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Comment Re:SCOTUS Decisions often based on reality (Score 1) 591

by ZombieBraintrust (#49990383) Attached to: Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies
According to the Chief Justice their are multiple drafting mistakes in the law. So number 1 was decided in court by 6 experienced Judges. Number 2 does not make any sense. If they wanted to force states to setup their own exchanges they would not provide the federal option at all. Your interpretation is also likely unconstitutional. (Federal Government is required to treat citizens the same regardless of what state they live in.)

Comment Re:what is interesting is not that it won (Score 3, Interesting) 591

by ZombieBraintrust (#49988387) Attached to: Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies
The plain language of the statute states the

the Federal Government will establish “such Exchange” if the State does not

that tax credits “shall be allowed” for any “applicable taxpayer,”26 U. S. C. 36B(a), but only if the taxpayer has enrolled in an insurance plan through “an Exchange established by the State under [42 U. S. C. 18031],”

Anyone fluent in English understands that this means the Federal Government can create exchanges.

Comment Spanish vrs English (Score 1) 187

by ZombieBraintrust (#48655055) Attached to: Argentine Court Rules Orangutan Is a "Non-Human Person"
I would suspect that the ruling was in spanish and did not use the English word person. Perhaps it was persona? These ruling are somewhat about what words mean. Or what they meant to lawmakers when they wrote laws using those words. Argentine law is based on Spanish legal tradition and things like the Napoleonic code. (as opposed to English common law in the USA)

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