“Statements made today mean little since the ruling will be sometime in June. That gives Obama and his cronies a long time to make phone calls and sway his insiders.”
I disagree. First, the ruling does not have to come in June. It is merely presumed it will as that is the end of the term. They can rule next month if they are ready. 2) If by cronies you mean Soto and Kagan, look, they are having a hard time defending the Statute because it is BAD law. Bad law, and in this case, Sloppy law, is terribly hard to defend. The president will be gone in less than a year (at most 5 years) whereas these Justices’ rulings and reputations are part of history. Hence, imo they will try to help Obama, but there is little to nothing he can do to threaten them now. They are more powerful now than he frankly. Right now their arguments are falling like cheap suits. I’m sure they have no problem letting O. Reid and Pelosi take the fall all by themselves on this one; while their reputations can live to be saved later.
I hope you’re right but Liberals are Liberals and you have to have moral character to be worried about your reputation.
Agree entirely with your reasoning re: Kagan, but see my post #88. Kagan will take the fall and pass “bad” and unconstitutional ObamaCare. She was chosen, IMO, by physiological profile to do just that. After this decision, she is “unencumbered.”
I so very hope I am wrong about her. I would eat crow and think I am dining on lobster.
Re: my post #97. “physiological profile” ???. “psychological profile”!!! lol...
I disagree. First, the ruling does not have to come in June. It is merely presumed it will as that is the end of the term. They can rule next month if they are ready. 2) If by cronies you mean Soto and Kagan, look, they are having a hard time defending the Statute because it is BAD law. Bad law, and in this case, Sloppy law, is terribly hard to defend. The president will be gone in less than a year (at most 5 years) whereas these Justices’ rulings and reputations are part of history.