LAURENCE TRIBE
I agree with him and think the result leaked to the dems as soon as they voted after oral argument. Hope I’m wrong.
Preparing for a possible slapdown.
Oh, STFU, Laurence.
I agree, especially because of Robert’s vote against the sovereignty of Arizona.
Limbaugh said yesterday, that he was not surprised by Robert’s vote in regards to Arizona, then started to mention something about obamaCare and Robert’s vote, after pausing he said no can’t go there (or something to that effect).
Limbaugh knows many influential people with great knowledge about the courts workings. Personally, I think Limbaugh already knows the outcome. Which is another reason he said several times yesterday, he was scared.
Does the limited and enumerated power given to Congress entail an unlimited and unenumerated basis of power?
Is the power to regulate interstate commerce the power to regulate EVERYTHING that may have any effect - however tangential - upon interstate commerce.
At its heart - do we live in a Republic with a government of limited and defined powers?
Well, that pretty much sums it all up right there - we're from the gov't and we're here to help you. Because, you know, the problems are just too big for you little fly-over morons to handle on your own.
Could be some of the law will stay and some will go. But if the Court allows the law to stand in its entirety, then we will know that the Supremes don’t have the balls to stand up to Obama. Since Congress has already rolled over and played dead, we can kiss the separation of powers goodbye. What will stop Obama from cancelling the elections and appointing himself dictator?
No wonder people are stocking up on guns and ammo. If we want protection from this tyrant for ourselves and our loved ones, we will have to do it ourselves.
Roberts defecting on this one would be an unmitigated disaster.
5.56mm
we are sunk....
hope I'm wrong...
If it can be proven that any justice is voting to “throw someone a bone”, he or she should be impeached. It’s sad that the court’s actions make us think this way.
The one compelling issue which dominates all American politics also dominates American jurisprudence: Race.
Nathan Bedford's first Maxim of American politics, all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial, can be applied in a different way to American jurisprudence. One can strike a maxim that says that few Supreme Court Justices are willing to put their historical legacy in jeopardy by coming down on the wrong side of any race case.
The Arizona immigration case had to do with issues of race. I am not surprised that Washington survivalists like Justice Roberts took the politically correct position. There is no obvious politically correct racial position on healthcare apart from the fact that it is called Obama Care after the first black President of the United States.
As paranoid as this sounds, it gives one some hope that the Supreme Court will feel free to do justice when the issue in the federalism context is healthcare rather than what do we do with 20 million people of color in our midst.
I hate to say this..... but I have a sinking feeling that Tribe is right. I predict it will be a 6-3 decision (maybe even 7-2), in favor of 0dumb0 care. I don't see John Roberts with enough guts, balls or courage to go contrary to 0dumb0's signature piece of commie legislation in his first term of destroying Amerika. I think that Roberts is scared to death of the racist kenyan negro, which is why he would never rule against 0dumb0's eligibility. And Anthony Kennedy just loves being the middle flip-flop guy. The pro-0dumb0 juggernut may even pull in one of the 3 remaining justices, just so they can keep there status in the DC social structure & power elitists.
I hope I'm wrong!
isn’t Tribe a longtime SCOTUS wannabe??? a lib who has all the answers yet whose opinion doesn’t matter when push comes to shove???
this is nothing more than Tribe making comments in a lame attempt to remain relevant and keep his name out there....
Read them, amplify upon their principles and ideas by accessing the Founders' writings and speeches and sharing them with all you know--especially the young, for whom the decisions being made today are of such critical importance.
For a quick review of those principles and the nation's first 50 years under its Constitution, consult John Quincy Adams' "Jubilee" Address here, or a recent reprint of a 1987 Bicentennial collection of the Founders' principles, here.
James Madison stated: "Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant—they have been cheated; asleep—they have been surprised; divided—the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson? ... the people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government, they should watch over it ... It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently free."
The question is, Do We Have A Living Constitution?--in the sense that many, such as Tribe, believe. Or, must changes to that Constitution's limits on government power be made in the manner prescribed within the Constitution itself, by the Amendment process involving "the People"?
"Until the people have, by some solemn and authoritative act, annulled or changed the established form, it is binding upon them collectively, as well as individually; and no presumption or even knowledge of their sentiments, can warrant their representatives [the executive, judiciary, or legislature]; in a departure from it prior to such an act." - Alexander Hamilton
In the first of the eighty-five "Federalist Papers," Alexander Hamilton emphasized that:
"... it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection or choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force."
FYI:
Tea Leaf? Obama Seems To Signal That He’ll Run Against The Court In His Reelection Campaign
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/330479.php
Why on earth would a president “run against” another entire branch of our government, particularly the one whose individual members are appointed for life, who are difficult if not impossible to remove? Desperation, anyone?
Tribe is so prescient. What a gutsy call. What possessed Tribe to go out on a limb with that prediction that it would be Roberts who would be the turncoat. Tribe must be just super, super smart ... or something.