The Justice Will See You Now
The fate of Obama’s health-care law may rest with one man.
As of now, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is the most pivotal health-care-policy thinker in America. Following district court Judge Roger Vinson’s Jan. 31 ruling that declared President Obama’s health-care-reform law unconstitutional, the plan has a solid 2–2 record in the federal courts: two district judges have ruled for it and two against. The odds are very good that it will eventually wind up in the Supreme Court. And once it gets there, odds are the bill’s fate will come down to one person: Justice Kennedy.
As of now, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is the most pivotal health-care-policy thinker in America. Following district court Judge Roger Vinson’s Jan. 31 ruling that declared President Obama’s health-care-reform law unconstitutional , the plan has a solid 2?2 record in the federal courts : two district judges have ruled for it and two against . The odds are very good that it will eventually wind up in the Supreme Court . And once it gets there , odds are the bill’s fate will come down to one person: Justice Kennedy.
- declare A B : A를 B라 선언하다 - pivotal : 중요한 / the odds : 어떤 일이 있을 가능성[공산] / wind up : ~로 끝나다
None of that is certain, of course. Perhaps the issue will be resolved at the circuit-court level. Perhaps Chief Justice John Roberts will side with the administration and Kennedy won’t be the swing vote. Or perhaps an asteroid will hit the earth, rendering tweaks to the U.S. health-care system moot.
None of that is certain, of course . Perhaps the issue will be resolved at the circuit-court level . Perhaps Chief Justice John Roberts will side with the administration and Kennedy won’t be the swing vote . Or perhaps an asteroid will hit the earth , rendering tweaks to the U.S. health-care system moot .
- render A B : A가 B되가 하다 - Chief Justice : (특히 미국 최고 법원의) 수석재판관 / swing vote : 부동표 / asteroid : 소행성 / tweak : (기계, 시스템 등을 약간) 수정[변경]하다 / moot : (가능성이 적으므로) 고려할 가치가 없는
But probably not. Health-care reform is likely to come down to Kennedy—in particular, his views on the so-called individual mandate, which requires all those who can afford it to purchase health insurance. And here’s the irony of the whole thing: the individual mandate was a policy that Democrats adopted precisely in order to attract moderate Republicans like, well, Anthony Kennedy. If it gets rejected, what’s likely to come next is going to be a whole lot less congenial to conservatives.
But probably not . Health-care reform is likely to come down to Kennedy — in particular, his views on the so-called individual mandate, which requires all those who can afford it to purchase health insurance . And here’s the irony of the whole thing: the individual mandate was a policy that Democrats adopted precisely in order to attract moderate Republicans like, well, Anthony Kennedy. If it gets rejected , what’s likely to come next is going to be a whole lot less congenial to conservatives.
- a whole lot : 아주 많이 / congenial to : (~에) 알맞은[적절한] / come down to : 결국 ~이 되다, ~에게 제출되다 /
None of that is certain, of course. Perhaps the issue will be resolved at the circuit-court level. Perhaps Chief Justice John Roberts will side with the administration and Kennedy won’t be the swing vote. Or perhaps an asteroid will hit the earth, rendering tweaks to the U.S. health-care system moot.
None of that is certain, of course . Perhaps the issue will be resolved at the circuit-court level . Perhaps Chief Justice John Roberts will side with the administration and Kennedy won’t be the swing vote . Or perhaps an asteroid will hit the earth , rendering tweaks to the U.S. health-care system moot .
- swing vote 부동표 / asteroid 소행성 / render A B : A가 B되게 하다 / tweak 수정 / moot 고려할 가치가 없는
But probably not. Health-care reform is likely to come down to Kennedy—in particular, his views on the so-called individual mandate, which requires all those who can afford it to purchase health insurance. And here’s the irony of the whole thing: the individual mandate was a policy that Democrats adopted precisely in order to attract moderate Republicans like, well, Anthony Kennedy. If it gets rejected, what’s likely to come next is going to be a whole lot less congenial to conservatives.
But probably not . Health-care reform is likely to come down to Kennedy — in particular, his views on the so-called individual mandate, which requires all those who can afford it to purchase health insurance . And here’s the irony of the whole thing: the individual mandate was a policy that Democrats adopted precisely in order to attract moderate Republicans like, well, Anthony Kennedy. If it gets rejected , what’s likely to come next is going to be a whole lot less congenial to conservatives.
- come down to ~에게 상정되다 / his views on ~에 관한 그의 견해 / a whole lot 전체적으로 / congenial to 마음이 맞는[통하는]
"Health care is unlike other commodities," Walter Dellinger, who served as solicitor general to Bill Clinton, told the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. "There is nothing else in our economy where an individual who has made no preparation can go in and get $1 million of goods and services passed on to them at taxpayer expense. "That means it struggles with free riders: people who would have society pay for their care, rather than pay for it themselves.
" Health care is unlike other commodities ," Walter Dellinger, who served as solicitor general to Bill Clinton, told the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. " There is nothing else in our economy where an individual who has made no preparation can go in and get $1 million of goods and services passed on to them at taxpayer expense . " That means it struggles with free riders: people who would have society pay for their care, rather than pay for it themselves .
- solicitor general 법무차관 / Senate Judiciary Committee 사원법사위원회