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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
Is it the Court's duty to go out of their way to support a law? It seems like Roberts was trying to find a way NOT to overturn the whole thing....
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That is what the Court is supposed to do. If it's a close call, they should always go with the argument that upholds the statute. That's what judicial restraint means.
On the other hand, I don't think he had too look too far to find a way to uphold this particular statute. That it falls within the taxing power seems clear to me.