Henninger: The Supreme Court Lands in Oz

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 04/05/2012 | DANIEL HENNINGER

[Lacey]

'I am confident," announced the president of the United States, "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 so it was on Monday that Barack Obama, anticipating a loss before the Supreme Court, added the third branch of government to the list of villains he will run against in his re-election campaign.

Many are saying the president should know Marbury v. Madison. He does. It doesn't matter. If something gets in his way, Barack Obama hammers it—whether courts or Congress. The left likes that. It remains to find out if the rest of the country wants the judicial and legislative branches subordinated to a national leader.

[Lacey]

Now that most of us have learned about Critical Race Theory and its influence on Obama we should get up to speed on Critical Legal Theory.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Critical_legal_theory

[Travis McGee]

Obama is using the Hugo Chavez playbook.

When that pesky old Constitution gets in the way, ignore it, and attack anybody who stands against you.

[Sherman Logan]

The claims that the Democrats are trying to intimidate the Supremes by talk of impeachment is just silly.

Well, actually they may be trying to do this, but the notion that the Supremes will actually be intimidated is silly.

Impeachment requires simple majority of the House and conviction requires 2/3 majority of the Senate. There is no way either could be achieved. It is unlikely the Democrats could even keep all their peeps in line, possibly not even a majority of them, much less override the GOP majority in the House.

[BeckB]

I wouldn’t mind seeing Kagan impeached. She should not be reviewing this law due to her past association with it. The Left may want to hold off on impeachment talk. It may actually cause the Right to start thinking along those same lines.

[what's up]

Some think Mr. Obama and his progressive infantry are trying to intimidate the Justices, specifically Justice Anthony Kennedy

No, I don't think Obama thought he could influence the Justices one way or the other.

I think he was just testing a message...the one he'll have to deliver if the SC strikes down Obamacare.

Best to test the message now so it's the wrong oone it won't have as much of an impact later. And, yes...it looks like it was the wrong one so now he'll have to tweak it haha.

[massgopguy]

ObamaCare 219-212
Line Item Veto UNANIMOUS CONSENT!

[allendale]

Oz? Would it be fantasy. Deficit spending, massive borrowing and dollar printing, unsustainable debt, a war on carbon energy sources, unfunded liabilities etc etc . Its all to real. What’s more given a billion dollar reelection fund directed at muddled voters in battleground states and extensive fraud, the Obama clown parade is likely to continue.

[Lady Lucky]

“Chip Away.” It’s not just another flavor of ice cream!

[sickoflibs]

RE:”I am confident,” announced the president of the United States, “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 so it was on Monday that Barack Obama, anticipating a loss before the Supreme Court, added the third branch of government to the list of villains he will run against in his re-election campaign.
Many are saying the president should know Marbury v. Madison. He does. It doesn't matter. If something gets in his way, Barack Obama hammers it—whether courts or Congress. The left likes that. It remains to find out if the rest of the country wants the judicial and legislative branches subordinated to a national leader......
It appears to be unprecedented, however, for a U.S. president to have attacked the Supreme Court before it handed down its decision. Some think Mr. Obama and his progressive infantry are trying to intimidate the Justices, specifically Justice Anthony Kennedy. But most legal commentary has said the president's attack is likely to anger the justices, perhaps including some of the court's liberals. Mr. Obama’s notion of judicial review diminishes all the members of any court, not just its conservatives. It doesn't help the always difficult struggle for an independent judiciary in other countries if an American president is issuing Venezuela-like statements on U.S. courts.....
It was the Supreme Court's great debunker, Justice Antonin Scalia, who came closest in the ObamaCare oral arguments to pulling the curtain back on the Affordable Care Act's inner machinery. That was the moment when Justice Scalia asked: “What happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages?”

Enjoyable read :

Henninger: The Supreme Court Lands in Oz Like the original wizard, Barack Obama doesn't want anyone to look behind the curtain.(direct link)

[samtheman]

I think he was just testing a message...the one he'll have to deliver if the SC strikes down Obamacare.

That's what I think, although I would change the "he" to "they", the people who control this puppet. Obama himself doesn't think much at all, unless we're talking about ice cream or golf or cocaine or cigarettes. He LIKES ice cream, gold, cocaine and cigarettes.

[Red Badger]

[BuckeyeTexan]

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[July4]

If not for Affirmative Action, I suspect that Barack Obama would not be deemed qualified to teach high school civics, much less Constitutional Law. Something’s seriously out of whack: here's a man who has been exposed to the best education our nation has to offer, and he either does not grasp or refuses to acknowledge the basic tenets of our republic. Rush Limbaugh says it's a plan to appeal to stupid people by claiming that Obama gave them health care and the hateful Republican court took it away. Maybe. Or maybe, this president is just not the bright fellow he's claimed to be. Or, maybe, something truly evil.

[C210N]

There should be some news out in the next 2 hours regarding the DOJ doing the 3 page paper homework assignment. Anybody have a link to more news on this?

[Roccus]

'I am confident," announced the president of the United States, "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."

Four lies in one sentence.

[Aevery_Freeman]

"Kagan On The Case"

A farcical comedy where your spouses divorce lawyer adjudicates your appeal.

Hilarity reigns as Kagan serves as a one-softball-pitching-woman Death Panel for a nation.

[The Great RJ]

Obama knew about the power of the SCOTUS to strike down laws as unconstitutional...any law student would know this. However, Obama's outburst was purely from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals

. Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

Obama may well have been leaked the results of last week's vote and Obamcare is going down 5 to 4. To respond he must demonize the SCOTUS.

[C210N]

Anybody have a link to more news on this?

Just to partially answer my own question...

Fifth circuit site (but doesn't look like it would have up-to-minute info)

Justia.com follows the smallest details of the doctor-hospitals/sebelious case but again, looks like it is updated days/weeks/months after breaking news

[sickoflibs]

RE :” If not for Affirmative Action, I suspect that Barack Obama would not be deemed qualified to teach high school civics, much less Constitutional Law. Something’s seriously out of whack: here's a man who has been exposed to the best education our nation has to offer, and he either does not grasp or refuses to acknowledge the basic tenets of our republic. “

No, Obama knows exactly what he is doing and he doesnt believe what he says half the time, and to a large exent it's working. If he was stupid he wouldnt have kicked congressional Republicans behinds all last year.

RE :” Rush Limbaugh says it's a plan to appeal to stupid people by claiming that Obama gave them health care and the hateful Republican court took it away”

Rush is 100% correct on this, although I think this specific attack is largely to keep the Democratic liberal base fired up behind him. Yesterday I wrote and posted twice :

“ Never before has a POTUS counted on and benefited from the voters ignorance to this degree. I always said that voters are gullible but this is feat amazing to watch.”

[cbvanb]

I’m not convinced he has inside knowledge of the vote, I think he made these statements to hedge his bets. If it happens that SCOTUS upholds the law Obama will be seen by his base as a strong leader who backed SCOTUS into a corner and forced it to do his bidding. If the law is struck down he still has his villain to run against.