RE: a tax bill would have required passage by the House. So..
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That has ALWAYS been my problem with the John Roberts decision. The Affordable Care Act AS WRITTEN declares it to be a PENALTY, on what judicial basis did he RE-IMAGINE the bill to be a TAX?
ROBERTS and the 4 others are obviously LEGISLATING from the bench.
IMHO, the right approach would be to say -— It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL NOW AS WRITTEN, HOWEVER TO MAKE IT CONSTITUTIONAL, YOU HAVE TO RE-WRITE IT TO MAKE IT A TAX, and then -— THROW THE BILL BACK TO CONGRESS FOR RE-WRITE.
But Roberts and his ilk did not do that. It is an OBVIOUS case of JUDICIAL LEGISLATION and BODES ILL for the future of this country.
We need 10% of Republicans to re-register as Democrats and then nominate Joe Biden in 2016.