Posted on 08/15/2011 4:54:58 PM PDT by PROCON
(Reuters) - The legal fate of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will likely come down to two Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy.
That would be a familiar role for Kennedy, a moderate conservative who often has cast the decisive vote on the most contentious issues before the nine-member high court divided between conservative and liberal factions.
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if the justices do the right thing and throw it out, will it end up helping Soetoro?
It didn’t help Hillary....he’ll be a loser once again. This will be the dagger.
If it is upheld, then it is a very short road to taking 401k assets (over, say, 100k) to buy up foreclosed houses. On paper the houses “belong” to the former owner of the 401k. You see in fascism the government doesn’t need to own the assets, it just totally controls them.
If this scenario came to pass, can you imagine the “minority outreach” provisions it would include? Time to close the so-called wealth gap. All justices who voted to uphold Obamacare could be relied on to uphold this.
Just out of curiousity, do you have links to these so-called “experts”? It’s not that I doubt you - I don’t - I’d just like to see how tortured their reasoning is.
When it comes to votes, it is ALWAYS about Kennedy. He, in fact, is THE most important man in America. HE controls the Supreme Court. His vote, left or right, decides 99% of the cases. 4 liberals, 4 conservatives and Kennedy. And don’t think for a minute is not aware of his power. He KNOWS he is the most powerful.
I agree. I don’t think Roberts or Kennedy will vote for this monstrosity, especially the way the Court of Appeals struck down part of it. Hopefully, the Supremes will strike down the rest of it.
Of course. He'll spin it into a partisan attack on SCOTUS: "Look! Evil Republican judges killed your healthcare!" Obama's done it before...
Remember he used the State of the Union to attack the Supreme Court on Citizens United.
The government won’t have to take the money from your 401K. What it will do is require a portion of your retirement account be allocated to holding Treasury debt (safe and secure, doncha know). They will start small at first, about 10%. It will quickly balloon to 25%. Then more. In the beginning it will only be a requirement if you want to take advantage of the tax savings. Soon after, the allocation will be mandatory. Then they’ll eliminate the tax advantage.
Only a unrepentant, brazen Fascist/Statist could vote to uphold the Individual Mandate.
I Expect 6-3 or 7-2.
Good point but you exaggerate. 99% of the cases are not 5-4.
If I recall correctly, Kennedy voted with the government on the Kelo decision. That being the case, he thinks it’s okay to expand the reading of the constitution concerning the government’s power to confiscate property. I don’t think that bodes well for our side.
After reading the history of the railroad retirement act, and the social security act, It may depend on the wording. Did obamacare use the word premium or tax? Did it reference the general welfare clause?
The railroad retirement act as originally written was declared unconstitutional. After it was changed to a tax and for the general welfare, it was sustained.
I think Justice Roberts is an great justice...and I would be incredibly surprised if he did that!? I doubt he will.
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