Posted on 07/08/2012 12:38:20 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
...... Just as Justice Owen Roberts' switch was attributed to the political storm of Democrat opposition to the Court's reversal of New Deal legislation, there is a widely cited report....that Chief Justice John Roberts had originally sided with the conservative dissenters in the ObamaCare decision, but changed his vote because of concerns about the political prestige of the Court in the eyes of the media and Washington elites.
Owen Roberts destroyed his judicial papers. However..... He acknowledged that the Supreme Court's pro-New Deal decisions "reduce the states to administrative districts rather than coordinate sovereigns" and that his switch reached "a result never contemplated when the Constitution was adopted, was a subterfuge." However, he justified the switch as necessary to avoid "even more radical changes" in the constitutional structure. He did not specify what "radical changes" he feared, but in the aftermath of FDR's landslide re-election in 1936, many might have seemed possible.
Again, we do not know now if John Roberts changed his vote, and why he did if he did. However, there was clearly a storm of Democrat vituperation brewing and set to break loose in the event that the Court overturned ObamaCare. Just as Owen Roberts started voting pro-New Deal in order to preserve the Court from FDR's machinations, so John Roberts may have voted to save the Court from the fury of a left and leftist president who would have forever after invoked an anti-ObamaCare decision in rejecting the legitimacy of every other Supreme Court decision they did not like. And, just as Owen Roberts' switch to preserve the Court unleashed our modern massive and pervasive federal regulatory state, so John Roberts' effort to save the Court's prestige will allow that regulatory state to grow ever more massive and pervasive.....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“I do not discount the possibility of word getting to Roberts that voting to shoot down Obamacare could be hazardous to his family’s health.”
I find that after reading hundreds of opinions regarding the Roberts Decision, a threat of actual, physical violence presented with proof of intent (horse head in bed?) seems to be the only consistent conclusion. It also would not surprise me that Roberts is in Malta picking out his next and last place of residence to which he will soon retire. With that in mind, when he announces his retirement will demonstrate if he is a closet liberal or simply leaving the country for health reasons. If he retires before Duh Won is out of office, he gives the left a shot at a liberal majority in the SC and can be safely considered a closet leftist.
And while I find the Roberts Decision to hocus-pocus in general, I welcome any decision that limits the Commerce Clause.
The Fury of the Right? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahah! Where the Hell and how the hell is that Invisible Nonexistent manisfestation going to make itself visible? The so called Right is Led By Mitt Romney,enough said
Not when it comes to a show of "public" hatred and opposition for the Left it comes naturally (they exist in a a state of "perpetual anger") and they can mobilize hundreds of thousands at the drop of a hat.
We (Cons) on the other hand will make our "displeasure" know thru the ballot box come Nov and like the results in Nov 2010 when we retook the House, there will be a shock which will reverberate throughout the land and the Libs/Progs/Socialists/Dems/Commies (same-o, same-o) won't know what hit them.
“The left’s game is blackmail.”
Especially Chicago-based left. Maximum corruption is the norm.
...”Great point. Leaves pondering that Roberts has been a closet leftist not completely in loony tune land”...
I don’t think that is it..I think he is simply mesmerized and charmed by Obama..I think it is as simple as that. That feeling struck me one day when I saw a photo of the two shaking hands..There just was something there that jumped out. Hope I am wrong since his action is going to bring about a devastation of Biblical proportions to America.
I do not discount the possibility of word getting to Roberts that voting to shoot down Obamacare could be hazardous to his family’s health.
That’s still not an excuse. If a judge can’t take the heat he needs to leave the bench.
A simply shallow man.
The so called Right is Led By Mitt Romney,enough said
No. Romney is left of center and only leads the GOP. The right currently has no leader.
Read: Reading and understanding the English language.
Agree. Roberts The Infamous.
Didn’t Roberts say the law could not be upheld under the Commerce Clause, meaning it violated the Commerce Clause?
Next prez will have the pleasure of appointing maybe 2 or three supremmes. Let’s hope they can stomp down the whining rats and get the job done! “Roberts” has consequences too!
Go along to get along. That’s the stuff great men (wimps) are made of and Mr. Roberts keeps his neighborhood happy by doing so.
We all now live in “happy land” and will eventually whistle happy tunes as we load up in the box-cars that take us to the federal “reservations” for conservatives and protector of the Constitution we once had.
You are quite wrong about that.
The political war in this country is being fought by the Left at the polling places and in the streets. Ever since Florida 2000, it has been clear that the Left wanted an SA, and what they have been able to achieve along this lines has been remarkable.
Try to go back ten days and imagine that the court had ruled 5-4 against Obamacare. What do you think would have happened the next day to Roberts, and his family? In the media? On the talk shows? On the shoutfests? In front of their homes?
And their Emmanuel Goldstein, Clarence Thomas? What would have happened to him?
The right has NOTHING (yet) to compare to the muscle the Left can bring out, and you know what?
Sheeple respect a leader who knows how to wield power. This has been seen over and over again since the idiotic idea of choosing leaders by direct popular election got started.
Obama's audacity is actually going to HELP him in the Fall, running against a mild-mannered manager/CEO type.
Dangerous, dangerous times.
“...or the damage to the country?”
Thanks for the info on the CATO Institute program -I will make a point of viewing it.
What we now have is socialized medicine. The working will essentially pau for the non-working. Redistrabution, plain and simple. Thank you Justice Roberts!
In the early 90s, the people voted this down staunchly. In 1994, the democrats lost big because they tried to pass this. In 2010, they lost again because 2/3rds of the electorate did not want it. Because this is a republic, it was shoved down our throats. Then, when he had the chance to stop it cold, Justice Roberts voted for it and his legacy. November will tell how he, Obama, Reid and Pelosi are remembered. I hope they take a terrible trouncing!
It should incite you to learn the history of how we arrived where we are today.
Start here:
http://www.tapesite.com
Video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAVIh7MipX8&feature=related
Video 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJZ5_SqZhG8&feature=related
Video 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlxqDUdf5Io&feature=related
Video 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jNEByNOubI&feature=related
Video 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTTan1GAx_Q&feature=related
Video 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rtfhto81rU&feature=related
Video 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqFy9atnXM&feature=related
Probably that “gay gene” that arose and sucked them together. The whole thing is beyond disgusting to me...backing away from keyboard
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