[Sybeck1]

This from yesterday, but I have not seen it posted. Interesting to hear Stretch Kerry and other Dems to respond. Imagine how stupid some like Ben Nelson will feel having this struck down after it ending thier career.

[sjmjax]

It's breathtaking how the tortured liberal mind is so upside down / inside out.

What will damage the credibility of the Supreme Court or any particular Justice is any vote to uphold the mandate.

[Timber Rattler]

Never mind the fact that the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government, I guess that the implied threat here is tantamount to FDR's "court packing" plan.

[chesley]

The court already has no credibility. Overturning Obamacare would be a small, a very small, step toward reclaiming some.

The court may no command armies, but it has a whole slew of federal marshals ready to throw into jail anyone a judge so says.

that, not its credibility, is why people obey the courts.

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

If SCOTUS DOESN'T strike down 0bamacare, Uncle Sam will need a GRAVE. This isn't even really about 0bamacare or health care.. It's about the Legislative and Executive Branch CHANGING OUR CONSTITUTION. OUR FOREFATHERS CREATED SCOTUS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION FROM CHANGE!

CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE.. SCREW 'CHANGE'!

[rawhide]

““The court commands no armies, it has no money; it depends for its power on its credibility. The only reason people obey it is because it has that credibility. And the court risks grave damage if it strikes down a statute of this magnitude and importance, and stretches so dramatically and drastically to do it.”

I take this as a threat from the Democrats!

[presently no screen name]

So thoroughly researched it had to pass before it was read.

STOP WITH YOUR THREATS YOU COMMIES!! The will of the people have spoken.

[Lazlo in PA]

Blumenthal and Kerry — who were joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) — called the press conference one day after liberals and other court watchers expressed serious doubts that the justices would uphold the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to purchase insurance, a central pillar of the law.

Looks like the Rats are in full panic. They just saw their whole ideology put on trial and they didn't like what they saw one bit. It is as though they never had a concept of how bad their thinking looks after being dissected.

[LostPassword]

Playing politics and attacking the court’s credibility seems dangerous. If I was a justice on the fence this may be what pushes me the other way (I admit I’d be a lousy justice since something like this could affect me).

The bigger deal is if I were 1 of 4 justices on the losing side of a 5-4 decision. If the court’s credibility is being attacked by congress, I’d feel the need to side with the majority so that it isn’t a 5-4 decision. Maybe the Democrats are expecting a 5-4 their way and hoping to turn it into a 6-3. I doubt they are thinking that much though and are just making threats.

[Manic_Episode]

Credibility? 52 million murders of our most innocent and vulnerable demonstrates that our highest court in the land has nothing in common with the US constitution.

[crusader71]

“Blumenthal: When in doubt, uphold the law”

Hypocrite! For 50 years that’s NEVER been the attitude taken by liberals when reviewing any state legislation limiting abortion, any immigration laws, any laws restricting race quotas, etc.

[Lazamataz]

Gravely Damage THIS, liberals.

[JPG]

Two things I guarantee the SCOTUS doesn't like:

Public lectures from Obama and threats, veiled or otherwise, from members of congress.

[Leep]

That plant Kagan should’ve recused herself in the first place and we could of drove a stake in this thing already.

[OrangeHoof]

I hope they do threaten SCOTUS. I hope these commielibs push the judges, especially Kennedy, far to the right with their threats and tantrums. What exactly about “unconstitutional” do these marxists not understand?

[FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs]

A rigorous, transparent, and heavily vetted process?

Hmmm.. And 0bamacare still managed to get passed without a severability clause? I guess such ineptitude explains why 0bama was also considered 'eligible' to be president without a birth certificate.

[bcsco]

“Everybody learns in the first year of law school that the law that’s challenged is presumed to be constitutional,” Blumenthal said. “That is a heavy burden for anyone challenging the constitutionality of a law to overcome. When in doubt, uphold the law. There is a lot of room for doubt here, and there is a lot of clear precedent that requires this court to uphold this law.”

This is a very telling statement on the thinking of liberals. The fact a law is passed deems it "Constitutional". Thus creating a bar which must be overcome in disqualifying that law. I think we have a window into the process of creating this boondoggle of a law, the process that the democrats and socialists used in drafting this monstrosity.

It doesn't matter what it is, what's in it, or how unconstitutional it is. If it becomes law, it will be next to impossible to overcome.

[albionin]

What they mean is that it will be the Democrat party that will suffer grave damage.

[Walmartian]

John Kerry was in Vietnam. He got shot in the butt with some rice over there.

[goodnesswins]

The leftists are telling so many lies I’m wondering if even some of their supporters are beginning to catch on???

[dblshot]

standing before cameras and mics Wednesday in front of the court.
Imagine the Justices standing on the steps of the Capital Building bemoaning some law the Senators were debating. I'd like to see the Chief Justice have these knuckleheads removed by U S Marshalls.