Posted on 07/09/2012 8:58:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Nev.) said Monday he “still has a very high opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts," despite Roberts opinion upholding the individual mandate in Obamacare as constitutional.
Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee and a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had been one of the earliest and most forceful voices in the Senate speaking out against the constitutionality of the individual mandate when it was first proposed in 2009.
On Monday, however, Hatch told CNSNews.com that Roberts “certainly had the right” to rule that the mandate is constitutional as a tax.
“Naturally, I would have preferred him to rule out the individual mandate,” Hatch said.
Hatch took part in an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the aftermath of a June 28 Supreme Court decision which upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate to purchase insurance, based on the federal government’s power to tax and spend.
Following the event, CNSNews.com asked Hatch: “During the confirmation hearing for Chief Justice Roberts back in 2005 you said that he (Roberts) was a ‘perfect example’ of a judge who will not legislate from the bench. Would you take back that statement now?”
“No not at all,” Hatch said. “I have a pretty high opinion of Chief Justice Roberts and I understand what he’s done here. …”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
You can always stay home, maybe getting rid of the bastard is worth losing the seat?
Boy, I don’t!
R-Nev ???? Doesn’t he kind’a represent Utah?
OMG! Shut your pie hole Orin!
STFU Hatch you ........
Like flies on $h#!.....the establishment sticks together!
I'm thankful, however, that when other men were engaged in establishing the Republic and entrusted with defending the Constitution they weren't spineless weaklings of low mentality subject to tortuous unconstitutional reasoning.
What is it about Republican politicians that compels them to defend Quislings?
Hatch is a tool. The Republicans in Utah are worse.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.