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Flashpoint: U.S. Supreme Court
tarandfeathersusa ^ | June 30, 2012 | Iratus Vulgas

Posted on 06/30/2012 11:06:50 AM PDT by Tar and Feathers

The recent SCOTUS decision on Obamacare is stark evidence that the judicial branch has pushed the envelope toward a national crisis. While I’m not yet convinced that we’re witnessing the proverbial straw that breaks Uncle Sam’s back, we could very well be watching a preview of coming attractions.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: abortion; civilwar; constitution; deathpanels; obamacare; supremecourt; zerocare
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I make no dire predictions. I'm just keeping my head on a swivel should the you-know-what hit the fan.
1 posted on 06/30/2012 11:07:01 AM PDT by Tar and Feathers
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To: Tar and Feathers
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Nah. You can post it here.

2 posted on 06/30/2012 11:20:05 AM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo, being wily, pities the fool.)
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To: Tar and Feathers
Well you guys who print that you will not back Romney, this is what you get....
3 posted on 06/30/2012 11:22:36 AM PDT by mfish13 (ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!)
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To: mfish13
Well you guys who print that you will not back Romney, this is what you get....

I'm sorry; but Romney fails at the test of appointing good judges.

4 posted on 06/30/2012 11:31:04 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

He will appoint far better than Obama will.


5 posted on 06/30/2012 11:37:21 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: Tar and Feathers; humblegunner

I agree with Humblegunner. Post it here.


6 posted on 06/30/2012 11:43:05 AM PDT by samtheman (ObamaCare is a Tax (the biggest in history). So says the US Supreme Court.)
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To: MrChips
I'm not going to try to persuade people who hate Romney to vote for Romney. I am going to do my best to persuade people to hate Obama, and to cast a vote that will help boot him from office.
7 posted on 06/30/2012 11:46:14 AM PDT by samtheman (The Trillion Dollar Expense of ObamaCare is a Tax. So says the US Supreme Court.)
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To: MrChips
He will appoint far better than Obama will.

I refuse to use a relative scale. Roberts is a "better justice" than who Gore would have appointed... yet what quality is he?

8 posted on 06/30/2012 11:47:20 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Everything in life is on a relative scale. Shop at Penney’s? It’s Good, Better, or Best. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Romnet wins, or Obamacare stands while more ardent liberals are added to the court.


9 posted on 06/30/2012 11:55:31 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: OneWingedShark

He definitely will appoint better than Obama will. Vote for Romney like your life depended on it.


10 posted on 06/30/2012 12:23:04 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: MrChips

“He will appoint far better than Obama will.”

Here are some examples of what Republican presidents believe are good justices:

Earl Warren - EIsenhower
William Brennan - Eisenhower
Harry Blackman (Mr. Roe v Wade) - Nixon
John Paul Stevens - Ford
Anthony Kennedy - Reagan
Sandra Day O’Connor - Reagan
David Souter - GHW Bush
Harriet Myers (GW Bush wanted her but conservatives forced her to withdraw)
John Roberts (GW Bush)

Given the historical record with respect to Republican Supreme Court nominations, why would we believe a liberal Republican (Romney) would nominate a true conservative judge to the Court? Expect Romney to replace a Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito or Roberts with a moderate to left leaning judge who will move further left once on the Court. Based on past behavior, Romney will likely be like George HW Bush who nominated David Souter in order to avoid a confirmation fight.


11 posted on 06/30/2012 12:48:05 PM PDT by Soul of the South
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Now, put your list of Republican presidential nominees in juxtaposition with Democrat nominees, and tell me which ones are worse. You cannot take one or two boneheaded decisions and throw the whole baby out with the bath water. We’re it not for Roberts, you would have already lost most of your 2nd Amemndment rights. Was his Obamacare decision troubling? You bet your sweet arse it was. But make no mistake about it. A vote not cast for the sub mediocre Romney IS a vote for 4 more years of the current White House stench. You will be digging your own grave. Hold your nose like the rest of us and pull the R lever, and pray to the Almighty God in Heaven that we are afforded a little more time to fend off the wolves.


