I have stated thi before, but will do so again.
The issue before SCOTUS was whether or not the Individual Mandate was constitutional, case closed. How did SCOTUS change the premise of the lawsuit to rename the Individual Mandate? Again that was not the purpose of their deliberations.Some say, “Well they can do what they want”, HUH?
There were at least three key questions considered in this case:
1) Was the government mandate unconstitutional with regard to the commerce clause? SCOTUS ruled that unconstitutional.
2) Was the government punishment of total withholding of Medicaid funding against states that did not expand Medicaid unconstitutional? SCOTUS ruled that unconstitutional.
3) Was the government mandate penalty constitutional if regarded as a tax instead? SCOTUS ruled that constitutional.
With extreme hypocrisy, after stating over and over again that the non-compliance penalty was not a tax to get the law passed, the Obama administration argued before the USSC that Obamacare was constitutional because the non-compliance penalty was not actually a penalty, but a tax instead, and that Congress has taxing authority. CJ Roberts and the four liberals bought that argument, and thus was born an unprecedented “penalty tax” which releases the government of any restraint to attack the freedom of the people. The government now has a new power to impose a “penalty tax” for any reason, at least if it can argue that it is “for the general welfare of the people” if challenged to SCOTUS.
This is a disaster. This new power of a “penalty tax” granted by SCOTUS will have to be undone by whatever means necessary for the good of the republic.
Well apparently they can. Have you heard one congressman call for impeachment? Oh I forgot when they heard this decision they all went on vacation.
I was never expecting they would overturn this, even if they found the mandate unconstitutional, I expected some other scam to pass it alone, but never did I expect this route.
The GOPe and the rest of the GOP have much to answer for in this disaster, when we need bold responses, they all go on vacation, how cool is that?