Posted on 06/29/2012 3:01:04 PM PDT by mojito
THE SUPREME COURTS 5 to 4 decision upholding the core of the Affordable Care Act is good news for the court and the country. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was statesmanlike in choosing to side with four more liberal justices in finding that the laws most controversial provision, the mandate that individuals obtain health insurance, was a constitutional exercise of Congresss power to lay and collect taxes. That solution allows the main provisions of the law to take effect. Even more important, it is respectful, as the court should be, of congressional authority and the democratic process that underlies it.
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It's simple. The spineless CJ was easily bought and easily corrupted and at the cost of almost nothing. Except for the liberty of the countrymen he was sworn to defend and protect.
And the sad reality is that no one had to bribe him. He did it to satisfy his vanity, so he switched his vote at the 11th hour. That much is pretty clear. Sycophantic garbage like the piece posted here are his reward.
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