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Was prepared to strike down the heart of this law, the so-called individual mandate. of course, it requires all americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. but roberts, i'm told by my sources, changed hi views, decided to instead join with the liberals. and he withstood, i'm told by my sources, a month-long desperate campaign my the conservative justices to bring him back to the fold. and that campaign was led, ironically, by justice anthony kennedy. >> joining me now are julian epstein, a democratic strategist, and a former democratic counsel to the house judiciary committee, and paul campos...
Was in the composition of what is now the joint dissent, especially in regard to the individual mandate. and my sources indicate that until very late in the process, justice roberts was going to go along with the notion that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, vis-a-vis, the commerce clause, skband was not going to bail it out through this tax claim. he -- now, of course, i don't know precisely when he changed his mind in regard to that question. but, in fact, what we now see as the joint -- what is now the joint dissent was until fairly late in the process the majority opinion of the...
Opinion of the court. only in the tacked on section at the end does it mention the opinion of the court, because for the first 48 pages, it was the opinion of the court. >> so professor campos, just to clarify here, the distinction you seem to be drawing with the cbs report is that the roberts' defection occurred much later. that there wasn't the opportunity of a month of robert kennedy lobbying roberts. >> i'm not clear to what the precise timing was. what my source is very clear on is that most of that opinion was, in fact, chief justice roberts' opinion for the court. most of that was now t...
About the irs penalty, but about what the -- what roberts' role was in the composition of what is now the joint dissent, especially in regard to the individual mandate. and my sources indicate that until very late in the process, justice roberts was going to go along with the notion that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, vis-a-vis, the commerce clause, and was not going to bail it out through this tax claim. he -- now, of course, i don't know precisely when he changed his mind in regard to that question. but, in fact, what we now see as the joint -- what is now the joint dissent was...