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To: donmeaker

So that gives Roberts the right to rewrite it from the bench, or fix it, and not just throw it out ?


139 posted on 07/24/2013 9:46:46 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: LongWayHome

He didn’t rewrite it. He didn’t add a single line, he didn’t delete a single line.

He ruled that the law was constitutional under the taxing power. That is the same justification given when the SCOTUS approved Social Security as a tax.

That means that as a tax, it can be repealed with a mere 50% vote in house and senate (with presidential approval), rather than requiring the 60 votes for cloture in the Senate.


142 posted on 07/24/2013 9:51:28 AM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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