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?
Krauthammer makes the case that the Supreme Court, Congress and everyone is protected by Roberts by the way he finessed obamcare into a tax. I’m not buying it.His comments are here at Hot Air for those who really care,usually I do. NOt buying it this time.
As much as I dislike Justice Roberts’ vote, it is consistent with the idea of calling balls and strikes. The Supreme Court does not have to agree with the law or the tax, or even if the law or tax is a good idea or a bad idea; all they are supposed to do is decide if what Congress does is constitutional or not. In that sense, what Roberts did makes sense. We would like it better if we agreed with the outcome.