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Roberts Switched Views to Uphold Health Care Law (Original CBS Report)
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| Sunday, Juy 1, 2012
| Jan Crawford
Posted on 07/01/2012 12:16:38 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: IbJensen
Maybe Roberts did a Sinclair on Obama while Obama was smokin Crack in his Glass Pipe? Larry says Obama loves Crack in a Glass Pipe while getting his BoyWhore to give him what he desires!
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posted on
07/01/2012 2:54:06 PM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
To: piytar
NIce try but no cigar. If you can get away with calling a penalty a tax, and justify it in the name of "limiting" government, then you can do anything you want. No, there's no rescue coming from the Court. They're done.
Besides, if Roberts had such a clever strategem up his sleeve, why not tip off his conservative colleagues? Instead he alienated his allies on the court for nothing, when all he really had to do was the right thing and vote it down. Why go through risky gyrations to achieve the same end?
The whole thing makes no sense unless he caved. For god knows what reason.
To: DesertRhino
Do the opinions have dates on them - dates when they were written? Or do they all just have the date that the decision is made public?
If Roberts did write the “dissent” when it was supposed to be the majority opinion, then this reporter is pulling our legs when she says that the dissent doesn’t address the majority opinion because the people who wrote it didn’t even want to engage with Roberts.
But some have said that the dissent has stuff that really sounds like it came from either Alito(?) or Kennedy.
I wonder exactly what happened.
To: kristinn
I am generally much more positive than negative about GWB, but this may turn out to be his final major F-up. The original vote was a win, but Roberts got weak because he was worried about his court’s image. Roberts seems to be a fine judge, but he is proving to go wobbly. If Bush would have elevated Scalia to CJ and just nominated Roberts, we would have knocked this law out.
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posted on
07/01/2012 2:57:03 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
( November cannot come soon enough)
To: hoosiermama
IIRC Roberts attends Mass regularly. If we are truly looking into what influenced him, look in the Bible not to threats or bribes. You could say Judas "attended Mass regularly". There are plenty of deceivers in the Bible, dear.
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posted on
07/01/2012 2:58:05 PM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: uncbob
What I dont understand is if he was blackmailed why did rule its a tax? Exactly --he could have used the Commerce clause--ruling it a tax ain't making Obama happy
Answering my own question
If this story is true than since he originally agreed with the conservatives it was not constitutional via the Commerce Clause then he had to come up with a different reason for saying it was
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posted on
07/01/2012 2:59:13 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: faucetman
I have never, not one time, ever considered that SCOTUS’ refusal to entertain even one eligibility case was a political decision. Now, I must give the idea some consideration.
I’m angry with Roberts. Maybe I’ll feel differently later. Maybe not.
However, this decision was pure lawlessness. Why there isn’t blood running in the streets, I do not know.
When you’ve had enough of your liberty stolen, ya chickensh*ts, it’ll be too late to save your sorry @sses. And don’t expect me to come a-runnin’. I’m with Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Yer on yer own!
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:02:23 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: Girlene
They usually keep their mouths shut. I bet Roberts was counting on that.
If true than when he sees the cat is out of the bag he is going to be doing some serious dodging from the glare of the truth
Wonder if this news has reached him yet
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:02:23 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: Kennard
If it can be passed via reconciliation, it can most definitely be repealed via reconciliation. USSC ruling it a tax just makes using that process legitimate unlike how the democrats used it.
To: arasina
Think....If Judas had NOT deceived, Jesus would NOT have gone to the cross, died for your sins, been resurrected etc etc. Do you really think Judas's betayal was not part of God's plan?
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:04:07 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying then or now!)
To: DesertRhino
Homos only get married when they need to for public acceptance! This really stinks! If America’s Chief Justice has been blackmailed, we need to know it right now! If that happened, He and his Blackmailers must be in Prison for Life by tomorrow morning!
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:04:21 PM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
To: hoosiermama
Predestination vs. Free Will is not something I care to argue with you today. Have a nice evening and stay safe.
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:05:30 PM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: All; SquarePants
Look deeper folks, has the 08 bailout acually reconciled the balance sheets of the 15 trillion ones, over the Troglites?
No, and the original lobby authors, are going to absolutely drive the nails so that a group that calls itself an “indusry”, equity holders of the banking sector, have direct leverage anytime they want, BUT WITHOUT EVER NEEDING EVER TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS TO HAVE A VOTE AGAIN, as they were forced to in 08.
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:06:52 PM PDT
by
Varsity Flight
(Phony-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
To: unixfox
Traitor?
I wouldn’t be so sure. He’s effectively established himself as an “independant” while at the same time guaranteeing an electoral victory for Romney and the GOP.
Congress created this mess, congress should fix it!
To: arasina
The Jews are considered the Chosen People, yet the Holocaust occurred.
Tried to point that out to a poster last evening and got an unpleasant reply
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:07:51 PM PDT
by
uncbob
To: Georgia Girl 2
Bush got played by Roberts.
Neither side respect him.
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:07:50 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the StatistI)
To: DesertRhino
The problem is..if this did happen..it the fix was in..power at that level can not afford for Roberts to ever ever talk...and for powers like that a mad TEA PARTY member is perfect fall guy...it win them the election as a bonus....
This idea is making me sick....God I hope I'm soooo wrong
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:08:16 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(American is Barack Oaken)
To: DesertRhino; RightFighter; butterdezillion
After further research, I believe the dissent was "unsigned" because it was per curiam explained
here
.............." In legal terms, "unsigned" means the ruling was "per curiam," or "for the court" simply, that everyone on the panel agreed with the decision and decided to issue a single opinion.
"Generally, an 'unsigned' opinion means the opinion was issued per curiam, meaning no one judge took credit for authoring the opinion, but it represents the opinion of the court," Sarah Ricks, a law professor at Rutgers University who has analyzed types of judicial opinions, wrote us in an e-mail interview.
Ricks added that "it is not unusual for a federal appellate court to issue a per curiam opinion; even the Supreme Court very occasionally issues a per curiam opinion. ... A per curiam opinion does not preclude separate opinions by members of the court but it does represent the reasoning for the judgment of the court." "................
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:08:27 PM PDT
by
Girlene
(Chief AHat Roberts - should resign in disgrace.)
To: muleskinner
>> “Where were Alito, Scalia and Thomas?” <<
.
They’re too well aware of what a jerk Roberts is to mess with him.
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:10:21 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
To: Covenantor
Looks like they smoke their own meat.
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posted on
07/01/2012 3:10:44 PM PDT
by
caddie
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