Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120629:08:12:00
These are pretty constrained rulings, that there were not five votes that were clear votes on what the commerce clause power is. chief john roberts wrote for himself and they did not agree with him, so we don't have exactly five votes, we might have a lot of dicta, that's legalese for throat clearing, so i don't know that there's a poison pill in here. i think this might be a one time only moment, and furthermore, as long as we call this a tax going forward, rachel, we won't have this problem afqin. >> in terms of calling it a tax, i believe that was a legally crucial distinction. let me float...
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