“But is anyone giving any thought to what he actually SAID? He’s rejected the idea of the Mandate, and has deemed it a TAX.”
So what? The Congress doesn’t have the authority to level a direct tax except for income taxes. Therefore, Roberts converted an unconstitutional mandate into an unconstitutional tax. Besides which, it’s not his job to try to rewrite a law to make it constitutional, it’s his job to say yay or nay.
He’s shown himself to be just another statist bastard who cares nothing for the constitution. I hope they kick him out of the Federalist Society toot suite.
I think he said it's OUR job to determine whether or not this law is acceptable. We never got the chance to truly vote on it the first time, because of Democrat machinations. He handed us a great election issue, it's up to US to replace Obama, and repeal Obamacare.