“if we remain steadfast and vocal, we can influence his Presidency should he win.”
I’ve given up any hope that “we the people” have any say in our own governance anymore.
The federal government is corrupt, anachronistic and needs to be dismantled by the states. It no longer serves the people. It causes the people to serve it.
We lost the republic the founders died to give us today.
As long as we stand mute, and say nothing, then I agree. Of the several partners mentioned in our Constitution, The People are the only ones not fully exercising their rights, as I see it.
The time for that to change is obviously long overdue. Perhaps today's SC ruling will finally compel millions to step up and fight back like our forefathers did. If we don't, the next egregious over-reach by our government will be even worse.
You said it best in post 142. If the mandate is unconstitutional, then how can you be penalized with a 'tax' for not participating in the government's health care scheme?
What in the Constitution gives the Chief Justice the authority to grant Congress the unlimited power to tax? Answer: nothing.
People are going to revolt over that simple reasoning.