Posted on 06/29/2012 9:04:57 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Many conservatives are feeling betrayed by the chief justice's vote to uphold Obamacare. But there's a counterintuitive case to be made that John Roberts's decision is largely a victory for conservatives.
Every time I visit Washington, D.C., I am struck by a single, terrible thought: It is not just that conservatives are losing the various battles over big government, but they have been losing the war for generations. The most conservatives are ever able to do is tinker at the margins – and celebrating small victories like lowering marginal tax rates is a sign of just how low our sights are set.
Why has this happened? After all, this was a country founded in direct opposition to unlimited governmental power. How have we arrived at a point when the feds can do just about anything they want?
It is because, at critical moments in the nation’s history, the advocates of limited government were on the losing side of the political equation, and the opposition was very effective at consolidating its victory. Not only did big government advocates implement policy changes, they also brought about huge structural innovations to the way the government functions.
The progressives of the early 1900s managed this with the 16th Amendment, legalizing the income tax and opening up whole avenues of power that had been previously off limits. The political genius of that move must be admired: The left got its hands on the government for a relatively short period of time, but it sure made hay while the sun was out. We’re still paying the price today -- quite literally. Similarly, the New Deal took advantage of a national emergency to ram through ......
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I think you're waaaaaaay wrong.
He went all in with OUR political capital and he's got a 5 high as his poker hand.
Govt health care is now the law of the land and most of it is now "As the Secretary shall direct." That's why people keep saying that we don't know what's in this bill.
Do you have ANY idea what happened yesterday? The administration said this is not a tax. It's a penalty. They said that 18 times in their written arguments before the court. 4 dissenting justices said it's not a tax. The only one who said it is a tax is Roberts. The administration is forcing everyone to buy an insurance product. The Insurance Companies LOOOOOVE this law. They don't even have to advertise anymore, everyone now MUST have a medical insurance policy or the govt will sic the IRS on our asses.
It's clearly a violation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, but he ignored that and said it's a tax. He didn't rule on the law's constitutionality, he changed the meaning of the law.
That's whats known as judicial activism.
lmao!
First in a series. Hang on.
And another FR classic, which reveals the secret Kabbalistic calculations behind Legal Super Genius John Roberts' incredible liberal-destroying sleight of hand, and why The Weekly Standard, George Will, and all the other Ever-So-Clever Beltway pundits still love him:
He will still be claiming a great victory as he's marched into the political realignment camp, never to be seen again.
Not fool proof, unless the people are Godly and decent. Our battle is a spiritual one. If we can come to terms with this, then we can fight the war on the ground that it is really being fought against us on, rather than fighting at political "windmills".
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I'm betting he resigns before October.
Any takers?
Holder Refuses to Provide Testimony on Kagan’s Involvement in Obamacare
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=22121&pst=1594668
Klayman To Seek Indictment Of Justices Roberts and Kagan Before Citizens Grand Jury
http://news.yahoo.com/klayman-seek-indictment-justices-roberts-kagan-citizens-grand-174411247.html
I fail to see what Roberts has accomplished, other than uphold ObamaCare.
Could this ruling be the “Bitch of a Payback” for Obama’s open contempt of the judiciary? His highhanded rhetoric and not so subtle threats?
Perhaps Roberts blatant activist breaking of the constitution was done in order to ensure Obama’s certain defeat in November. Is it possible that this move was made in order to further the destruction of this administrations Justice department and clearly display the lawlessness of this regime’s law enforcement arm?
Stranger things have happened. One can only hope and pray.
You are right & that should strip away the last fig-leaf covering this ruling that conservativs are holding onto. I’ll give the left credit....they knew how to bully Roberts in just the right way to break him.
Yes at first glance you think, wow this stinks of the same type corruption we see coming from the white house.
Enter Occam's Razor. The most simple explanation is the correct one. The simplest answer was he was coerced, and that I do believe is the answer we don't want to accept. Why is it that we think the supreme court is immune to the corruption we see in congress and the rest of government? Well we just found out it's not.
I can tell you what is going to be stranger. Look for Roberts to announce his retirement this summer and give Obama the opportunity to nominate Hillary Clinton to replace him before the October term begins.
Think FBI files.
Occam's Razor.
For someone who was coerced or worried, he seemed awfully jocular today when he "quipped" about finding an impregnible fortress to hide in, at a "posh Pennsylvania resort" before he leaves the country for some months.
If he was coerced or worried, he sure covers it up well.
Legal Super GeniusTM John Roberts Just Pulled a Jedi Mind Trick on the Entire United States of America
[And we saw what he did. Oh yeah we did. We saw it. Yeah, that's right. Saw. IT. ]
Levin used the word “known” but I didn’t hear him say that the Chief Kangaroo was a “friend”. You may be right. Bob
He joked about it. Making light of what he has done works to diffuse the extreme anger he knows he's created. Think about what Obama has done every time he's caught red handed in a lie. He jokes about it! Roberts making light of this in the same manner as Obama is a tell tale sign if just who was behind the coercion. He was coached on how to react. He's acting just like Obama. It's the mark of the beast.
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