to hear King, is that a 4-4 split, in absence of one justice, would leave the law intact.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 7, 2014
Wait … what?
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/530800266967142400
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/530800454117392384
https://twitter.com/theglipper/status/530797902894227457
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/530800293693231105
@brianbeutler Ummmm…
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) November 7, 2014
@brianbeutler You should try to get some help.
— Let's all calm down (@NikVanHelsing) November 7, 2014
Might not be a bad idea.
I must admit, I expected hostile lefty intimidation of SCOTUS, but not this: https://t.co/WD4kKpMKBx #WhoaDudeBackAwayFromTheKeyboard
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) November 7, 2014
@brianbeutler That's almost some Pelican Brief sh*t, dude.
— Neil B4Zod (@NeilB4Zod) November 7, 2014
@Matthops82 Nice Supreme Court you got here-be a shame if anything happened to it.
— Well duh…. (@HardieEric) November 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/530802694664237056
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/530800520521580544
WTF is wrong with this idiot? https://t.co/7OpVFvWPNj
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) November 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/530802911014436864
I'm glad @brianbeutler's politics are more important than a person's life. Nice job, fella. https://t.co/zyDFVSJMOe
— HouseRepEEE (@EEElverhoy) November 7, 2014
So you're hoping one of the Justices dies. Stay classy, bruh. https://t.co/Mzp7H2uNjR @brianbeutler
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 7, 2014
Maybe if we let him explain?
@Matthops82 @brianbeutler @seanmdav I assumed he meant a recusal. His followup clarified otherwise. https://t.co/wSAUAQLZPn Sick.
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) November 7, 2014
Yeah:
.@armandodkos nobody. I just mean that if an elderly liberal justice were to retire or fall ill or die, it’s still on Justice Roberts.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 7, 2014
That’s some creepy stuff, right there.
@Matthops82 Nice Supreme Court you got here-be a shame if anything happened to it.
— Well duh…. (@HardieEric) November 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/530800016496271361
@seanmdav Actually not what I meant at all https://t.co/nQztl6Mur0 You want to remove that erroneous tweet?
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 7, 2014
@brianbeutler @seanmdav Then what did you mean? How how else would you expect Republican nominee to leave court now?
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) November 7, 2014
@jadler1969 @seanmdav I was talking about Justice Ginsburg’s health, and Sean and everyone else vomiting in my mentions column knows that.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/530803192783962112
Worth noting:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/530808806729867264