Would anyone be surprised if ObamaCare’s constitutionality ends up being decided along religious lines rather than according to the Justices’ ideologies as expected — that is, the six Catholic Justices, including Sonia Sotomayor voting against ObamaCare and the three Jewish Justices for it?
After all, because of ObamaCare’s provision that religious institutions must provide insurance for practices they oppose on religious grounds, the law is not only about the Commerce Clause but also about the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom.
Will Justice Sotomayor defy Cardinal Dolan, who represents the Pope in America, and agree to tear up the Bill of Rights just to stay in good standing with the liberal establishment? Justice Sotomayor promised to bring a wise Hispanic woman’s wisdom to the Supreme Court. We’ll soon see if she keeps her word.