What does "huge" mean? Having a wide impact?

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Others who defend the law's constitutionality, however, say it could play a critical role in the case.
"This is the gold standard. You've got George Washington vouching for this law," says Akhil Reed Amar, a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School. "In my view, it's huge and key."

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Health care law's defenders look to George Washington

 

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Others who defend the law's constitutionality, however, say it could play a critical role in the case.
"This is the gold standard. You've got George Washington vouching for this law," says Akhil Reed Amar, a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School. "In my view, it's huge and key."

He is saying that the fact that George Washington supported the law is very, in fact hugely, significant for his argument.

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