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With All Due Respect To Chief Justice Roberts On ObamaCare...
The Looking Spoon ^ | The Looking Spoon

Posted on 06/28/2012 8:18:24 AM PDT by The Looking Spoon

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To: The Looking Spoon

Could Roberts have been BLACKMAILED?? His two ADOPTED children came from Ireland VIA LATIN AMERICA.......Legally??? hmmmmmmm


41 posted on 06/28/2012 8:51:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: lormand
I trust no lawyer or Judge who spent time in an ivy league school

Right now the entire Supreme Court has atttended either harvard (6)or yale(3).

Question from final exams: When is a mandate not a mandate? Answer: When you call it a tax.

42 posted on 06/28/2012 8:51:26 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: DuncanWaring

He voted for SB1070 because of his children also, I believe.


43 posted on 06/28/2012 8:53:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: The Looking Spoon

John Roberts is a traitor to America, and this dirty b*stard’s decision will throw millions out of work, and will cause millions more to lose their good insurance. Businesses teetering on the edge are assured of bankruptcy. Bob


44 posted on 06/28/2012 8:55:05 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("Bedroom eyes and boardroom faces---Oh where will it lead?" from Red Toupee by Al Stewart)
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To: Mr. K; All
Who would have though Kennedy would have the best dissent too!

Do you wonder if the four that voted against upholding this are wondering what's up with Roberts.......something is not right here.

How the DNC is celebrating (Updated) - "It's Constitutional, B*tches."

Romney just talking - I agree with the dissent. obamacare bad law - yesterday and today. Raises taxes, cuts Medicare, and adds trillions to our defecit - and for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose their insurance. It's a job killer. Most troubling - it puts the federal gov't between you and your doctor.
45 posted on 06/28/2012 8:55:29 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Girlene
Well, I did vote for people who stood for freedom and got Roberts as the chief justice. The liberals and CJ Roberts are traitors to the Consitution. The court had an obligation to defend the Consititution from the other branches excesses.....they failed.

Well said.

46 posted on 06/28/2012 8:56:56 AM PDT by jeffc (Welcome to the United Socialist States of America)
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To: Ann Archy

I don’t give a damn. This waste of a black robe has thrown America down the sewer instead of standing up for the Constitution. Bob


47 posted on 06/28/2012 8:57:16 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("Bedroom eyes and boardroom faces---Oh where will it lead?" from Red Toupee by Al Stewart)
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To: joesbucks

No.

We were flim-flammed.

Bush II knew what he was doing. He wanted to balance out Alitto with somebody his globalist Bilderberger Council on Foreign relations RINO buddies would be happy with. And he ulimtately did.

Miers would have been no better or worse than this back-stabbing Rino bastard Roberts.


48 posted on 06/28/2012 8:57:54 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: arthurus
Glen Beck noted today that Roberts was fronted to Bush by the same guy (forget his name) who led the sabotaging of Sarah Palin in the McCain campaign. Looks like a charade among a cluster of progressive moles, including Bush.
49 posted on 06/28/2012 8:58:51 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Dr. Sivana; skeeter
I believe Roberts signed on to keep Kennedy from writing the decision.

Ooops. I am trying to follow this on an iPod Touch. For a while, Drudge had the decision as 6-3. Roberts is a head scratcher. I do not blame W for this pick. Like Kennedy, he seemed solid. Is Lawrence Tribe the Rasputin of the judiciary?
50 posted on 06/28/2012 9:00:15 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: The Looking Spoon

“With all due respect”?
NOt an ounce of respect is due the supremes nor the federal gub mint.
F-em.
And as for our affirmative action president???
And sandra Day says it is wrong to criticize judges!!!
Tar and feather time.


51 posted on 06/28/2012 9:02:21 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Tribe has been the leftwing media’s go-to guy on legal matters for years.


52 posted on 06/28/2012 9:02:40 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: arthurus

“did Bush know this would be the result of his pick?”

What do YOU think?

Look at his record and his Daddy’s and THAT shold give you the answer.


53 posted on 06/28/2012 9:03:12 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Exactly. Roberts IS a traitor to America. I expected the deranged leftist pukes to continue in their attempts to destroy America. Ginsburg has a second-rate mind, and the others are as daft as any guy you might find on a barstool, after a half dozen drinks. But Roberts is intelligent. He lost his nerve just like a coward in battle who would give up his men to save his own skin. Bob


54 posted on 06/28/2012 9:03:40 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("Bedroom eyes and boardroom faces---Oh where will it lead?" from Red Toupee by Al Stewart)
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To: RoseofTexas
I imagine Roberts security has been beefed up. Probably for good reason. Using word games ("we'll just call it a tax and that will make it OK") to cripple freedom is not a wise tactic.
55 posted on 06/28/2012 9:03:49 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

Rove?


56 posted on 06/28/2012 9:04:04 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: Jedidah
“Obama repeatedly insisted the mandate was not a tax. Roberts says, oh yes it is.”

Although I am disappointed with the decision, it doesn't surprise me, and your assessment is very thoughtful. I'm not sure this is so bad, and I'm a doc. I have been despondent about my profession ever since the passage of Obamacare, so it would be very hard for me to be even more depressed about what has happened to American medicine. It appears to me, at first glance, that this decision makes Obamacare more vulnerable to legislative action.

That said, I think Roberts did what he did because of exactly what you stated. He distilled this down to a matter of whether or not, as a tax, Obamacare could stand. By doing so he implicitly stated that the commerce clause doesn't apply. He, unlike the leftists on the court, has tried to restrict his role to one of strict constitutionality, and not ideology. We all wanted him, and the other members appointed by Republican presidents, to make an ideological decision based on conservatism. Although ironic to us, he likely views himself as restricted from doing that by the constitutional restraints placed on his role.

U.S. medicine has been in trouble for a long time, not because it isn't the best in the world, but because it became a political focal point long ago. When DRG’s came on board in the 80s it was already a game changer. I strongly believe that a much better model, that can revitalize the profession, can be fashioned. Don't know if it will happen soon enough to make a difference in my professional lifetime, but I do know that if it doesn't happen many patients will suffer. As it stands, although I love seeing patients and strongly consider it a tremendous privilege to be able to care for people's health, I have very little enthusiasm for my profession as a whole.

57 posted on 06/28/2012 9:04:46 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Joe Boucher

FU too Sandra!


58 posted on 06/28/2012 9:05:14 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("Bedroom eyes and boardroom faces---Oh where will it lead?" from Red Toupee by Al Stewart)
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To: NotTallTex

I wonder just what motivated him to submit to this travesty.

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I am wondering if he did this because he knows that this is going to sink obama. More job loss, higher taxes, stocks tanking. Just wondering.


59 posted on 06/28/2012 9:11:46 AM PDT by mardi59 (THE REBELLION IS ON!!!)
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