Sorry, Selwyn Duke, this pig don’t fly.
I am not justifying what Roberts did; however, Obama has already committed several unlawful acts & disregarded/trampled the Constitution. I have no doubt that if the SCOTUS decision had gone against him, he would have thumbed his nose and said 'we're going ahead & implementing Obamacare anyway'.
If you don't believe he would do this, look what he did with his immigration ruling .... previously acknowledged it was something he couldn't do under our system of government, then when he thought he needed hispanic votes for re-election, he went ahead and did it anyway. The guy will stop at NOTHING - his 'end' justifies whatever means he needs to employ to get there.
If you compromise values for the sake of respect, you lose both the values and the respect.
Robert will find out that neither side likes or respects
a traitor!
This is complete bullcr@p. Roberts personally killed Article III, because of ‘self-interest’.
One SINGLE vote by Roberts, and he expanded SC power to ‘rewrite’ a passed law. He interpreted the intent by playing with wordsmith. How is this not similar to guessing the hanging chads?
June 28th, 2012 will live in infamy because of him.
There are only two things we know about the Roberts decision.
1. Roberts originally said the law was unconstitutional and changed his position very late in the process.
2. Roberts' decision had nothing to do with the constitutionality of the law or the silly “it is a tax, no not a tax” sophistry.
Roberts clearly had an ulterior motive. Some speculate that this ulterior motive was an altruistic concern for the reputation of the court and the ability of the court to retain its position of respect in the future. Others speculate it was Robert's concern for his own legacy.
I think it was pure unadulterated fear. It might have been for his personal safety. It might have been for his family. It might be that Roberts has things he does not want made public and is subject to blackmail.
The Obama Administration are Chicago thugs. They will do anything to get their way. They threatened Roberts and the court after the Citizens United ruling. They most certainly made threats prior to this ruling.
I am wondering how Kagan was allowed to vote on healthcare since she was clearly involved the making and passing of it.
My theory:
He got a threat that he couldn’t protect himself from,
perhaps to a family member, etc.
LLS
What Duke contributes to the debate is the fact that "Judicial Review" is not a Constitutional principle, but the result of a Supreme Court decision (Marbury v. Madison) that stands as precedent only because it has never been challenged. Let that sink in for a moment - this presumed authority that the Supreme Court claimed for itself has never been tested in a showdown between cloth robes and real power. Not yet. FDR almost did it in the 1930s, and Selwyn Duke asserts that Obama has considered it this year. What about the next president, or the next?
Obamacare is a hugely important issue. But the looming possibility of a showdown over Judicial Review is much, much bigger.
John Roberts can go to hell.
The main assumption of the article’s author Selwyn Duke is contained in his following quote: “ - - - He knows that he and the other Black Robes enjoy their power at the pleasure of the executive branch. “
Others, such as yours truly, see THE NINE SUPREMES as a legal Check and Balance on the other branches of Government.
This idea is not even mentioned by Selwyn The Duke.
It’s the most rational defense of John Roberts I’ve seen - and very possible. Good men know what we’re up against... Louis Freeh did a similar thing during the Clinton years. Sometimes ‘preserve and protect’ takes seeing chess moves three or four moves down the road.
That said I’m in that group of people who think the rule of law should NOT be the rule of lawyers... ever.
Horsecrap.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court put his hand on the Bible and Swore to God to uphold the Constitution.
Then he changed his mind and decided to put other interests ahead of those he swore to uphold.
I don’t give a rat’s ass what his motives were.