Most of it is the leftist media.
Posted on 04/02/2012 11:36:00 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
Edited on 04/02/2012 12:58:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
**I think Obama, in his post-summit (Mexico, US, Canada) TV appearance, just told the US Supreme Court how to vote on the Obamacare issue.**
Read more at: Fox NewsPresident Obama, employing his strongest language to date on the Supreme Court review of the federal health care overhaul, cautioned the court Monday against overturning the law -- while repeatedly saying he's "confident" it will be upheld.
The president spoke at length about the case at a joint press conference with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The president, adopting what he described as the language of conservatives who fret about judicial activism, questioned how an "unelected group of people" could overturn a law approved by Congress.
"I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," Obama said.
The Supreme Court spent three days hearing arguments last week in four separate challenges to the health care law, which stands as the president's signature domestic policy accomplishment. A central challenge was over the individual mandate -- the requirement that Americans buy health insurance. Critics say the mandate is unconstitutional, and that the federal government cannot force people into the insurance marketplace.
Oh...my...goodness. What does he think the Supreme Court is there for? Has he not heard the term "checks and balances"? Does he not understand that they're unelected so as to be above the political fray?
How IGNORANT is this guy?!
P.S. - thanks. I couldn't get it on Fox, they're covering the Oakland school shooting.
All he needs is an Executive Order proclaiming him “President for Life”..
AND a good part of America would say.. “SO WHAT!”..
America gets any dumber and “We will”.. have to go to Haiti to get some deep political thinking..
Far from being a "strong majority", the law barely squeaked though both Houses of Congress. That makes it a law passed by a "bare majority" rather than a strong majority.
And of course, any law passed by Congress necessarily was passed by a "majority", so Obama's statement really comes down to saying that it is "unprecedented" that SCOTUS overturn a law passed by Congress.
What a maroon.
I hope he keeps throwing a tantrum in the press about it for another month. Perhaps he will piss off the two that wanted to uphold the law.
I hope he gets a landmark ruling that shuts down the overreaching activities of Congress and the whitehouse using the commerce clause.
I hope Alito writes for the Majority...
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
“There is not only an economic element to this, a legal element to this, but there is a human element to this. And I hope that’s not forgotten in this political debate
Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress.
And I would like to remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is that the biggest problem is judicial activism and that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law.
Well, this is a good example and I’m pretty confident this court will recognize that and not take that step”
It’s not activism when they do it. ;)
President Barack Obama voiced confidence Monday that the Supreme Court will uphold his health care law in his first public remarks on the issue since the three days of oral arguments last week.
Obama suggested that the high court would be guilty of “judicial activism” if it overturned the law, and stressed that he believed the justices would see the individual mandate as an integral part of the law.
“We are confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld,” Obama said at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
“The reason is because in accordance with precedent out there, it’s constitutional,” Obama said. “That’s not just my opinion, by the way. That’s the opinion of legal experts across the ideological spectrum, including two very conservative appellate court justices who said this wasn’t even a close case.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74743.html#ixzz1qvQMK0iH
Thanks for the link, mojitojoe. So, 0’b0z0 has *slapped* SCOTUS once again. By his standards, congress should be able to pass a law (because they were democratically elected) that every other child born must go to live in kenya because we have too many people here and SCOTUS can’t do anything because they were unelected. So why was he so excited to appoint two nitwits? Why are they there? He is beyond being a putz. If I said what I really want to call him I’d be banned.
Thanks, Mojitojoe!
He would find that difficult to understand, since in his mind, the Constitution is just an old relic.
Regarding the hits on me ... "Breaking News" takes more time to make it to the newswires than it takes Freepers to "Break" it.
A thank you also to Jim Robinson for giving us FreeRepublic.
Good post. I “DEEM” it a success but Harry Reid can’t agree!
“Strong majority”??????
They had to resort to FLAT OUT BRIBING Senators to get the votes!!
This is good news! He probably has information they voted against it.
A strong majority of congress??? Only Dems voted for it and they got blown away in the next election.
If she did, doesn’t that go against some sort of protocol set forth by the Supreme Court, and if so, can she get the boot for breaching that protocol? Gawd I hope so......
If she did, doesn’t that go against some sort of protocol set forth by the Supreme Court, and if so, can she get the boot for breaching that protocol? Gawd I hope so......
*** “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” Obama said. ***
Breathtakingly stupid, and dishonest.
Has he not studied the balance of powers and how it was intended for the SCOTUS to stop over reach by Congress? (Of course he has).
A strong majority? They backdoored this monstrosity by the slimmest of margins.
Pretty much sums up O'Bozo completely, along with...
FUBO
It didn't pass the Democrat controlled House. It was never voted on.
Eventually, through some obscure rule and perhaps rule bending, Peelousy "deemed" it to have passed the House.
He’s a little racist thug holding our country hostage.
It is time for the adults to stand up to him because he is dangerous to the Republic (and world) no matter how much everyone yeilds to his dictates.
The GOP is so weak, it is dangerous.
Reconciliation...
Yes. 9/2009
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/59763-reid-gives-gop-direct-warning-on-healthcare
No. 11/209
Yes. 3/2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/11/us-usa-healthcare-reid-idUSTRE62A4LX20100311
He is not the first to attack the legitimacy of the Court. Long before FDR tried to pack the Court, President Andrew Jackson is supposed to have said: “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”.
Jackson, the first Democrat according to most, relocated the Cherokee in spite of the Marshall Court decisions. A populist demagogue screwing landowners out of their property. Fitting for the first Democrat and a worthy role model for Obama.
The decision has been made and I’m sure Obama knows.
hussein will have a nervous breakdown if 0-care totally goes down. Any EOs would be a joke. SCOTUS has no army, true, but if hussein tries to assume dictatorial powers, he will have no army either.
... and very few of them even read the behemoth ... they had to pass it to see what was in it!
I guess they don’t teach American civics at Indonesian Islamic madrassas.
.......and exceptions!
.......and excemptions!
Let me give you a clue, you marxist bastard....how about if the *law* is unconstitutional....?
Does that work for ya....?
I really hope the Supremes let him have it for publicly humiliating them in a State of the Union Address.
What goes around....comes around....
your view is closer to the truth....
I think he is too stupid to realize how ridiculous he is. He has been in a bubble for his whole life. It is about to burst.
Judge Alex Kozinski
BTTT!
He should annoint a Czar to look into and take control of the matter.
The law is what Obama says it is, not the court, not the congress.
Bullying and intimidation prove Obama has the power to impose his will.
At what point will we have had enough?
...is this the guy who set up a system of Czars?
the boy also said they'd be ACTIVIST judges if they do listen you stooopid buffoon you... activist judges ENACT things that aren't in the constitution, NOT REJECT things that ARE NOT in it!!!
The Roberts Court would do well to remember when obammy spoke down to them at the State of the Union speech a few years ago and put this marxist punk in his place which holds one third the power in this gub mint.
The Justices voted last Friday so they have already made their decision and it is documented. Currently they are writing their memos on the reasons for their decision. They do have the option of changing their opinion up until June.
You’re very welcome.
The most arrogant always fall the hardest. He will become unhinged if they toss it.
Now the Supremes are really laughing at him. He’s so stupid.
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