No.
Roberts is characterizing what HE believes Congress did when he says Congress enacted a “tax on not obtaining health insurance.”
I do not believe it is a tax in reality. Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy do not believe it is a tax in reality.
However I do not have a vote on the Supreme Court. Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy do not have ENOUGH votes on the Supreme Court in this case.
If the Supreme Court says 5-4 that the emperor is wearing a fine new suit of clothes, then the emperor is wearing a fine new suit of clothes as far as the Constitution is concerned, no matter what the little boy in the crowd says.
Roberts and four justices ruled that Congress enacted a tax on not obtaining health insurance.
That is the law of the land.
I don’t believe they were right, the four dissenters do not believe they were right, but what ROBERTS said the Congress did IS NOW WHAT THE CONGRESS DID as far as the Constitution is concerned.
Capiche?
@ capiche
Italo-American dialect of capisci
@capisce
From Italian capisci, second person present tense form of capire (“to understand”), from Latin capere (“to grasp, seize”)
Often used in a threatening manner, suggesting the Italian Mafia.
You should really consider not using that word, Boss.