Posted on 06/29/2015 4:57:19 PM PDT by jazusamo
Last week's Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare (Burwell) and same-sex marriage (Obergefell) were enormously dispiriting for reasons beyond the substantive issues of socialized medicine and same-sex marriage.
I couldn't be more opposed to socialized medicine, which I believe is the endgame of Obamacare, and I am opposed to the societal sanctioning of same-sex marriage, but those are not my greatest concerns with these two rulings.
In both cases, the court flouted the Constitution, the rule of law, the English language and the truth itself. People who appreciate the unique American system of government and those who value truth itself should be very concerned.
First, let's briefly consider the Obamacare ruling. Though I was beginning to believe it was possible that the court would do the right thing in this case, I didn't allow myself to count on it mainly because of the endless insanity we've witnessed over the past six years.
Mindful of the absurd lengths Justice Roberts went to in upholding Obamacare initially the verbal contortions he disgracefully engaged in to save this wretched law why would I assume he would do otherwise with his second bite of the apple? There was a small part of me that was hoping he realized just how severely he had sold his soul on the first decision and would be looking for redemption. But that was always a long shot.
In the first case, he redefined taxes and penalties to justify a result he'd already reached in his mind irrespective of the law, flagrantly breaching his fiduciary duty to the Constitution. We hear that he descended into this sophistry because he believed he had some higher calling to preserve the image of the court.
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No, there has been no attempt to remove SC jurisdiction in such cases.
Two-thirds of the Senate is required for impeachment conviction. There is no such Constitutional requirement for removing jurisdiction.
You are absolutely right!!!!! The GOP has left us flat, Orrin Grant Hatch et al.
Effigy doll of black robed Roberts hanging upside down by an ankle; anyone know where I can buy one of these?
We will never win because we are still playing by the rules and the other side is not. And they are never held accountable. It’s over, folks. The Voter ID law today. I hope I am wrong, but I do not believe we will ever win a national election again.
And that’s the money post..right there.
Limbaugh,
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chow fat boy!
Ask them who John Adams was......You will get NOTHING!!
Say what you will....
I am hoping Roberts is worried where ever he goes the rest of his life.
Until the People get angry enough to be impossible to ignore, and States start telling the Feds and SCOTUS to go to hell, we will go down complaining and sitting on our thumbs. Kind of comical.
It is his court.
We can now nickname the court, “Anthony and His Friends”.
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