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To: tentmaker

Absolutely right.

But you see, many here don’t really like the rule of law much when it goes against their ideology. If a liberal judge “makes law” we rant and rail against “judicial activism”, but when they obey the constitutionally-defined mandate of the court system as Justice Roberts succinctly describes, they get mad and call him nasty names.

The source of laws, good and bad, is the legislature, and legislators are chosen at the ballot box. We should feel fortunate to have judges like Justice Roberts who resist the urge to overstep the boundary, even when the result is that we must turn our efforts toward repealing this horrible law in Congress.


82 posted on 06/28/2012 1:42:19 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob; tentmaker
I agree with you two.

Too many here are in the "Let's throw their rascals out so we can put our rascals in" camp.

Roberts has said, "Put on your Big Boy Pants and vote for the government you want".

86 posted on 06/28/2012 1:46:16 PM PDT by eddie willers
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To: bigbob
The right thing to do would be to rule against the commerce clause and this particular law. He should have done both.

My only thought requires a tin foil hat, this is so against his judicial philosophy in the past, the man has either flipped or he was blackmailed.

88 posted on 06/28/2012 1:53:30 PM PDT by Lakeshark (I don't care for Mitt, the alternative is unthinkable)
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