I’m not knowledgeable enough to know whether the points made in the article have any weight. But, this interesting comment by rdcbn may explain something, hopefully he will tell where he found this out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2900647/posts?page=111#111
John Robert’s changed his vote at the last minute under duress.
The reason he changed his vote at the 11th hour was a form of soft extortion.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg threatened to announce her retirement at the end of this term and give Obama the chance to appoint a new Justice in her place if Obama Care was overturned.
If Roberts changed his vote and not strike down ObamaCare she agreed not to retire until the next Presidential term.
Under the circumstances he did his best to come up with the best possible compromise with Ginsberg - one that put the future of ObamaCare directly in the hands of voters in this next election. The fate of Obama Care is now firmly in the hands of the electorate and 2012 will be a referendum on Obama Care.
111 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:42:47 PM by rdcbn
See my comment above.
If that’s so, I bet she back-stabs him and retires anyway.
You don't write a 90 page opinion "at the last minute."
The reason he changed his vote at the 11th hour was a form of soft extortion.
IF true then Roberts has no business being a judge, much less the Chief Justice of the SCOTUS.
If true, then Roberts should be impeached.
Are you carrying water for him? If so, I think he just drowned in it.
Sure be nice to know where the Ginsberg threat info came from.
It would explain a few things - if true. However, not sure the enormity of this ruling would be worth it and Obama would still have had to get someone else confirmed which wouldn’t necessarily be easy.
That is weak..
Sell out the country to get Ruth to hang around?
Now is the BEST time to fight an Obama judge. Not after the election.
What nonsense. Where's the threat? Ginsberg resigns and is replaced by a younger version of herself? If such absurd chatroom chatter were correct Roberts would need to recuse himself from all further hearings on account of being an imbecile.
” The fate of Obama Care is now firmly in the hands of the electorate”
Considering the fact that this is the same electorate that put obama in office in the first place, that isn’t a comforting thought.
Why would exchanging one rabid leftist for another rabid leftist be much of a threat?
That would be even worse. Bottom line: Roberts is a coward and NEVER should have been appointed to the SC.