The main problem was that it was forced through in the dark of the night with no real hearings etc etc ( remember those CSPAN public hearings OBAMA promised )where it could have been debated about its many facets ( The GOP should make a huge issue of this especially idiot Pelosi’s dumb statement )
I can see where Roberts would say don’t blame us for this
I am still absorbing the opinions. I did give a sigh of relief that the Commerce Clause was circumscribed, for once. Ruling otherwise would have been a disaster.
I hate Obamacare, although it would probably benefit me personally, in some regards at least. But the opinion of Roberts was probably right. I had glossed right over the tax/penalty issue in light of the law’s clear statement that it was NOT a tax. But if it is a tax, calling it anything else does not change it. That is a valid rule of legal construction. I don’t like it but it is hard to argue against.
We are not in a doomsday situation. The country is NOT finished. Obama may want to destroy the economy piece by piece, but it is the people who have, and always have had, the power. This is a wake up call to those who care about the country. The presidential choice is not pretty, but, to me, clear. More important, however, are House and Senate elections, as well as local ones.
If we want legislative change, we must win the seats, and win decisively.