Don’t get me wrong, I think the whole concept of Obozocare is unconstitutional because it forces people to buy something whether they want to or not, but I don’t understand how eliminating the tax makes it unconstitutional. Unsustainable? Sure.
I’m no legal or constitutional scholar, so I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
It would be good to get the opinion and read it. Jence I am stepping out on a limb here.
Basically, Obozocare was upheld to force people to buy insurance because it was a tax. The tax was imposed through a tax penalty. Tax (penalty) went away. Hence... you cannot use the law to compel the purchase of insurance anymore.
In absolute terms it doesn’t make any sense.
But Roberts, being more concerned with pleasing leftists than being a good supreme court justice, declared Obamacare to be a tax to save it. It is an utterly stupid argument made by a cowardly politician who never should have made it to the Supreme Court.