I can't help but worry, what will be the repercussions of this horrid decision?
Will we have to pay the same terrible price as last time Slavery was abolished in this country?
Posted on 06/28/2012 10:24:08 AM PDT by Mozilla
Conservative Chief John Roberts single-handedly saved Obamacare today, siding with the liberal bloc of the Supreme Court to uphold the law, even though more moderate Justice Anthony Kennedy led the dissent.
The steps of the Supreme Court this morning were packed with conservatives deeply disappointed by the ruling and hurt by the apparent betrayal of one of their own. ”I think a lot of Chief Justice Roberts. I think his whole history of jurisprudence is deserving of respect from this country — up to, and not necessarily including, this opinion today,” Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, told Salon. “If I issued an opinion, I think Chief Justice Roberts would want to read my full opinion before he criticized me, and I want to read his opinion, but really, I have a sick feeling in my stomach about what happened here today.”
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Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Tea Party Republican from Texas, told Salon of Roberts, “I’m sorry he’s become so cynical.” ”He expects the president of the United States to lie to him, and to lie to America when [Obama] said — and he had it said on his behalf repeatedly — this was not a tax. For Justice Roberts to say, of course it’s a tax, he makes very clearly that he believes the president is a liar and it’s a sad day for America,” Gohmert explained.
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“It’s a terrible day for the American people,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who ran for president. “This was an activist court that rewrote the law to make it even more ineffectual, and even more expensive. So this is a sad day.”
“Chief Justice Roberts was the worst part of the Bush legacy,” Ben Shaprio, a conservative columnist and editor at Breitbart.com, said on Twitter.
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I can't help but worry, what will be the repercussions of this horrid decision?
Will we have to pay the same terrible price as last time Slavery was abolished in this country?
“But is anyone giving any thought to what he actually SAID? He’s rejected the idea of the Mandate, and has deemed it a TAX.”
So what? The Congress doesn’t have the authority to level a direct tax except for income taxes. Therefore, Roberts converted an unconstitutional mandate into an unconstitutional tax. Besides which, it’s not his job to try to rewrite a law to make it constitutional, it’s his job to say yay or nay.
He’s shown himself to be just another statist bastard who cares nothing for the constitution. I hope they kick him out of the Federalist Society toot suite.
There is no defense.
Even with Supreme Court appointments.
So many here want to support Romney because of the appointments Obama would make. But the real lesson is the history of the court, where most of the decisions which enhanced the power of the government and reduced the freedom of the people and the authority of the States were authored by Republican appointees.
The purpose of a tax is to raise revenue.
The goal of the Obamacare mandate is not to raise revenue, but to require an individual to do something.
Roberts knows the difference, he is just a fraud.
Thanks Fatima. I certainly agree.
Of course he is, my point is he’s not alone in failing to support our Constitution.
Another figure from that era whom John Roberts could be compared to is Daniel Webster. After he supported the Compromise of 1850, which included the Fugitive Slave Law, a lot of his former admirers turned on him with a vengeance.
Not quite....but they WILL have to win on the political field now as Roberts took away their sanctuary of hiding behind the courts skirts.
To all that are arguing"...but he gave them unlimited tax power...". They have always had that. Remember 90% income tax levels under Eisenhower?
Obamacare can now simply be voted out. (and you know how)
Exactly and they staff the MSM to continue the brainwashing
Obamacare can now simply be voted out. (and you know how)
I'm with you Eddie boy. Everything happens with the possibility for greater good, if you can recognize it.
I believe you see what I see. We just have to FOLLOW THROUGH.
“It’s a stretch to lay it on Bush that Roberts failed today.”
To: Perdogg
“Bottom line: Electing RINOs like the Bushes is a disaster.”
8 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:45:43 PM by Kazan (Mitt Romney: The greater of two evils)
“Let’s be fair here...”
Was Roberts epilepsy and his epilepsy mind altering drugs known at the time of his ‘inquisition’ and confirmation? Did Bush know this when he nominated Roberts?
Inquiring minds want to know...
I think he said it's OUR job to determine whether or not this law is acceptable. We never got the chance to truly vote on it the first time, because of Democrat machinations. He handed us a great election issue, it's up to US to replace Obama, and repeal Obamacare.
“I think he said it’s OUR job to determine whether or not this law is acceptable. We never got the chance to truly vote on it the first time, because of Democrat machinations.”
We don’t ever vote on laws, our representatives do. It’s his job, along with the other justices to determine wheter a law is Constitutional. Have you read your Constitution lately? It doesn’t sound like you have.
Yes, I'm familiar with the Constitution, dear. My comment referred to the fact that we didn't have the chance to let our representatives know our opinions on specifics of the bill, because we hadn't seen it. Even THEY hadn't seen it!
So even though many of us contacted our Representatives and Senators, our protests were in the general sense. Now that we KNOW what's in the bill, we can quote chapter and verse in our opposition to it. And it is OUR responsibility to work to correct Congress when they've done something with which we disagree, if we can convince enough of our fellow citizens to do so.
Exactly!
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