Hey remember when Justice Breyer asked a star member of the conservative legal bar whether the federal government could mandate vaccinations during an outbreak that could sicken half the country& #39;s population, and that lawyer said, "nope, sorry"?

I do: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2011/11-398-Tuesday.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argu...

Here& #39;s the exchange during the 2012 Obamacare case:

Here& #39;s the lawyer& #39;s explanation:

And here& #39;s Alito coming to the rescue of that lawyer because his horrifying answer to Breyer& #39;s epidemic hypo could have threatened the conservative effort to kill Obamacare& #39;s individual mandate

(Note it was Michael Carvin, not Paul Clement, arguing the entirety of that exchange, despite the transcription error chalking one line up to Clement.)

I ran into Carvin at baggage claim in DC upon returning from the 2016 Republican National Convention. He was backing Trump because of court appointments. https://twitter.com/MikeSacksEsq/status/756496198425600000?s=20">https://twitter.com/MikeSacks...