Today, in upholding the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court has shown that, even at a time when Washington seems to have reached a new level of dysfunction, there remains a respect for the rule of law, for precedent, and for the ability of Congress to legislate on matters that affect the American people.

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The court applied relevant Seventh Circuit precedent (with heavy reliance on the Sixth Circuit) as well as Federal Rule of Evidence 502, which establishes when the disclosure of privileged information results in waiver.

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Another effect of the creation of a race-based government in Hawaii could be the secession of the islands from the Union, precipitating the loss to the United States of such vital military installations as Pearl Harbor and creating an ominous precedent for self-rule sure to be seized upon by other self-designating communities like the reconquistas and Islamists amongst us.

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