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1 posted on 03/18/2012 9:47:23 AM PDT by SmithL
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This law is so clearly unconstitutional that no honest person can argue that it is valid. Unfortunately, we’re dealing with the Supreme Court, and far too many Justices have no interest in the document they are required by their oath to uphold.


2 posted on 03/18/2012 9:53:27 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: SmithL

I hope these conservative justices don’t wake up with horse heads in their beds.

Unfortunately, I think it’s probable with this criminal Regime.


3 posted on 03/18/2012 9:53:48 AM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: SmithL
There is not one conservative on SCOTUS.

They bowed to the undocumented one,
even as a litigant over John Jay's grave.


On July 25th, 1787, John Jay wrote to George Washington, then Presiding Officer of the Constitutional Convention:

"[T]he people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that
fellow citizens and joint sovereigns cannot be degraded by appearing
with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.
The people have reason to prize and rejoice in such valuable privileges,
and they ought not to forget that nothing but the free course
of constitutional law and government can ensure the continuance
and enjoyment of them.
"
[John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia]

The Convention agreed and without debate the provision suggested by Jay was written into the Constitution.

That Jay’s advice was taken is not surprising because in his career Jay was President of the Continental Congress, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1st Chief Justice of the United States, Ambassador to Spain and France, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Secretary of State) and Governor of New York, among other things. He wasn’t a man whose advice could be ignored. Note that what particularly concerned Jay was not a political issue but a military issue arising because the President is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States. He was bothered by issues of National Security."




4 posted on 03/18/2012 9:55:04 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: SmithL

Reagan’s “Sacramento Kid” will come through yet for Obama.


5 posted on 03/18/2012 9:56:07 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: SmithL

I love how our very freedom is controlled by four unelected, unanswerable federal judges. Or is it one?

Our freedom is nothing more than an illusion.


6 posted on 03/18/2012 9:56:07 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: SmithL

In the liberal media bias department, note that the ‘rats are merely “Democrat-appointed” but some on the right are either “conservative stalwarts” or they are “less doctrinaire” (but still doctrinaire). There are never any doctrinaire leftists, whether more so or less so, and there are certainly never any liberal stalwarts.


7 posted on 03/18/2012 9:56:59 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: SmithL

So what does this say about Democrat appointments? Even the State-Run AP is admitting that they are sure to vote to infringe on our liberty. Can any of them be considered “independent minded?” The answer is obvious, isn’t it?


9 posted on 03/18/2012 9:59:42 AM PDT by Lysandru
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So what does this say about Democrat appointments? Even the State-Run AP is admitting that they are sure to vote to infringe on our liberty. Can any of them be considered “independent minded?” The answer is obvious, isn’t it?


10 posted on 03/18/2012 9:59:50 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: SmithL
Yahoo comes through again. Those mean old Republican Justices want to take away your Health care.

The other five are just like Obama, making sure the Government knows what's best for you, whether you like it or not.

Don't worry about that Constitution thingy, it's just a bunch of mindless drivel written by some demented old White Slave Owners anyway.

11 posted on 03/18/2012 10:00:45 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: SmithL
Funny how they want to woo the conservatives to their cause.

The real issue is constitutionality and they should fear that an unbiased judge would stray from the dim indoctrination.

They have no fear of this as demonstrated by the following excerpt:

Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, will have no trouble concluding that Congress did not overstep its authority

14 posted on 03/18/2012 10:10:42 AM PDT by pfflier
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if Obama had his way, two of the justices, Roberts and Alito, would not be on the Supreme Court.

He voted against confirming both of them to the Supreme Court when he was a Senator.


15 posted on 03/18/2012 10:16:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SmithL

bttt


16 posted on 03/18/2012 10:17:59 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mit brennender Sorge)
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To: SmithL

I object to the whole tone of this article.

It talks about how the fate of the law hinges on approval or disapproval of four conservative justices. It makes it sound as if the court is a legislative body, with voting blocs which have to be convinced to vote for a piece of legislation.

The role of the courts is not that of a legislative body. The role of the courts in cases such as this is, or is supposed to be, to rule as to whether the law is constitutional or unconstitutional.

The court is going to rule on whether the federal government exceeded its authority by passing this law. It is not supposed to rule on whether it approves of said law as a public policy position.

If this high profile case helps educate the public, and liberals, as to the role of the courts within our constitutional republic, that would be a good thing.


17 posted on 03/18/2012 10:23:43 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SmithL
4 Republican justices control fate of health law

Anytime Republicans control fate, of anything, we are so screwed...........

20 posted on 03/18/2012 10:36:14 AM PDT by varon (Congress is a sanctuary for political criminals)
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To: SmithL

I pray that we can take the Senate and White House this November and get this monstrosity repealed. Never in my life have I seen a more worthless POS than the one occupying the White House.


22 posted on 03/18/2012 10:55:01 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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Well, if it is upheld then outlawing abortion can be waged on a new front. Pregnancy when not a threat to a woman’s health would be an elective medical procedure. Since the government is merely regulating interstate commerce regarding health, no health resources should be wasted on elective medical procedures. Women have neither a choice on buying insurance nor having an abortion. We need doctors to save lives, not end them.


23 posted on 03/18/2012 11:12:34 AM PDT by JoeRed
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The article says “the requirement that almost everyone in this country has insurance “ ALMOST except those who obama the dictator grants waivers.


24 posted on 03/18/2012 11:16:50 AM PDT by Terry Mross ( "It happened. And we let it happen. - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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I like how "neutral" SCOTUS stories start with the viewpoint any Republican-appointed block on the court may issue a ruling of the "wrong" view.

A lockstep Left is seen as the default correct viewpoint.

It's particularly amusing since some of the Left's most sacred cows, like Roe vs. Wade, were brought forth by "Republican" courts.

26 posted on 03/18/2012 12:08:45 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Santorum: 18-point loss, voted for Sotomayor, proposed $550M on top of $900M Amtrak budget...)
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Amazing that the four Democrat appointed justices, apparently uniform in their foregone conclusion before the first argument, aren’t ‘doctrinaire’ as the author views four of the five Republican-appointed justices.


33 posted on 03/18/2012 6:14:41 PM PDT by EDINVA
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