June 2012
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We know you need something to distract you for the next hour while we wait for SCOTUS to deliver a decision in the health care case. So we made you a health care mixtape.
“You’ve got to give Mitt Romney credit. He is a job creator—in Singapore, and China, India. He’s been very good at creating jobs overseas.”
—Joe Biden, burn
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We’re live with Yahoo News reporter Liz Goodwin answering your questions about Gov. Jan Brewer’s response, why the justices allowed part of the law to stand, and what this means for immigration policy in the future.
We talk to Lyle Denniston, icon of Supreme Court press corps
Yahoo News: Did you know that a group of reporters was trying to get your name to trend on Twitter today?
Lyle Denniston: They were trying to do what?
YN: They were writing “team Lyle” on Twitter to get your name to show up on the site as most talked about.
LD: Oh really? Well I’m an old guy so I don’t understand that kind of thing. I guess it’s positive, right?
YN: Yes, definitely.
LD: Ok, that’s good.
You’ve got 30 minutes to kill before any decisions are announced, why not read our amazing profile of Lyle Denniston.
“A new insider survey of 58 legal experts conducted after the oral arguments concluded found that most predict that the court will strike down the so-called individual mandate, a central provision within the law requiring that every American purchase a government-approved form of health insurance.”
—Insider poll: Legal experts now expect Supreme Court to strike down individual mandate
The same expert survey was conducted before the hearings began, which found the opposite: Most thought the law would be upheld.
“One night, near the end of the South Beach season, my friends and I made plans to attend one of our favorite South Beach haunts for a ‘foam party,’ where oceans of white foam are dropped from the ceiling and you find yourself dancing in it up to your waist. Jeanette told me if I went out that night, there would be no turning back. We would be over forever. I went out anyway. She had brought this on herself, I told myself. If we got back together, it would be on my terms, not hers. That night, near midnight, I looked up and watched the foam descend from the ceiling. It was a sight to behold. Then my beeper buzzed. It was Jeanette’s number. I knew she was calling to see if I had gone out. … I waded out of the foam to find a quieter place to consider my options.”
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