He could have accomplished the same thing by killing ObamaCare today. Simply saying, "I don't care what the Solicitor General argues. The law was not passed as a tax. If Congress wants to, they can pass it as a tax and it will stand. But for now, it's dead."
And that clear opening of the worm can is why we know Roberts is not on that court to do anything but rubber stamp whatever the globalist collapsing this Republic tell him to do. The scum and villainy for whom Roberts the pirate works do not want We The People to be the sovereigns, so every crucial ruling where he can destroy US will be his agenda. He deserves no benefit of the doubt for stupidity. He deserves no second huessing as to whether he may have done the right thing. He is a lawless bastard working for the globalist agenda, Period. As you stated so succinctly, he could have thrown this back on Congress by just voting with Sclaia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy. Instead he passed this unconstitutional piece of democrat communism as he was instructed to do.
re: “He could have accomplished the same thing by killing ObamaCare today. Simply saying, “I don’t care what the Solicitor General argues. The law was not passed as a tax. If Congress wants to, they can pass it as a tax and it will stand. But for now, it’s dead.”
EXACTLY! That IS what Justice Roberts should have done. There is NO constitutional authority for doing what he did.
And, whether or not Obama is defeated in a landslide and Republicans gain huge majorities is the House and Senate - this precedent giving the federal government the power to penalize any citizen who refuses to “buy” something the government wants him/her to - all under the cover that it is a “tax”, not a “mandate” - this is the real damage done for years to come.
I hate having to be forced into voting for Romney, but what other possible shot do we have of hopefully changing this? What Romney better remember is that IF he is elected and the nation gives him majorities in both houses of congress - - he BETTER not only get rid of Obamacare, but also nominate true conservative justices (although I thought we had one in Roberts).
Also, Romney says after Obamacare is repealed he wants to “replace” it with a true fix. And, just what will that be?? I admit there are things that need work, but I hope to Almighty God that we don’t get Obamacare Lite. That’s what I concerned about from Romney.
First, though, step one is get Obama OUT of the White House and get the dems out of congress - then boot this horrible law out asap.