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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande Jun 9

    Why the Trump Justice Dept refusal to defend the ACA in court is more scary than just the consequences for people with pre-existing health conditions. @nicholas_bagley: it abandons a basic tenet of rule of law.https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/texas-fold-em/ …

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      2. Marty Lederman‏ @marty_lederman Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @nicholas_bagley

        Yes, that basic tenet is: Don't make preposterous arguments, especially when you represent the Department of Justice and the United States.

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      2. Mike Stern‏ @mls1776 Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @nicholas_bagley

        Two points. First, while DOJ’s refusal to defend is (AFAIK) totally unjustified, it is no more unjustified than the refusal to defend DOMA.

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      3. Nicholas Bagley‏Verified account @nicholas_bagley Jun 9
        Replying to @mls1776 @Atul_Gawande

        I address that point in the post, and @DanielJHemel does so at greater length here. I don't think the comparison holds up to scrutiny.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/the-trump-dojs-obamacare-decision-is-baseless-unprecedented.html …

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      4. Mike Stern‏ @mls1776 Jun 9
        Replying to @nicholas_bagley @Atul_Gawande @DanielJHemel

        I’ve read both your pieces (just read Dans) and understand your point of view. I just do not agree.

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      5. Mike Stern‏ @mls1776 Jun 9
        Replying to @mls1776 @nicholas_bagley and

        Basically you are arguing for new (and differing) standards for justifying refusals to defend and that DOMA/ACA fall on different sides of the standard

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      6. Mike Stern‏ @mls1776 Jun 9
        Replying to @mls1776 @nicholas_bagley and

        My position is 1. These are not the standard 2. Should not be the standard 3. Even if they were the standard, debatable whether they justify distinguishing between DOMA/ACA

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      7. Eric Columbus‏Verified account @EricColumbus Jun 9
        Replying to @mls1776 @nicholas_bagley and

        A consistent person could oppose both Obama’s DOMA non-defense and Trump’s ACA non-defense. But the two are different in that the DOMA brief was based on a generalizable legal principle that DOJ could and did defend in other cases. The ACA brief is not.

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      8. Mike Stern‏ @mls1776 Jun 9
        Replying to @EricColumbus @nicholas_bagley and

        I agree the ACA argument is a technical legal argument rather than an application of a broad standard. This makes it in some ways more like Dickerson. But what is basis for saying that makes refusal to defend weaker?

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      9. Eric Columbus‏Verified account @EricColumbus Jun 9
        Replying to @mls1776 @nicholas_bagley and

        Because DOJ plainly doesn’t believe this BS argument. Which is a common position for a lawyer, even a DOJ lawyer to be in! But not when taking the extraordinarily rare position that a statute should be invalidated.

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      2. Nicholas Bagley‏Verified account @nicholas_bagley Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande

        Thanks, Atul. These are worrisome days.

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      2. Melanie Oblender, MD‏ @docoblender Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @drmlb @nicholas_bagley

        Beginning to understand why “red” stands for GOP. The blood of millions pours down on their hands. The children w/o parents, the ill, the weak, the victims of natural disasters, anyone who has seen the back of the govt instead of feeling their helping hand

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      3. Gabriele Telesio ❌‏ @seppi888 Jun 9
        Replying to @docoblender @Atul_Gawande and

        Except for , the lowest unemployment in 20 years 3.8 pct and best consumer confidence numbers in 18 years . Lowest black and Hispanic unemployment. I guess that’s not helping as it’s not a handout

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      4. Melanie Oblender, MD‏ @docoblender Jun 9
        Replying to @seppi888 @Atul_Gawande and

        Fuckwit!

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      5. Gabriele Telesio ❌‏ @seppi888 Jun 9
        Replying to @docoblender @Atul_Gawande and

        I can see you are both classy and articulate

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      1. Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD‏ @BTiff Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @nicholas_bagley

        How is this different than what the Obama administration did with DOMA? Note: I'm glad DOMA is gone and I think what is happening to the ACA is wrong. But let's not wrap up in 'rule of law' flags.

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      1. Budd Shenkin‏ @BuddShenkin Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @aaronecarroll @nicholas_bagley

        We are headed for a new polity, with states separating into cliques. Could be good for progressive states. Think of Worst Trade Deal Ever: we send our money to those lesser developed states, and they send us their Senators to pollute the Senate. Awful trade!

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      1. Dan Dufresne‏ @dandufresne Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @nicholas_bagley

        The piece’s soft pedaling of 2011 abandonment of DOMA is not intellectually honest, IMO. This country is either going to have to seriously grapple with various longstanding structural problems like those highlighted by Unitary Executive theory or descend into autocracy.

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      1. Sue Cornacchio‏ @scrnjd Jun 9
        Replying to @Atul_Gawande @nicholas_bagley

        Dark days indeed

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