Posted on 07/01/2012 12:16:38 PM PDT by kristinn
Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy - believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law - led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold....
But in this closely-watched case, word of Roberts' unusual shift has spread widely within the Court, and is known among law clerks, chambers' aides and secretaries. It also has stirred the ire of the conservative justices, who believed Roberts was standing with them.
After the historic oral arguments in March, the two knowledgeable sources said, Roberts and the four conservatives were poised to strike down at least the individual mandate. There were other issues being argued - severability and the Medicaid extension - but the mandate was the ballgame.
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It is not known why Roberts changed his view on the mandate and decided to uphold the law. At least one conservative justice tried to get him to explain it, but was unsatisfied with the response, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation.
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Roberts then engaged in his own lobbying effort - trying to persuade at least Justice Kennedy to join his decision so the Court would appear more united in the case. There was a fair amount of give-and-take with Kennedy and other justices, the sources said. One justice, a source said, described it as "arm-twisting."
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Maybe Roberts did a Sinclair on Obama while Obama was smokin Crack in his Glass Pipe? Larry says Obama loves Crack in a Glass Pipe while getting his BoyWhore to give him what he desires!
Besides, if Roberts had such a clever strategem up his sleeve, why not tip off his conservative colleagues? Instead he alienated his allies on the court for nothing, when all he really had to do was the right thing and vote it down. Why go through risky gyrations to achieve the same end?
The whole thing makes no sense unless he caved. For god knows what reason.
Do the opinions have dates on them - dates when they were written? Or do they all just have the date that the decision is made public?
If Roberts did write the “dissent” when it was supposed to be the majority opinion, then this reporter is pulling our legs when she says that the dissent doesn’t address the majority opinion because the people who wrote it didn’t even want to engage with Roberts.
But some have said that the dissent has stuff that really sounds like it came from either Alito(?) or Kennedy.
I wonder exactly what happened.
I am generally much more positive than negative about GWB, but this may turn out to be his final major F-up. The original vote was a win, but Roberts got weak because he was worried about his court’s image. Roberts seems to be a fine judge, but he is proving to go wobbly. If Bush would have elevated Scalia to CJ and just nominated Roberts, we would have knocked this law out.
You could say Judas "attended Mass regularly". There are plenty of deceivers in the Bible, dear.
I have never, not one time, ever considered that SCOTUS’ refusal to entertain even one eligibility case was a political decision. Now, I must give the idea some consideration.
I’m angry with Roberts. Maybe I’ll feel differently later. Maybe not.
However, this decision was pure lawlessness. Why there isn’t blood running in the streets, I do not know.
When you’ve had enough of your liberty stolen, ya chickensh*ts, it’ll be too late to save your sorry @sses. And don’t expect me to come a-runnin’. I’m with Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Yer on yer own!
If it can be passed via reconciliation, it can most definitely be repealed via reconciliation. USSC ruling it a tax just makes using that process legitimate unlike how the democrats used it.
Homos only get married when they need to for public acceptance! This really stinks! If America’s Chief Justice has been blackmailed, we need to know it right now! If that happened, He and his Blackmailers must be in Prison for Life by tomorrow morning!
Predestination vs. Free Will is not something I care to argue with you today. Have a nice evening and stay safe.
Look deeper folks, has the 08 bailout acually reconciled the balance sheets of the 15 trillion ones, over the Troglites?
No, and the original lobby authors, are going to absolutely drive the nails so that a group that calls itself an “indusry”, equity holders of the banking sector, have direct leverage anytime they want, BUT WITHOUT EVER NEEDING EVER TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS TO HAVE A VOTE AGAIN, as they were forced to in 08.
Traitor?
I wouldn’t be so sure. He’s effectively established himself as an “independant” while at the same time guaranteeing an electoral victory for Romney and the GOP.
Congress created this mess, congress should fix it!
Bush got played by Roberts.
Neither side respect him.
This idea is making me sick....God I hope I'm soooo wrong
>> “Where were Alito, Scalia and Thomas?” <<
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They’re too well aware of what a jerk Roberts is to mess with him.
Looks like they smoke their own meat.
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