12 posted on 06/30/2012 1:10:52 PM PDT by rickomatic
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To: rickomatic

“Hold your nose like the rest of us and pull the R lever, and pray to the Almighty God in Heaven that we are afforded a little more time to fend off the wolves.”

I remember twice not having to hold my nose to vote for the Republican presidential candidate — 1980 and 1984. My nose will once again be pinched shut in 2012, plus I may have to take an airsickness bag into the booth. One can only hope I can live long enough for the Republicans to nominate another candidate I can enthusiastically support.


13 posted on 06/30/2012 1:48:32 PM PDT by Soul of the South
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To: MrChips
He will appoint far better than Obama will.

Will they be good enough?

Obama's judges say it's OK to cut your leg off at the hip. Will Romney's judges say it's OK to cut your leg off at the knee?

14 posted on 06/30/2012 1:50:45 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: MrChips
Everything in life is on a relative scale. Shop at Penney’s? It’s Good, Better, or Best. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Romnet wins, or Obamacare stands while more ardent liberals are added to the court.

No. Not everything in life is relative. Take the law: you are either a lawbreaker (criminal) or you are not. Your crime doesn't make you less of a lawbreaker than a murderer. The same is true of good and evil.

I do not believe that Romney will appoint good judges, but evil judges who will respect neither law, nor logic, nor God.

15 posted on 06/30/2012 2:09:10 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent
He definitely will appoint better than Obama will.

No, he will not. He will appoint evil judges who respect neither law, nor logic, nor God.

Vote for Romney like your life depended on it.

No, I will not. I am not voting for any socialist. Period.

16 posted on 06/30/2012 2:12:14 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: rickomatic
We’re it not for Roberts, you would have already lost most of your 2nd Amemndment rights.

Yes we would; the 2nd Amendment merely affirms (and guarantee recognition of) pre-existing, God-given rights. The Supreme Court can no more diminish those actual rights than they can blot out the sun by scribbling "DARKNESS!" on their wall.

(The government's recognition of those rights is an other matter, but cannot be properly addressed until the mentality of "the Constitution gives/grants rights" is wiped out.)

17 posted on 06/30/2012 2:17:59 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: samtheman
I'm not going to try to persuade people who hate Romney to vote for Romney.

Most of those putting Romney down are Democrat hard core left or lack any sense of reality. I don't bother reading their post.

18 posted on 06/30/2012 2:28:13 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: OneWingedShark
I'm sorry; but Romney fails at the test of appointing good judges.

Who is the last person to appoint a good SCOTUS member? At least Romney grasps the atrocity that was committed against the Constitution and the People. Those who still insist on cutting Rom,ney, with the full knowledge that Obama will strive to appoint those who wish the Constitution dead and buried (even deeper than it is now) are whistling past the graveyard.

19 posted on 06/30/2012 2:42:12 PM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: trebb
Who is the last person to appoint a good SCOTUS member?

I don't know. I don't think I've been alive that long. Certainly not politically aware.

Scalia and Thomas seem ok. The main problem, IMO, is that the people nominated for the position tend to be lawyers. Some should definately be lawyers, but what the Court's lost sight of is that the Constitution means what it says. The entire War On Drugs, for example, is clearly contrary to the Constitution -- and it can even be considered invalid through the judicial-branches golden calf of precedent: the 18th Amendment was needed to give the FedGov the authority to regulate alcohol, it was repealed in full, and no such amendment was made for drugs... yet go Read Raich and see how much they have to twist and turn and dodge and dance in order to declare that the War on Drugs is a-ok.

At least Romney grasps the atrocity that was committed against the Constitution and the People.

I honestly don't know if that's the case: I suspect he's merely seen a chance for him to "get ahead."

Those who still insist on cutting Romney, with the full knowledge that Obama will strive to appoint those who wish the Constitution dead and buried (even deeper than it is now) are whistling past the graveyard.

Honestly, there's more than just the ballot box.

20 posted on 06/30/2012 3:01:03 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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