Posted on 06/25/2015 9:45:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
For the second time in four Supreme Court terms, Chief Justice John Roberts has broken with conservatives and rescued the Affordable Care Act from potential oblivion.
Roberts, an unlikely hero of sorts for the law, wrote the majority opinion on Thursday upholding a key provision of Obamacare that helps provide health-insurance subsidies to more than 6 million Americans.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," Roberts wrote in his opinion Thursday.
He was joined by the court's four liberals — and, this time, traditional swing Justice Anthony Kennedy. It prompted a scathing dissent from fellow conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who took a shot at Roberts.
This case, King v. Burwell, was long considered by observers to be a chance for Roberts to redeem himself with conservatives, who felt slighted by his decision to break with the court's right-leaning members in 2012.
He reportedly changed his vote at the last minute, delivering the majority opinion that upheld the heart of the Affordable Care Act — its mandate that individuals buy insurance or pay a penalty. Roberts said the penalty was constitutional because it was the same thing as a tax.
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If we expect nothing but the worst and the wrong from this government and its courts, we’ll never be disappointed. That philosophy is working for me, anyway.
A modicum of common sense will lead one to believe Roberts has been blackmailed. AGAIN.
Yes, I know I used a racist term.
What is his PROBLEM????
He pulled the same last minute switch in the original 0vomitcare case.
Except that it was a 6-3 vote.
Had Roberts voted against, it still is upheld.
They have gay pictures of John Roberts and he did not go through the proper legal steps in order to adopt his kids.
It was 6-3... Robert’s vote wouldn’t have mattered. Jeez
RE: They have gay pictures of John Roberts
Is that a problem today?
>>”Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them,” Roberts wrote in his opinion Thursday.
It matters not one whit why they passed it. It only matters whether it is constitutional. How can such supposedly learned judges be such idiots?
We’ll have to reserve a lamppost for him.
learned.... besides Scalia and Thomas.... I have no idea what you think about learned... lol
Not at ALL excusing Roberts here. I don’t one bit.
BUT ... the vote was 6-3. His vote wasn’t even needed.
and Alito
Obama lives a charmed life. He never loses.
Change the name to SCOTUS Care and give them the whole thing to administer. It’s not as crazy as having the IRS in charge of health care.
Supreme Court declares “We are no longer a nation of laws.”
To the Left, absolutely. It means you can go from being gay, to straight.
Why don’t you believe Roberts simply supports universal health insurance, Constitution be damned?
Most members of his class do.
Have you seen his wife?
A democrat Congress passed the Affordable Care Act without a single Republican vote on its way to destroying the American free enterprise system, the dissembling of which continues apace. Closet commie John Roberts does it again.
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