[Aria]

Depends on what the meaning of “is” is.

[CaptainK]

There is always a parsing of words and legal Mumbo Jumbo when you put a lawyer in the White House.

Just think back to the last lawyer who sat (or stood as the case may be) in the Oval Office.

[Misterioso]

TWITTER?

[KarlInOhio]

1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a @(#$(#* instruction manual.

[ArmstedFragg]

Leftist cognitive dissonance at its finest. I'm reminded of their argument that Clinton didn't have sex with Lewinski then lie about it, while simultaneously arguing that everybody lies about sex. If their first argument was true, the second one was unnecessary, if the second one was necessary the first one was a lie. They never seemed to grasp the logic of that.

Same story here: if it's not a tax then it's not constitutional. They get to choose one or the other, not both. Their feet need to be held to the fire here.

It's a fine measure of how far we've come from reality that these clowns can argue logically contradictory propositions and the MSM just smile and nod sagely.

[VeniVidiVici]

Read my lips: I'm going to screw you over big time with a boat load of new taxes.

[tumblindice]

http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-393.pdf

page 33:

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I’m making now about justiciability, or whether the
Court can properly consider it at all. And the second
is, we think only a few provisions are inseverable from
the minimum coverage provision.
I just would like to -­
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Before you go,
Mr. Kneedler, I’d like your answer to Justice Breyer’s
question.
I think you were interrupted before you had
a chance -­
MR. KNEEDLER: Yes. No, we believe that in
that case, the tax — the tax provision should not be
struck down. In the first place, the Anti-Injunction
Act would bar a direct suit to challenge it. It would
be very strange to allow a tax to be struck down on the
basis of a severability analysis.”

And Kagan is right there in the thick of the fight.

[colorado tanker]

It is entirely predictable that this bunch of jerks would bait Roberts into upholding this crap as a "tax" and then pull the rug out from under him by claiming, hey, this ain't a tax.

BTW, Judge Roberts, did you know the Maltese Falcon was a fake, just like your so-called "tax"?

[Hotlanta Mike]

[RetiredNavy]

He was lying. How can you tell? His lips were moving.

Apart from that, saying it was permissable under the taxing authority is an argument that it is a tax.