[Wurlitzer]

A 5-4 victory in the highest court in the nation is NO victory for the owners of this country, us.

Boy another 5-4 indecision. No honest person can tell me this is based on the constitution which is the ONLY criteria the USSC should be using.

5-4, 5-4, 5-4 ,5-4... = political hacks, political hacks, political hacks, political hacks...

What trash we have sitting on OUR USSC. Brilliant minds? Hell no. Political hacks is all they are and easily blackmailed to boot.

If the best and brightest legal minds in the country (we were told they were right?) cannot agree on what a small document like the US Constitution says how on earth can they interpret the multi-thousand page laws crafted by community organizing groups then passed by our unconstitutional ruling elite?

We live in a country ruled by By Washington elites, For Washington elites all the while the US Constitution forbids this kind of ruling elite. An once again, another day, we do nothing.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

If the best and brightest legal minds in the country (we were told they were right?) cannot agree on what a small document like the US Constitution says how on earth can they interpret the multi-thousand page laws crafted by community organizing groups then passed by our unconstitutional ruling elite?

Obviously this decision (and most other major decisions these days) had elements of partisanship (particularly among the 4 libs in the dissent), but sometimes the very fact that the U.S. Constitution is such a small, concise document creates disagreement about what it means. Take this case, for instance - the 15th amendment prohibits voting disenfranchisement based on race, color, etc., AND authorizes Congres to enforce the legislation with "appropriate legislation." Reasonable minds -- even "the best and brightest legal minds in the country" -- can differ on (a) what is "appropriate legislation," and (b) who gets to determine what is "appropriate legislation" (e.g., is that Congress's job, or the Supreme Court?).

[BobL]

“A 5-4 victory in the highest court in the nation is NO victory for the owners of this country, us.”

It’s a lot better than the law being fully upheld. The days of the leftists on the Supreme Court actually ruling based on law and the Constitution ended with FDR. We will simply never get that back. The only other option is to do our best to keep the leftists off of the court, and that is not easy.