...You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? And do you really expect the Court to do that? Or do you expect us to -- to give this function to our law clerks? Is this not totally unrealistic?
Antonin Scalia to Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler
Hang back, Edwin... I've got this one.
Yes.
Yes, we do expect you to read an entire law before you rule on whether or not it's Constitutional.
And if the law is 2,700 pages, then you read all 2,700 pages before you rule on whether or not it is Constitutional.
This isn't small claims court, sir. You are deciding on the whether or not the Affordable Care Act is Constitutional. It's kind of a big deal. And the least you could do is... well, Clarence Thomas will likely demonstrate what the least you can do is... so never mind that...
Did it occur to you when you took this gig that you may have to do more than a normal share of reading?
The Constitution doesn't place a word or page limit on how much reading you have do to on a law before you get to rule on its Constitutionality.
If you can't be bothered to read the Affordable Care Act, then don't bother voting on whether or not it's Constitutional.
You knew it was a hard job when you took it.
Now earn your pay.
Get to readin'.
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