It was blackmail.
The Chicago Way.
1. Roberts’ homosexual past
2. Roberts’ illegal adoption of his children
Shame on Bush for nominating this guy.
Can’t anyone do decent vetting these days, particularly for SCOTUS justices who are there for life? That is a serious blunder that needs to be remedied in this era of 90+ year olds.
It was blackmail.
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I’m starting to think that Occam would agree with you.
The left rolled him like a pimp turns out a woman to work the streets. Now they want him humiliated and broken so he never thinks of leaving them.
Something...
Whatever happened in this decision, there was something underhanded going on.
The two things that were appealed out of the 11th circuit were whether the Medicaid expansion was unconstitutional and whether the mandate could be supported under the interstate commerce clause.
That’s pretty much it. NOT whether or not it was a tax.
So Roberts basically went out into la la land and pulled something out of his rear because HE KNEW IT FAILED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE.
And he tries to argue - quite miserably, I might add, - that it IS NOT a direct tax subject to apportionment.
It’s not an excise tax, it’s not a duty or an impost tax, it is not an indirect tax that can be shifted to a consumer, it is a direct tax on individuals.
Something went down. He was threatened or paid off or coerced or something.
If he had any honor, he would simply resign from the court, disclose exactly what happened, and redact his vote.
In his book, The Hidden Power Of Kindness, the late Fr. Lawrence Lovasik urges that we all become members of the Fraternity of Kindness.
This “organization” has no officers, no meetings and no dues. In fact, its rules are simple. There are three little don’ts and three little do’s. Brilliant in their simplicity, these do’s and don’ts will put us on the right track for loving everyone:
DON’TS
1. Don’t speak unkindly of anyone.
2. Don’t speak unkindly to anyone.
3. Don’t act unkindly toward anyone.
DO’S
1. Do speak kindly of someone at least once a day.
2. Do think kindly of someone at least once a day.
3. Do act kindly toward someone at least once a day.
I have seen the rumors about #2, but are there really rumors about #1?
“It was blackmail.”
Oh this is rich! Roberts wrote the dissent too? This has to be a first.
If true, the conservatives hung a noose around his neck. Using his own writing in the dissent -— Roberts owns this turd!
I daresay it appears that Obama vetted Roberts more aggressively than Bush did, to all our detriment......