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I just heard this announced on CNN. The \u201cindividual mandate,\u201d the center piece of the legislation has, according to CNN, been struck down as a commerce clause<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now Wolf Blitzer is suggesting they may not be fully clear on what has been decided.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice Roberts \u2026 on part 3 \u2026 may be upheld under the taxing clause.<\/p>\n

Entire law has been upheld \u2026<\/p>\n

Blitzer: \u201chuge, huge victory for the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just heard this announced on CNN. The \u201cindividual mandate,\u201d the center piece of the legislation has, according to CNN, been struck down as a commerce clause. Now Wolf Blitzer is suggesting they may not be fully clear on what has been decided. Chief Justice Roberts \u2026 on part 3 \u2026 may be upheld under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIndividual Mandate Struck Down? No?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just heard this announced on CNN. 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