Words Have Meaning. And Their Meaning Doesn't

Perhaps Sensing The Dismal Failure Of Its Efforts To Show That 'established By The State' Means 'established By The State Or The Federal Government,' The Court Tries To Palm Off The Pertinent Statutory Phrase As "inartful Drafting.' This Court, However, Has No Free-floating Power 'to Rescue Congress From Its Drafting Errors.'

Why Can't The State Accede To The Public's Wishes?

Under All The Usual Rules Of Interpretation, In Short, The Government Should Lose This Case. But Normal Rules Of Interpretation Seem Always To Yield To The Overriding Principle Of The Present Court: The Affordable Care Act Must Be Saved.

Rather Than Rewriting The Law Under The Pretense Of Interpreting It, The Court Should Have Left It To Congress To Decide What To Do About The Act's Limitation Of Tax Credits To State Exchanges.

Certainly The Constitution Does Not Require Discrimination On The Basis Of Sex. The Only Issue Is Whether It Prohibits It. It Doesn't.