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>> reporter: all right. many of the justices did express concern, though, about how to handle the rest of the law if the mandate falls. heres some of what justice antonin scalia had to say during the arguments. >> have we ever -- most of our severability cases, you know, involve one little aspect of the act, and the question is whether the rest. when have we ever really struck down what was the main purpose of of the act and left the rest in effect? >> reporter: tomorrow we find out. although th...

But more than that, bill. that its not severable. if the mandate falls, the entire healthcare act falls. i always preface that saying we all know we need tremendous healthcare reform in our country but this is not the way to do it. it has to be constitutional. bill: this court can do unexpected things and no one knows what will come. whether its today, tomorrow, or thursday we dont know. but will the court look at the mandate as a penalty or a tax? and if it views the mandate as a tax, can the o...

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to have health insurance. its scheduled to take effect in 2014. it imposes a financial penalty for not having health insurance. lets get right to todays hearing. what went on inside the court. our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and our congressional correspondent kate baldwin were both inside the courtroom. jeff, you said based on what you heard in the courtroom, you think the court is likely right now to overturn this individual mandate. you just tweeted, i was looking at your tw...

The 11th circuit ruled, if the mandate falls, the rest of it stands. so the court has come in and they have pointed -- appointed an amicus to brief that issue for the supreme court. they appoint add well respected lawyer out of degrees to -- out of d.c. to argue that point. a lot of different opinions but we feel confident, as we said that day one, this is of great national importance. >> and something tt can affect the entire case are the call the for recusal by justice thomas and justice kegan...

The 11th circuit ruled, if the mandate falls, the rest of it stands. so the court has come in and they have pointed -- appointed an amicus to brief that issue for the supreme court. they appoint add well respected lawyer out of degrees to -- out of d.c. to argue that point. a lot of different opinions but we feel confident, as we said that day one, this is of great national importance. >> and something that can affect the entire case are the call the for recusal by justice thomas and justice keg...

They will take the largest case, one we expected, that involves 26 states that emanates out the florida. the question is the mandate. is the mandate the constitutional or unconstitutional that will be the key decision they have to make. we understand they will consider the question of severability. if the mandate is struck down can the rest of the law survive without funding from the mandate? not only requires you to have insurance, if you dont have it you will have to pay a penalty. all that fu...

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