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Posted on 06/28/2012 1:47:53 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
It’s the judiciary’s Nixon-to-China: Chief Justice John Roberts joins the liberal wing of the Supreme Court and upholds the constitutionality of Obamacare. How? By pulling off one of the great constitutional finesses of all time. He managed to uphold the central conservative argument against Obamacare, while at the same time finding a narrow definitional dodge to uphold the law — and thus prevented the Court from being seen as having overturned, presumably on political grounds, the signature legislation of this administration.
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Whatever one thinks of the substance of Bush v. Gore, it did affect the reputation of the Court. Roberts seems determined that there be no recurrence with Obamacare. Hence his straining in his Obamacare ruling to avoid a similar result — a 5–4 decision split along ideological lines that might be perceived as partisan and political.
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This piece deserves a big bold BARF alert.
Can't if ya don't try.
Put it up for a vote. See where it goes. Dems are notorious for talking one way and voting another, and this thing has little popular support. Work with the remaining as appropriate, while working other options.
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