“Makes me think the health care mandate will be allowed to stay. We are so screwed.”
Interesting - this morning, my husband told me that Jake Tapper of ABC had reported that Obamacare would be UPHELD - 6-3 - with Kennedy and Roberts joining the majority (Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsburg). The theory being that Kennedy didn’t want to be the 5th vote - as in Bush v. Gore - and Roberts didn’t want to divide the country. Sounds a bit like the failed philosophy that underlay the Missouri Compromise and the Dred Scott decision.
What sources did Jake Tapper hear it from??
The story you refer to is about 6 weeks old.
If this ends up being the case, the whole thing will rest firmly on Roberts then, because Kennedy would not vote the wrong way without Roberts also covering for him. Without that cover, the fear of the people would act as the natural check to Kennedy as he considers screwing the Constitution.
If Roberts gives Kennedy cover so that the Constitution is so blatantly shafted - especially after Roberts knew enough to ask the right skeptical questions during the hearings - I will consider it proof that Roberts is compromised, threatened by Soros’ goons.
If Obamacare is upheld I will be flying every American flag I have upside-down. I will be sending all my elected officials letters with the flag upside-down. The Fourth of July will be the perfect day for us to show our love of country and the ideals of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, by flying our flags upside-down, as a signal of distress.