Roberts job: "I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
Roberts failed to defend the Constitution by rewriting the law that was before the Court for consideration. He usurped the power of the Legislative Branch.
If I recall correctly, during the hearings, the dumbass lawyer for fubo stated, rather sheepishly, but clearly, that the penalty was indeed a tax.
Keep in mind this is sworn testimony.
With this in mind, how did he re-write what sworn testimony told him it was?
Um, rewriting the law in that manner is long-established judicial precedent. Roberts didn't do anything new. He simply pointed out, arguably correctly, that, under the 16th Amendment, Congress has the power to levy non-apportioned direct taxes. The American People have always been subject to enslavement via the income tax ever since the 16th Amendment was (ostensibly) ratified.
Do you really think that America can enact central planks of the Communist Manifesto, such as the "progressive" income tax, and not suffer a severe loss of Liberty? Without the 16th Amendment, 0bamacare is irrefutably unconstitutional.
Let's repeal it and guarantee that no Congress, present or future, Democrat or Republican, will ever possess such illegitimate power again.
I was initially perplexed at the ruling as well, and still feel that Roberts could have joined the dissent and made it into the majority, but after reading this article I had an epiphany, and now I see that the 16th Amendment is the actual culprit responsible for justifying 0bamacare's individual mandate. It couldn't be more Tyrannical.
The power usurped under the Commerce Clause pales in comparison to the slavery which is enabled by the 16th Amendment.
I wish it weren't true, but it is, and I feel that our righteous anger is better focused on that central tenet of Communism, as opposed to Chief Justice Roberts. That's my humble opinion. Flame away...