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Re: SCOTUS LIVEBLOG - Obamacare Mandate Survives [W:125, 384, 635, 652]
It looks that way. But the court only said that obamacare was legal because they could consider the 'fee' a 'tax'. They did not rule on the constitutionality of that actual tax, nor can there be a court case challenging it until it goes into effect and is collected.
So. This has now been extended to mean that taxes may be punitive (something new) to punish private transactional inactivity.
It looks that way. But the court only said that obamacare was legal because they could consider the 'fee' a 'tax'. They did not rule on the constitutionality of that actual tax, nor can there be a court case challenging it until it goes into effect and is collected.