Posted on 03/28/2012 9:44:18 AM PDT by Bill Buckner
The court’s conservatives sounded as though they had determined for themselves that the 2,700-page measure must be declared unconstitutional.
"One way or another, Congress will have to revisit it in toto," said Justice Antonin Scalia.
Agreeing, Justice Anthony Kennedy said it would be an "extreme proposition" to allow the various insurance regulations to stand after the mandate was struck down.
Meanwhile, the court's liberal justices argued for restraint. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the court should do a "salvage job," not undertake a “wrecking operation." But she looked to be out-voted.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said they shared the view of Scalia and Kennedy that the law should stand or fall in total. Along with Justice Clarence Thomas, they would have a majority to strike down the entire statute as unconstitutional.
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"it" is also helping to destroy the US from without as well as within (eg. "Muslim Spring")
Hillary provides Egypt with the cash, while her cohort Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides them with "constitutional advice".
It seemed to me yesterday and the day before that the only one who was solidly in Zero’s camp was Ginsburg.
Breyer probably is also, but he didn’t ask many questions.
Surprisingly, Sotomayer also had a very skeptical tone to her questions!
” It’s strange that a reversion to a (leftist) aristocracy is regarded as “progressive.”
Most thoughtful post of the day!
To wit.....why are Pelosi, Reid and Obama regarded as “LIBERALS” ?
Kennedy appears to be the one most inclined to scrap it, and that is no surprise, since he is the court’s only libertarian.
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But.........seeing the Liberal members on the Court, they are strongly subverting the correct and valid legal guidelines described in the Constitution. If it were not for Kennedy, we would be losing this right now.
The Democrats on the court, clearly vote along their Marxist Party line. They have no regard for the legalities clearly spelled out in great detail in the Constitution. They avoid the rule of law, and vote on the grounds of discovery. They are in this to corrupt the foundation of the Constitution at every opportunity.
Their votes are clearly against the Rule of Law, which should automatically be grounds for impeachment.
If the whole thing is overturned, it brands Obama a failure, and he likely gets defeated and fades away.
If the whole thing is upheld, it will make the rise of the Tea Party in 2009 look like a pee-wee soccer game. All Hell will break loose on the right and Obama and the Democrat majorities will be thrown out in an effort to repeal ObamaCare.
” If the court’s liberals had any respect for the Constitution and Rule of Law, “
Simple, they are NOT liberals.....they are radical leftists.
If it is struck down, the Pubs must MUST bring
into question the competence of the administration
and focus on the lost time and money spent on this
wasteful effort.
As far as Ginsburg “salvaging” any thing from it,
that is not her job and should she attempt such a
thing should be impeached along with Kagan for
not recusing herself.
That’s my opinion.
Yeah, well, color me skeptical, particularly since she helped get it passed in the first place. Maybe.
Agreed. I feel like the MSM is playing rope-a-dope.
Methinks we are being setup...
Sounds like Soros didn’t hire enough cheap college interns to write a good health care bill. Oh well, you get what you pay for!
” I think, in this case, Kennedy will see the vast overeach by the Fed’s that removes “individual liberty” with such a mandate. “
With Obamacare, substitute “indentured servitude” for “individual liberty”
Kagen did, never heard Sotomayer was involved...
I doubt they will humiliate the Court in order to save hussein his well deserved humiliation.
We have to remember this is no ordinary administration. They have shown they are extremely adept at screwing the pooch at every turn. It's entirely possible the Court will find no way to save them from themselves.
On a side note as a Red Sox fan I hate your name......
Sorry, talk about profiling! I tend to lump them together in my mind. I did mean Kagan, not Sotomayer.
Progressivism = Reversion to Ancient Barbarism
Abortion -> Spartan Eugenics
Homosexualism -> Sodom and Gommorrah
Racial Politics -> Primitive Tribalism
Obamacare -> Caesarean Dictatorship
” If it is struck down, the Pubs must MUST bring
into question the competence of the administration
and focus on the lost time and money spent on this
wasteful effort.”
The Pubs “must” ?
In the past month, Boehner has:
1) Taken Rush Limbaugh to the wood shed
2) Spoken in favor of trial re: Trayvon
3) Warned Republicans not to criticise Obama, while overseas...regardless of his traitorious doings.
No, we need to clean house in Congress next.
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