Just thought of something
Does it matter why it was voted to be Constitutional
Or
Can they just say it was ruled as such period
Roberts wrote the opinion that it was a tax but my understanding is the libs on the court used the commerce clause
If opinions set the precedent how can that be because he was the only one stating it
What a bag of worms
I agree wholeheartedly and because of this, it is really a very historic decision that will go down in history the way you explained it.
I believe Roberts really stepped on his... er, worm. History will say so. The Left will have their huzzah moment but after this wears off I think they'll have second thoughts. After a time, this decision will come to be a heinous one to them.
To us conservatives, it already is a heinous decision! That won't change over time.
Roberts decision will get picked apart by both the Left and the Right and go down as a very ill-advised and irrational argument--in other words, stupid.
So there, John, is your legacy. In the future, people will say of the Supremes, "Will they pull a Roberts?", meaning a bone-headed argument.
Now, eventually this will have to be revisited. Either a more conservative court will rescind it, or a more liberal one will reject it and put the mandate under the Commerce clause.
The one thing we'll as a people have control over is who we subsequently elect to office, and the pressure we bear on them to appoint judges to make the correct decisions.
So I'm not ready for the ammo box yet; we still get another chance to use the ballot box. If however, Obama is reelected then I will call on my very conservative state of Alabama, and other states of her thinking, to secede from the Union of Tyranny that has become the federal monster under Obamacare.
And yes, I am serious. Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere!
Good question. Spinmaster Lew is already trying his best to spin out of it being a tax saying you can call it whatever you want but so far everyone he told that to stephy,wall ass fat candy, told him to go pound sand and had a good laugh since they knew dam well what he was up to.