That is what Michelle Malkin said on Fox yesterday.
Yeah, picking a fight with a co-equal branch of government that possesses and wields real federal power is always a winning strategy.
Spin!
So now Republicans are going to tell us that the Supreme Count is a wonderful branch of government that must be respected at all cost.
Even though the Supreme Court has taken away prayer, murdered 60 million unborn, and legalized sodomy.
Sorry, that’s not going to get me to vote for Mitt.
Great idea...fight with a branch of the government who are appointed for life. WADDAPUTZ!!
I apologize for leaving about 15 more off the list
This is a rather problematic strategy, but if he wants to make this his fight, then by all means, let him give it a shot....
The tenure and authority of the Chief Justice transcends that of ANY President, and particularly one who has challenged the Supreme Court directly.
The history of FDR, the National Recovery Act, and the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes should provide a cautionary tale for the indolent, insolent Obama regime.
But of course, that probably does not mean a thing to the Current Occupant.
He can do it. It’d be dumb, but he could do it. By and large most Americans want the Constitution to work and they know the Supreme Court must be able to strike down even popular legislation if it is unconstitutional. It is it’s most important function.
As for those that want Obama to be able to overturn the court, anyone that far gone is going to be an Obama voter anyhow, so this is not going to be an issue that gets him more votes.
What the issue does do, however, and this is something that might really blow up in the collective Liberal face, is increase the level of unease and alarm experienced by moderate professional Democrats who are content to consider themselves moderately progressive, but who consider themselves patriotic, go to church, run businesses, etc.
These are the people who are smart enough to understand that there is more at issue than just the healthcare question, and that Obama is taking liberties with his position as President by interjecting himself in improper areas or by ignoring Constitutionally allowed limitations.
The Supreme Court controversy would give Conservatives and Republicans a perfect opportunity to court away the same group of people that Reagan captured to wrest the Presidency away from Carter — but that’s assuming the Conservatives have a candidate they could support the way they supported Reagan.
All indications from every non Fox outlet is that Obama care is getting tossed!
:)
And I would agree. The extreme leftist hag faction (Sotomayor, Ginsburg, & Kagan) is clearly overrepresented.
I also think this was a stern warning to the Democrat Socialist sympathizers on the Court not to make this anything but a 5-4 decision.
I think it’s clear that the administration has been tipped off as to the results. The Pubbies can’t make the accusation lest they are seen as interfering also. But - some enterprising muck raker who wants to make a name for themself should be able to follow the smoke here.
So, is Anne Geran showing mere cluelessness about the substance of Republican complaints about liberal judges who legislate from the bench instead of weighing the law against the Constitution, or is she deliberately misrepresenting their position?
(That's a rhetorical question only - since the source is the AP, it goes without saying that the author is both clueless and deliberately misrepresenting the goals of Republicans.)
When I saw the video of Obama's comments, my impression was not that he was trying to intimidate the conservative wing but that he was warning his justices not to embarrass him by making it a 6/3 or a 7/2 decision.
He was saying he did not want any defections from his side because that would kill his plan to pretend that a biased court had given him a bum decision.
In my opinion, the campaign issue for all Amerika is whether or not ObamaCare/DeathCare is the next Holocaust.
DeathPanels, Rationing, lies and more lies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HcBaSP31Be8&vg=medium
Americans can decide and then bend over and kiss their freedom and possibly their lives goodbye???
There can only be One El SupremO...