Of course the big question is why did Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts rewrite Obamcare giving the dead sea scroll new life by morphing it into just another tax.
You have to jump into this guys mind to really know what happened and since few of us are up to that we are relegated to just educated guesses.
Here's mine.
Currently, we have a regime that is fully engaged in the Chicago Way. What is the Chicago way? It's a system of intimidation through long term political corruption by political animals willing to do most anything to get what they want. This intimidation includes murder of ones family or basically whatever it takes.
(by the way Valerie Jarrett the defacto potus now was Daley's go to gal before she came to dc)
If you happened to see the State of the Union speech where the Manchurian in charge gave the evil eye to the Court more than once you can get it that there may be just a little apprehension on the part of the five "supposed"conservative members who don't cave to socialism/communism aka the Chicago way. Are they now targets with the biggest target Roberts?
In addition as a supposed conservative member of the court being appointed instead of Harriet Roberts (which is a challenging mindset all of its own to be considered), you have to think that perhaps Roberts feels just a little allegiance to the right as well.
So he may view himself be in a position where he thinks he may have to appeal to both sides and basically have a hell of a good argument for whomever wins in November. His survival may be at stake in one case and just for appearances in the other.
Playing both sides could well have been the motive for Roberts rewriting obamacare(if he did the dirty work himself rumors are he is no rocket scientist either) and declaring it nothing but a big tax that congress has the right to do.
If it was it may well accomplish the following: If O'Kardashian is reelected Roberts simply tells Barry "hey I was on your side but had to make it look good for my(supposed) Budd's on the right" and will probably get a pass from the Chicago mob. After all they got what they wanted 1/6 of the economy of the US under their control.
If Romney wins in November all Roberts has to say is, "hey Mitt I made it a tax so you can get rid of it in the Senate with only 51%! I'm really a big conservative guy see Mitt." Romney at that point basically has no choice but to say "thanks" having claimed he would gut Obamcare on his first day anyway.Robers can make the case its now any easy task.Of course this presupposes we take the Senate which may not be a slam dunk unless Sarah and Marco can fire up the base as good as she did on her own in 2010,then we take it all.
Either way Robert's slimy ass is covered and he has plausible deny ability regardless of who wins in November which w the entire goal.
I know Krauthammer says its because Roberts is so noble he didn't want the Supreme Court to overreach its bounds by usurping power over Congress but sorry Chuck I ain't buyin' that one.
Old McConnell just said, “If I am the leader of the Senate.”
That is a scary thought. If we do win we will have to change the old boys club that brings the worst possible spokesmen we can find. He can barely order a Big Mac let alone explain Conservatism.
I like Krauthammer but sometimes he is a total moron. How the HELL can he say by Roberts declaring the penalty for not buying insurance a tax and then sending it back to be rewritten as a tax is in any way usurping power over Congress?
Interesting that the subject of intimidation is actually brought up...
RG...all Roberts had to do was repeal the damn thing.
It’s old and boring to try and figure his logic.
Allow me to tell you his logic....
HE WAS SCARED TO TAKE A STAND!
If he’d done his job all this nonsense would be over with.
We have a Supreme Court so they will take a stand.
And Roberts, worst of all, did not.
I have NO respect now, possibly ever now that Roberts has shown us how NOT to be a Supreme Court Chief Justice,for the concept of a Supreme Court.
At the time, many in the press didn't include the word "ultimately." I noted at the time that this indicated to me that he knew the decision of the court and was trying to undo it thru this pressure or perhaps blackmail. There are indications that Roberts changed his mind at the last minute.
This is truly frightening if the WH using whatever means can intimidate SCOTUS. Roberts had to manufacture a reason to uphold Obamacare. It was painfully obvious. The real question is why as you point out.
As Mark Levin points out, Roberts became a judicial activist with this decision. He created a precedent that the taxing power of the government can force people to buy something they don't want and it applies to every person in this country--except illegal aliens and some other excepted classes, which makes it difficult to defend as a tax.
Roberts judgements was the most incoherent, cowardly decision from the Court in my life time. Apparently Judge Roberts was sick the day they taught the class on checks and balances. The Judiciary is absolutely suppose to be a check on an out of control Executive and Legislature. Judge Roberts cowardly decision to punt the ball rather then do his duty is utterly indefensible.