As Twitchy reported, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in its King v. Burwell decision to uphold Obamacare subsidies.
Justice Scalia was among those who dissented — and boy, did he dissent!
https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/614074312425906176
Scalia: " the cases will publish forever the discouraging truth that the SCOTUS States favors some laws over others” pic.twitter.com/zfnr5YgSuC
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 25, 2015
Scalia dissent in #Obamacare #SCOTUS case: "Words no longer have meaning…" #KingvBurwell pic.twitter.com/XmcZlA4nCW
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) June 25, 2015
Scalia: the #Obamacare cases "publish forever the discouraging truth that #SCOTUS favors some laws over others." http://t.co/F7E1fvL7v3
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) June 25, 2015
Scalia's dissent is blistering. pic.twitter.com/0zQGdp1DX7
— Peel (@RHPeel) June 25, 2015
One of the biggest and best blisters was this line:
Scalia: "We should start calling this law SCOTUScare." (P 21 of his dissent) http://t.co/UTf6MMsczy
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 25, 2015
Scalia: "We should start calling this law SCOTUScare."
— Brandon Arnold (@BrandonNTU) June 25, 2015
From Justice Scalia's dissenting opinion:
"We should just start calling this law SCOTUScare."— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) June 25, 2015
Justice Scalia: "We should start calling this law SCOTUScare." http://t.co/5ZlJorVT0y pic.twitter.com/zwOnBdq182
— Jacob Gershman (@jacobgershman) June 25, 2015
Scalia, dissenting: "We should start calling this law SCOTUScare." pic.twitter.com/h6FEEVXPun
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 25, 2015
Daaaaang.
Zinger from Scalia dissent in King v. Burwell: "We should start calling this SCOTUScare." pic.twitter.com/zOgupNedWA
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) June 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/claudiatenney/status/614080139568279552
Justice Scalia as reported by @SCOTUSblog: "We should start calling this SCOTUScare." Ouch. #Obamacare #KingVBurwell
— Allan Bourdius (@UnrealAllan) June 25, 2015
Scalia's dissent: "We should start calling this law SCOTUScare." Yup. The system's a charade at this point anyway, so what the hell.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 25, 2015
I have a feeling Scalia’s “SCOTUScare” s going to become a pervasive term.
I like it.
— Mitch G, Thats Me. (@mgcat) June 25, 2015
And then there was this one:
In dissent, Scalia accuses 6-judge majority of "interpretive jiggery-pokery" and "defense of the indefensible." http://t.co/SJC7DWjmHu
— Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) June 25, 2015
Justice Scalia chastises Chief Justice Roberts's Obamacare opinion today as "interpretive jiggery-pokery." #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/82HkAJnXRK
— Judge Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 25, 2015
How awesome is that?
Note to self: Work "interpretive jiggery-pokery" into next dissent.
— Judge Stephen Dillard (@JudgeDillard) June 25, 2015
You can all have SCOTUScare. I'll take "interpretive jiggery-pokery." #scaliaisms pic.twitter.com/mDG0LdgzQk
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) June 25, 2015
My new favorite phrase is “jiggery-pokery” http://t.co/sF2FjvRxCO
— Lisa De Pasquale (@LisaDeP) June 25, 2015
And we’d be remiss if we left this one out:
New Scalia phrase of the day "pure applesauce" pic.twitter.com/3M7ZrYzwOD
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 25, 2015
Nobody does language like Scalia. Nobody.
"Pure applesauce."
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 25, 2015
Another Scalia beauty for the ages "Pure applesauce."!
— Nicolas Terry (@nicolasterry) June 25, 2015
Can we agree though Scalia calling it "pure applesauce" is pretty darn great? @SCOTUSblog
— Mark Meier (@Mark_MeierDC) June 25, 2015
Pure applesauce. Buried gems by Scalia. pic.twitter.com/wqxJzdPXIx
— B.J. Martino (@bjmartino) June 25, 2015
If nothing else, this mess has reminded us that Scalia is a national treasure.
"Jiggery-pokery" and "pure applesauce." #scalia knows how to liven up a dense subject. #ACA
— Laura Vozzella (@LVozzella) June 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/ConservativeML/status/614078812708544512
SCOTUS is lucky to have him — and so are we.
https://twitter.com/barryap1/status/614073343659147264
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